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Oct 29, 2023 · Aron Ralston was a mountaineer who got his arm pinned by a boulder in Utah's Bluejohn Canyon in 2003. He amputated his own arm with a knife and escaped, inspiring the film 127 Hours starring James Franco.
Apr 28, 2024 · 127 Hours captures the harrowing true story of mountaineer Aron Ralston's fight for survival against all odds. The film's attention to detail and accuracy, although some...
The incident is documented in Ralston's autobiography Between a Rock and a Hard Place and is the subject of the 2010 film 127 Hours in which he is portrayed by James Franco. After the accident he continued mountaineering and became the first person to ascend all of Colorado's fourteeners solo in winter.
In the film, canyoneer Aron Ralston must find a way to escape after he gets trapped by a boulder in an isolated slot canyon in Bluejohn Canyon, southeastern Utah, in April 2003. It is a British and American venture produced by Pathé, Everest Entertainment, Film4 Productions, HandMade Films and Cloud Eight Films.
Jul 6, 2021 · The movie is based on the memoir of Aron Ralston, who was trapped under a boulder for five days in a canyon. It is mostly faithful to the facts, but adds some fictional elements to enhance the drama and emotion of his ordeal.
Jan 6, 2011 · What started as a 'walk in the park’ became a 127-hour ordeal that forced an American mountaineer to amputate his arm. This is the true story behind the standout film 127 Hours.
Oct 29, 2010 · Published on October 29, 2010 04:00AM EDT. Aron Ralston amputated his own arm to escape death — and lived not only to tell but to watch James Franco re-create it all on screen. The two men talk...
