Oh, Ye of Little Faith
HAMMER: Tonight, a heart-pumping, high-flying thrill ride that`s causing a worldwide sensation. Now, if you, like me have gotten a bit numb to the unusual viral videos, you know, the cute pets, the dancing babies, all that, we have just the thing for you. It`s a viral video that`s going to keep you glued to the edge of your seat and keep you guessing to the very end. So hold on tight. Here`s Jeanne Moos for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.</s>JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Two trucks hurtling down the highway with a woman walking a line between the two barreling toward a tunnel. Will she get splattered in what looks like a scene right out of a movie like "Mission Impossible"? Or will she survive like Tom Cruise? And who is this woman?</s>HENRY ALEX RUBEN, DIRECTOR: Faith is nuts. And only a crazy person would try anything like this.</s>MOOS: Take it from the director, Henry Alex Ruben, who shot this last year on a brand new hasn`t yet opened highway in Croatia.</s>RUBEN: Many countries said no before Croatia.</s>MOOS: What Faith Dickey is doing is called slack lining like walking a tightrope only slack and bouncy.</s>DICKEY: I have high-lined on longer lines and I have high-lined in harsher winds, but I`ve never slack-lined moving forward before.</s>MOOS: Faith dickey is the women`s world record holder in various categories of slack lining, which is why they got her for this, what`s called the ballerina stunt. The object was to get across the line before the trucks got to the tunnel. She fell once. They did three takes. Faith was wearing an ankle safety harness. (on camera): The question is, what is this an ad for? Is it for shoes? Is it for the camera on her head? Nope, it`s for trucks. (voice-over): Volvo trucks, pretty risky for a brand associated with safety as one of the precision drivers remarks.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Too far apart, the rope breaks. Too near together, she falls off.</s>MOOS: The trucks headed for the tunnel, top speed of about 50 miles per hour. Some thought more than the rope was being stretched -- "faketastic", "megafake", posters said. To which the little director replied --</s>RUBEN: A little bit of Hollywood editing makes everything seem more exciting. And obviously we cut three takes together.</s>MOOS: But Ruben says she came within seconds of the tunnel entrance.</s>RUBEN: She did do it. She did that stunt and it was pretty was sick. I mean the crew applauded her afterwards.</s>MOOS: Ye of little faith have faith in Faith Dickey.</s>HAMMER: Yikes. That was CNN`s Jeanne Moos for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. And by the way, it`s not just Faith who is an adrenaline junky. The video`s director was nominated for a best documentary Oscar for "Murderball", that`s the film about quadriplegic athletes who play wheelchair rugby. We move on now to Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj`s war over "American Idol". Could it be? Well, tonight there are reports that the judging format could change dramatically, and Mimi is said to not be pleased, not pleased at all. The details are next.