When is waiting for lightning coming out

Director Jacob Rosenberg. Bret Anthony Johnston contributing writer. Top credits Director Jacob Rosenberg. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Waiting for Lightning. Photos Top cast Edit. Danny Way Self as Self. Rob Dyrdek Self as Self. Travis Pastrana Self as Self. Laird Hamilton Self as Self. Tony Hawk Self as Self. Mike Blabc Self as Self. Ken Block Self as Self. Bod Boyle Self as Self. Grant Brittain Self as Self. Bob Burnquist Self as Self. Tommy Caudill Self as Self. Paul Chek Self as Self.

Adrian Demain Self as Self. Steve Douglas Self as Self. Ty Evans Self as Self. Darryl Franklin Self as Self. Jacob Rosenberg. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. An epic journey.

An impossible dream. The birth of a legend. Rated PG for dangerous sports action, some language and thematic material involving drugs and alcohol. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Connections Referenced in Rewind This! This minute look at the life of skateboarder Danny Way and his insane but inspiring attempt to skateboard across and over the Great Wall of China, at its core, is unable to make these strands connect naturally.

Waiting for Lightning posits that Way, whose father died when Danny was very young, was innately equipped to pick up a skateboard and try new stunts, even if he got bruised on the way down. In the buildup to the actual jump on the Great Wall of China, we see Way create a so-called Megaramp that enables him to break world records for the longest jump by a skateboarder and also hurt himself badly on national television , among other feats of derring-do. Discussing that omission would, perhaps, be spoiling the outcome of Waiting for Lightning.

Does Danny survive the jump? Is it safe for him to do so, even if the Chinese government approved of the stunt? If he does jump, and does survive, does he survive in such a way that he can skate again? The stakes, as presented within the first five minutes or so, are extraordinarily high.

Each of the talking-head interviewees emphasize the severity of the stunt, how fearless Way must have been to take this leap. The director made a calculated decision to let others talk him up, to let other people tell us why Danny Way is such an icon of the sport of skateboarding.