127 Hours DVD James Franco

This listing is for 127 Hours DVD.  

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

MPAA rating: R (Restricted)

Media Format: NTSC

Run time: 1 hour and 33 minutes

Release date: March 1, 2011

Dubbed: Spanish

Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)

Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Number of discs: 1

A triumphant true story from Danny Boyle, director of Slumdog Millionaire. The incredible true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a falling boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated slot canyon in Utah. With only a day's worth of water, a blunt penknife and an unwavering will to survive Aron does everything he can go make it out alive. Aron Ralston (played by James Franco) is traipsing alone through Utah's Canyonlands National Park, minding his own sweet-natured, loosey-goosey business, when an errant step drops him into a crevasse. That in itself wouldn't be so bad if he hadn't managed to get his right hand stuck between a heavy boulder and the side of the cavern--a cavern that will be his grave, if he doesn't figure out how to get himself out. Danny Boyle's film of this real-life 2003 incident builds up to what we all know is going to happen: Ralston must sever his arm between his elbow and wrist, after a few long, lonely days of avoiding the idea. (Superb casual line delivery by Franco: "So I found this great tourniquet….") Because this is a film by the director of Slumdog Millionaire and Trainspotting, we can expect a barrage of visual high jinks, despite the fact that this story would seem to be a simple tale of a man stuck in the desert. Boyle deploys flashbacks and fantasies to fill up the screen, plus he gets some mileage out of Ralston's video camera--and, of course, this director can't resist juicing the soundtrack with pop tunes, from Sigur Rós to Edith Piaf to Slumdog composer A.R. Rahman. Maybe Boyle is simply hyperactive, or maybe he's really onto something about what would happen inside the mind of a man left in extremis for an extended period (who wouldn't have a few Boyle-esque hallucinations, under the circumstances?). The cumulative effect is overbearing, but Franco's performance is spirited and endearing--he makes Ralston sufficiently "of life" that you definitely don't want to see this goofball soul be lost.

***** “Electrifying, enthralling, incredible. The most intense movie experience of the year.” David Edwards The Mirror 

***** "Inspirational and unforgettable… a film that will make your heart soar. 5 stars? It deserves 127!" Robbie Collin--News of the World 

***** "Another masterpiece"--Uncut 

**** "Breathtaking"--The Independent 

***** "An absolute triumph... simply unmissable"--Time Out 

Special Features: 

Audio commentary 

Deleted scenes 

127 Hours: Movie Special

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