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New Orleans Film Society

127 Hours

USA/UK 93 min.

Friday, October 15, 9:45 p.m.
The Prytania Theatre

Director
Danny Boyle
Writers
Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
Producers
Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, John Smithson
Cinematographer
Enrique Chediak, Anthony Dod Mantle
Editor
Jon Harris
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Synopsis

127 Hours is the new film from Danny Boyle, the Academy Award—winning director of 2008’s Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire. 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.