127 Hours is a 2010 British independent biographical adventure film directed by Danny Boyle. It stars James Franco in the principal role as real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston, whose hand was trapped under a boulder in a Utah ravine for more than five days in April 2003. Adapted from Ralston's autobiography Between a Rock and a Hard Place, 127 Hours's screenplay was written by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy. Distributors Fox Searchlight and Pathé gave the feature limited releases in the United States and United Kingdom on 5 November 2010 and 7 January 2011, respectively. It grossed £35.8 million at the box office by the end of its worldwide theatrical run.[1] Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator surveyed 215 reviews and judged 93% to be positive.[2] Additionally, 127 Hours appeared on more than two dozen movie reviewers' Top Ten lists for the best movies of 2010.[3]
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The film has received honors for its direction, music, cinematography and writing, as well as for the lead performance by Franco. At the 68th Golden Globe Awards ceremony, 127 Hours earned three nominations: for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Best Original Score and Best Screenplay. The picture was nominated in nine Satellite Award categories, including direction, score, sound, original song and visual effects. It also received nine nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The 64th British Academy Film Awards nominated it for eight of their awards, including Best Director, Best Editing, Best Music and Best Sound. Additionally, 127 Hours was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film, but lost to The King's Speech. It performed similarly at the 83rd Academy Awards, where it was nominated in six categories: Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Original Song (for "If I Rise") and Best Picture, but lost respectively in all categories to The King's Speech, The Social Network, and Toy Story 3.
Franco was named Best Actor by the New York Film Critics Online and 2010 Independent Spirit Awards. He also received recognition from the Screen Actors Guild, at their 17th annual ceremony. Franco's arm amputation scene towards the end of 127 Hours was nominated at the viewer-voted 2011 MTV Movie Awards. Boyle's and Beaufoy's efforts on the movie's script earned them nominations from the Writers Guild of America and Evening Standard British Film Awards. Along with producer Christian Colson, Boyle garnered another nomination, this time from the Producers Guild of America. The Detroit Film Critics Society honored Boyle as Best Director. Suttirat Larlarb's input on the movie's production design earned her one nomination from the Art Directors Guild. The film's cinematography garnered nominations at the 2010 Houston Film Critics Awards and the 2010 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards. The American Film Institute listed 127 Hours as one of the ten best movies of 2010.
Accolades
edit| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Award[4] | 27 February 2011 | Best Picture | Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson | Nominated |
| Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated | ||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Nominated | ||
| Best Film Editing | Jon Harris | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Score | A. R. Rahman | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Song | A. R. Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong for "If I Rise" | Nominated | ||
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists[5] | 10 January 2011 | Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Jon Harris | Nominated | ||
| Best Score | A. R. Rahman | Nominated | ||
| Bravest Performance | James Franco | Nominated | ||
| Unforgettable Moment | 127 Hours | Nominated | ||
| American Film Institute[6] | 12 December 2010 | AFI Movies of the Year | 127 Hours | Won |
| Art Directors Guild[7] | 5 February 2011 | Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | Suttirat Larlarb | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards[8] | 13 February 2011 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | James Franco | Nominated |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Danny Boyle | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Jon Harris | Nominated | ||
| Best Music | A. R. Rahman | Nominated | ||
| Best Sound | Glenn Freemantle, Steven C. Laneri, Douglas Cameron, Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding British Film | 127 Hours | Nominated | ||
| Broadcast Film Critics Association[9][10] | 14 January 2011 | Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Danny Boyle | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Jon Harris | Nominated | ||
| Best Picture | 127 Hours | Nominated | ||
| Best Song | A. R. Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong for "If I Rise" | Won | ||
| Best Sound | Glenn Freemantle, Steven C. Laneri, Douglas Cameron, Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke | Nominated | ||
