127 Hours

127 Hours is a 2010 biographical drama film directed by Danny Boyle and based on Aron Ralston’s memoir *Between a Rock and a Hard Place*.

127 Hours is a 2010 biographical drama film directed by Danny Boyle and based on Aron Ralston’s memoir *Between a Rock and a Hard Place*. It stars James Franco as Ralston, a canyoneer who becomes trapped in a Utah canyon and must survive alone. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2010 and was later released in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Plot

The film dramatizes Aron Ralston’s ordeal after a boulder pins his arm in a remote Utah canyon. Over the course of the rescue attempt, he is forced to make a life-or-death decision to survive.

Production

127 Hours was co-written, produced, and directed by Danny Boyle. It was adapted for the screen from Ralston’s memoir by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy.

Release

The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September 2010 before its theatrical releases in the United States and the United Kingdom later that year and in early 2011.

Reception

The film received positive critical attention and multiple award nominations, including recognition noted in French-language coverage and review aggregators.