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==Reception==
==Reception==
''127 Hours'' met with critical acclaim. Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 93% of 143 professional critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 8.3 out of 10.<ref name="rottentomatoes">
''127 Hours'' met with critical acclaim, with much of the praise going to Franco's performance. Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 93% of 143 professional critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 8.3 out of 10.<ref name="rottentomatoes">
{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/127_hours/
{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/127_hours/
|title=127 Hours | work = Rotten Tomatoes | publisher = [[Flixster]] | accessdate=December 12, 2010}}</ref> Among Rotten Tomatoes' ''Top Critics'', which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television and radio programs,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/pages/faq#creamofthecrop|title=Rotten Tomatoes FAQ: What is Cream of the Crop | work = Rotten Tomatoes | publisher = [[Flixster]] | accessdate= March 28, 2010}}</ref> the film holds an overall approval rating of 91%, based on a sample of 32 reviews.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/127_hours/?critic=creamcrop | title = 127 Hours Reviews: Top Critics | work = Rotten Tomatoes | publisher = [[Flixster]] |accessdate = December 12, 2010}}</ref> The site's consensus is that "As gut-wrenching as it is inspirational, 127 Hours unites one of Danny Boyle's most beautifully exuberant directorial efforts with a terrific performance from James Franco."<ref name="rottentomatoes" />
|title=127 Hours | work = Rotten Tomatoes | publisher = [[Flixster]] | accessdate=December 12, 2010}}</ref> Among Rotten Tomatoes' ''Top Critics'', which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television and radio programs,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/pages/faq#creamofthecrop|title=Rotten Tomatoes FAQ: What is Cream of the Crop | work = Rotten Tomatoes | publisher = [[Flixster]] | accessdate= March 28, 2010}}</ref> the film holds an overall approval rating of 91%, based on a sample of 32 reviews.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/127_hours/?critic=creamcrop | title = 127 Hours Reviews: Top Critics | work = Rotten Tomatoes | publisher = [[Flixster]] |accessdate = December 12, 2010}}</ref> The site's consensus is that "As gut-wrenching as it is inspirational, 127 Hours unites one of Danny Boyle's most beautifully exuberant directorial efforts with a terrific performance from James Franco."<ref name="rottentomatoes" />

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127 Hours
Promotional film poster
Directed byDanny Boyle
Written bySimon Beaufoy
Danny Boyle
Produced byChristian Colson
John Smithson
Danny Boyle
StarringJames Franco
CinematographyAnthony Dod Mantle
Enrique Chediak[1]
Edited byJon Harris
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production
companies
Cloud Eight
Decibel Films
Darlow Smithson Productions
HandMade Films
Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
Warner Bros./Pathé (UK/France)
Release dates
  • September 4, 2010 (2010-09-04) (Telluride)
  • November 5, 2010 (2010-11-05) (United States)
Running time
95 mins.
CountryTemplate:Film US
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million[2]
Box office$8,227,000[2]

127 Hours is a 2010 biographical film produced, co-written and directed by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco as real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston, who became trapped by a boulder in Robbers Roost, Utah, for more than five days in 2003. The film, based on Ralston's autobiography Between a Rock and a Hard Place, was written by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy and produced by Christian Colson, who previously teamed up for Slumdog Millionaire, and John Smithson. Premiered on September 4, the film saw limited release in New York and Los Angeles on November 5, 2010. The film was expanded to 22 theaters on November 11, 108 on November 19, and 279 on November 24.

Synopsis

In April 2003, hiker Aron Ralston (James Franco) is hiking in Utah when a boulder falls on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon. Over the next five days, Ralston re-examines the errors of his life as he fights the elements to stay alive.[3]

Cast

Production

Danny Boyle had been wanting to make a film about Ralston's ordeal for four years.[5] Boyle wrote a treatment for the film and Simon Beaufoy wrote the screenplay.[6] Boyle describes 127 Hours as "very much a British film", and as "an action movie with a guy who can't move".[7]

News of the World reported in November 2009 that Cillian Murphy was Boyle's top choice to play Ralston.[8] Ryan Gosling was also rumored to play Ralston.[6] In January 2010, James Franco was cast as Ralston.[9] Lizzy Caplan plays his sister.[4]

Filming was reported to begin in March 2010 in Utah.[9] Boyle intended to shoot the first part of the film with no dialogue.[5] By June 17, 2010, the film was in post-production.[10]

The "amputation scene" was the handiwork of makeup effects artist Tony Gardner and his team at Alterian, Inc. as well as the help of medical professionals. They strove to be medically accurate in every minute detail, as Danny Boyle shot the entire scene in one take (with multiple cameras) and every aspect of the scene needed to be functional as well as realistic.