| Chicago Film Critics Association[11] | 20 December 2010 | Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association[12] | 17 December 2010 | Best Actor | James Franco | Won |
| Best Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak | Won | ||
| Best Director | Danny Boyle | Nominated | ||
| Top 10 Films | 127 Hours | Won | ||
| Detroit Film Critics Society[13] | 16 December 2010 | Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated |
| Best Director | Danny Boyle | Won | ||
| Best Film | 127 Hours | Nominated | ||
| Empire Awards[14] | 27 March 2011 | Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated |
| Best British Film | 127 Hours | Nominated | ||
| Best Thriller | 127 Hours | Nominated | ||
| Evening Standard British Film Awards[15] | 7 February 2011 | Best Screenplay | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards[16] | 16 January 2011 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | James Franco | Nominated |
| Best Original Score | A. R. Rahman | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Nominated | ||
| Houston Film Critics Society[17] | 18 December 2010 | Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Danny Boyle | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Score | A. R. Rahman | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Song | A. R. Rahman and Dido and Rollo ("If I Rise") | Nominated | ||
| Best Picture | 127 Hours | Nominated | ||
| Independent Spirit Awards[18] | 26 February 2011 | Best Film | 127 Hours | Nominated |
| Best Director | Danny Boyle | Nominated | ||
| Best Male Lead | James Franco | Won | ||
| London Film Critics' Circle[19] | 10 February 2011 | British Director of the Year | Danny Boyle | Nominated |
| British Film of the Year | 127 Hours | Nominated | ||
| London Film Festival[20] | 27 October 2010 | Best Film | 127 Hours | Nominated |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors[21][22] | 20 February 2011 | Best Sound Editing: Feature Film FX & Foley | Glenn Freemantle | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards[23] | 5 June 2011 | Jaw Dropping Moment | James Franco | Nominated |
| National Movie Awards[24] | 11 May 2011 | Best Drama | 127 Hours | Nominated |
| Performance of the Year | James Franco | Nominated | ||
| New York Film Critics Online[25] | 12 December 2010 | Best Actor | James Franco | Won |
| Top Ten Films | 127 Hours | Won | ||
| Online Film Critics Society[26] | 3 January 2011 | Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Danny Boyle | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Jon Harris | Nominated | ||
| Producers Guild of America[27] | 22 January 2011 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Danny Boyle and Christian Colson | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society[28] | 14 December 2010 | Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Danny Boyle | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | John Harris | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Score | A. R. Rahman | Nominated | ||
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival[29] | 29 January 2011 | Outstanding Performance of the Year | James Franco | Won |
| Satellite Awards[30] | 19 December 2010 | Best Actor — Motion Picture Drama | James Franco | Nominated |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Danny Boyle | Nominated | ||
| Best Film — Drama | 127 Hours | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Score | A. R. Rahman | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Song | A. R. Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong ("If I Rise") | Nominated | ||
| Best Sound | Glenn Freemantle, Steven C. Laneri, Douglas Cameron, Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke | Nominated | ||
| Best Visual Effects | James Winnifrith, Adam Gascoyne and Tim Caplan | Nominated | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards[31] | 30 January 2011 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role |
James Franco | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association[32] | 20 December 2010 | Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated |
| Best Director | Danny Boyle | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Nominated | ||
| Moving the Medium Forward | 127 Hours | Nominated | ||
| Special Merit | 127 Hours | Won | ||
| Toronto Film Critics Association[33] | 14 December 2010 | Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle[34] | 10 January 2011 | Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[35] | 6 December 2010 | Best Actor | James Franco | Nominated |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Danny Boyle | Nominated | ||
| Best Film | 127 Hours | Nominated | ||
| Best Score | A. R. Rahman | Nominated | ||
| World Soundtrack Academy[36] | 22 October 2011 | The Public Choice Award | A. R. Rahman | Won |
| Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film | A. R. Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong ("If I Rise") | Nominated | ||
| Writers Guild of America[37] | 5 February 2011 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Nominated |
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