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127 hours - James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Clémence Poésy, Danny Boyle

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127 hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers (Clémence Poésy), family, and the two hikers (Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara) he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? A visceral thrilling story that will take an audience on a never before experienced journey and prove what we can do when we choose life.

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Film Aron Ralston biography mountain climber rock arm self-amputation stuck Utah wilderness trapped hiking

Persons of interest

James Franco .... Aron Ralston
Kate Mara .... Kristi
Amber Tamblyn .... Megan
Koleman Stinger .... Aron Age 5
Treat Williams .... Aron's Father
John Lawrence .... Brion
Kate Burton .... Aron's Mother
Bailee Michelle Johnson .... Sonja Age 10
Rebecca C Olson .... Monique Meijer
Parker Hadley .... Aron Age 15
Clémence Poésy .... Rana
Fenton Quinn .... Blue John
Lizzy Caplan .... Sonja Ralston
Pieter Jan Brugge .... Eric Meijer
Jeffrey Wood .... Andy Meijer
Norman Lehnert .... Dan
Darin Southam .... Zach
Aron Ralston .... Author: Between a rock and a hard place
Danny Boyle .... Screenwriter
Simon Beaufoy .... Screenwriter
Danny Boyle .... Director

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Awards and film festivals:

Golden Globes, USA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association) 2011: Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (James Franco), Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle), Best Original Score - Motion Picture (AR Rahman)

Studios and distributors:

20th Century Fox

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Theatrical report

127 hours is not as bad as you'd think it would be. In fact, it's pretty harmless.

Bahahahaha! Geddit? Harmless? Armless? Bahahahahaha!

Come on now, the guy lost the business end of his dominant manipulating limb. This is serious. As long as he wasn't stoned when he did it! Bahahaha!

But seriously, what a dick. The guy goes off running around in the wilderness on his own, without telling anyone where he's going or when he'll be back, without sufficient provisions or supplies and has an accident! And no-one knows to rescue him. OMG! Quel surprise! Fortunately, James Franco does a really good impersonation of a dick who is stuck between a rock and a hard place (see also Into the wild). Hey! That's funny! I wasn't even trying to be! Danny Boyle, fresh off the back of Slumdog millionaire, does a good job with what is essentially a really boring story (guy is stuck under a rock, by himself, for 127 hours - that's more than 5 days in the same place, doing the same thing). There are some nice arty bits, some really funny character bits, some poignant human bits, and some rugged scenery.

And don't worry, it doesn't take 127 hours to watch.

The Aron Ralston biography movie 127 hours is directed by Danny Boyle and stars James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Clémence Poésy.