Release

127 Hours was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2010, following its premiere at the 2010 Telluride Film Festival.[11] The film closed the 2010 London Film Festival on 28 October 2010.[12] It was given a limited release in the US on November 5, 2010.[13]

During the screenings at Telluride Film Festival, two people required medical attention. At the first screening, an audience member suffered from lightheadedness and was taken out of the screening on a gurney. During a subsequent screening, another viewer suffered a panic attack. It is unknown as to whether or not the "amputation scene" was the cause of the incidents.[14] Similar reactions were reported at the Toronto International Film Festival.[15]

Reception

127 Hours met with critical acclaim, with much of the praise going to Franco's performance. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 93% of 143 professional critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 8.3 out of 10.[16] Among Rotten Tomatoes' Top Critics, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television and radio programs,[17] the film holds an overall approval rating of 91%, based on a sample of 32 reviews.[18] The site's consensus is that "As gut-wrenching as it is inspirational, 127 Hours unites one of Danny Boyle's most beautifully exuberant directorial efforts with a terrific performance from James Franco."[16] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 reviews from film critics, the film has a rating score of 82% based on 37 reviews.[19] Richard Roeper of The Chicago Sun-Times gave the film an "A" and said he believed Franco deserved an Oscar nomination for his performance, as well as calling the film "one of the best of the year". Roger Ebert awarded the film four out of four stars and said, "127 Hours is like an exercise in conquering the unfilmable."[20]

Awards and nominations

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result
London Film Festival Awards[21] 27 October 2010 Best Film Christian Colson, Danny Boyle & John Smithson Nominated
7th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards[22] 6 December 2010 Best Film Christian Colson, Danny Boyle & John Smithson Nominated
Best Director Danny Boyle
Best Actor James Franco
Best Adapted Screenplay Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
Best Cinematography Enrique Chediak & Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Score A. R. Rahman
15th Satellite Awards[23] 19 December 2010 Best Film — Drama Christian Colson, Danny Boyle & John Smithson Pending
Best Actor — Drama James Franco
Best Director Danny Boyle
Best Screenplay — Adapted Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
Best Original Score A. R. Rahman
Best Original Song A. R. Rahman, Dido & Rollo Armstrong for "If I Rise"
Best Cinematography Enrique Chediak & Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Visual Effects James Winnifrith, Adam Gascoyne & Tim Caplan
Best Sound Glenn Freemantle, Steven C. Laneri, Douglas Cameron, Ian Tapp & Richard Pryke
Houston Film Critics Society Awards[24] 16 January 2011 Best Picture Christian Colson, Danny Boyle & John Smithson Pending
Best Actor James Franco
Best Director Danny Boyle
Best Original Score A. R. Rahman
Best Original Song A. R. Rahman, Dido & Rollo Armstrong for "If I Rise"
Best Cinematography Enrique Chediak & Anthony Dod Mantle
16th Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards[25] 14 January 2011 Best Picture Christian Colson, Danny Boyle & John Smithson Pending
Best Actor James Franco
Best Director Danny Boyle
Best Adapted Screenplay Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
Best Song A. R. Rahman, Dido & Rollo Armstrong for "If I Rise"
Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Editing Jon Harris
Best Sound Glenn Freemantle, Steven C. Laneri, Douglas Cameron, Ian Tapp & Richard Pryke
68th Golden Globe Awards[26] 16 January 2011 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama James Franco Pending
Best Screenplay Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
Best Original Score A. R. Rahman
25th Independent Spirit Awards[27] 26 February 2011 Best Film Christian Colson, Danny Boyle & John Smithson Pending
Best Director Danny Boyle
Best Male Lead James Franco

Soundtrack

Untitled
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
allmusic [28]
Music Aloud [29]

The original score of the film was composed by A. R. Rahman, Boyle's previous collaborator on Slumdog Millionaire. The score, centred on guitar, was recorded mainly in London and was completed in three weeks.[30] The soundtrack, which was released digitally on 2 November and physically on 22 November, by Interscope Records.[31][32] The first responses about the soundtrack are generally positive.[33][34]

The soundtrack album includes original score and song composed by Rahman, the track "Never Hear Surf Music Again" by the band Free Blood, "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers, Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2, "Ça plane pour moi" by Plastic Bertrand, "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" by Esther Phillips, "Festival" by Sigur Rós, and "If I Rise," written by A. R. Rahman (music) and Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong (lyrics), which was performed by Dido along with Rahman, and featured in the climax scene of the film.[35]

Ralston's favorite band, Phish, is mentioned in the movie. During production, Boyle asked Ralston how Phish lyrics could be included in the film. Ralston sings lines from the Phish song "Sleeping Monkey" when swimming in one of the early scenes of the movie.[36] But the soundtrack album didn't feature this song. Another song "The Funeral" from Band of Horses isn't in the soundtrack album, but is used in the end of the trailer.

Track listing[37]
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."Never Hear Surf Music Again"John PughFree Blood5:52
2."The Canyon"A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman3:01
3."Liberation Begins"A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman2:14
4."Touch Of The Sun"A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman4:39
5."Lovely Day"Bill Withers, Skip ScarboroughBill Withers4:16
6."Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2"Frédéric ChopinVladimir Ashkenazy4:01
7."Ça plane pour moi"Francis Jean Deprijck, Yves Maurice LacomblezPlastic Bertrand3:00
8."Liberation In A Dream"A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman4:06
9."If You Love Me (Really Love Me)"Music by Marguerite Monnot
Original French lyrics by Édith Piaf
(English adaptation by Geoffrey Parsons)		Esther Phillips3:27
10."Acid Darbari"A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman4:21
11."R.I.P."A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman5:11
12."Liberation"A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman3:11
13."Festival"Jon Thor Birgisson, Orri Páll Dýrason,
Georg Hólm, Kjartan Sveinsson		Sigur Rós9:26
14."If I Rise"Music by A. R. Rahman
Lyrics by Dido Armstrong & Rollo Armstrong		Dido, A. R. Rahman4:38
Total length:61:23

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