127 Hours

2010 film by Danny Boyle September 2020 127 Hours 127 Hours Poster.jpg Theatrical release poster Wearing hiking clothes, Aron Ralston travels through a slot canyon with a boulder below him. Behind him is a sunset. Danny Boyle Danny Boyle Christian Colson John Smithson Danny Boyle Simon Beaufoy Between a Rock and a Hard Place Aron Ralston James Franco Amber Tamblyn Kate Mara A. R. Rahman Anthony Dod Mantle Enrique Chediak Jon Harris Pathé Everest Entertainment Film4 HandMade Films Cloud Eight Filmshttp://film.britishcouncil.org/127-hours British Council Film: 127 Hours British Council 7 December 2016 26 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191026200332/http://film.britishcouncil.org/127-hours live Pathé (United Kingdom; through Warner Bros. Pictures)https://variety.com/2011/film/news/fox-to-handle-distrib-n-for-pathe-u-k-1118031302/ Fox to handle distrib'n for Pathe U.K. Diana Lodderhose 1 February 2011 31 May 2023 Fox Searchlight Pictures (International) yes 2010 9 4 Telluride Film Festival 2010 11 5 United States 2011 1 7 United Kingdom 94 minutes United Kingdom United States English $18 millionhttps://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=127hours.htm 127 Hours (2010) Box Office Mojo Internet Movie Database 31 January 2011 14 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190714144121/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=127hours.htm live $60.7 million 127 Hours is a 2010 biographical drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Danny Boyle. The film mainly stars James Franco, with Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, and Clémence Poésy appearing in brief supporting roles. In the film, canyoneer Aron Ralston (Franco) must find a way to escape after he gets trapped by a boulder in an isolated slot canyon in Bluejohn Canyon, southeastern Utah, on April 26, 2003. It is a British and American venture produced by Pathé, Everest Entertainment, Film4, HandMade Films and Cloud Eight Films. The film, based on Ralston's memoir Between a Rock and a Hard Place (2004), was written by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, co-produced by Christian Colson and John Smithson, and scored by A. R. Rahman. Beaufoy, Colson, and Rahman had all previously worked with Boyle on Slumdog Millionaire (2008). 127 Hours premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on 4 September 2010, and was released in the United States on 5 November 2010 and in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2011. It was acclaimed by critics and audiences and grossed $60.7 million worldwide. It was selected by the American Film Institute as one of the top 10 films of 2010 and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Franco and Best Picture. The film also received nominations for eight British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. The film's title refers to the total duration from when Ralston was stranded in Bluejohn Canyon, once his arm was trapped underneath a boulder, to when he was rescued. Ralston Aron Between a Rock and a Hard Place https://archive.org/details/betweenrockandha00rals registration New York Atria Books 2004 326 978-0-7434-9282-9 ...before my streak of 127 hours of uninterrupted experience ends at three forty-five P.M., Thursday, May 1, 2003. Plot On April 26, 2003, avid mountaineer Aron Ralston goes hiking at Utah's Canyonlands National Park without telling anyone. He befriends lost hikers Kristi and Megan and gives them directions. While guiding them, he shows them an underground pool. The three have fun, and that afternoon, the girls invite him to a party that is being held the following night. Aron expresses half-hearted interest and says goodbye to the girls, who head home. He continues through a slot canyon in Bluejohn Canyon. While climbing, an 800 lb on boulder he is hanging off comes loose and causes both to fall, which traps his right arm against the wall. Aron attempts to move the boulder, but it does not budge; he also soon realizes he is alone. He shortly begins recording a video diary using his camcorder to maintain morale as he chips away parts of the boulder with a pocket knife. At one point, the knife falls off his hand, and he is forced to use his bare feet and a little branch to recover it. Over the next five days, Aron rations his food and remaining 300ml of water, of which he accidentally spills a portion. He struggles to keep warm at night, and is forced to drink his urine when his water runs out. Every morning, he enjoys a brief period of sunlight when the canyon is not in shadow. He also sets up a pulley using his climbing rope in a futile attempt to lift the boulder. Determining that chipping away at the boulder will only make it settle further, he attempts to amputate his arm, but finds that his dull blade can only make shallow cuts. The tool's other implements prove more effective, but are unable to cut through his bones. Throughout the days, Aron becomes desperate and depressed and begins hallucinating about escape, relationships, and past experiences, including his family and his former girlfriend, Rana. He also imagines going to the party he was invited to and having fun. During one hallucination, Aron realizes his mistake was that he did not tell anyone where he was going or for how long. Aron has a vision of his future son on the sixth day, spurring his will to survive. Aron fashions a tourniquet from CamelBak tube insulation and uses a carabiner to tighten it. Then, using his knowledge of torque, he breaks the bones in his arm and, using the multi-tool, slowly amputates it. Aron then wraps the stump to prevent exsanguination and takes a picture of the boulder before rappelling down a 65 ft rockface. He then finds some rainwater collected while descending down, drinks the stagnant water due to dehydration, and continues. He spots a family on a hike in the desert and calls for help. They give him water and alert the authorities; a Utah Highway Patrol helicopter brings him to a hospital. Years later, Aron gets married and has a son. He also continues climbing and always leaves a note telling his family where he has gone. Cast James Franco as Aron Ralston Koleman Stinger as Aron Ralston (age 5) Parker Hedley as Aron Ralston (age 15) Kate Mara as Kristi Moore Amber Tamblyn as Megan McBride Clémence Poésy as Rana, Aron's lover Lizzy Caplan as Sonja Ralston, Aron's younger sister Bailee Michelle Johnson as Sonja Ralston (age 10) Kate Burton as Donna Ralston, Aron's mother Treat Williams as Larry Ralston, Aron's father Pieter Jan Brugge as Eric Meijer, a Dutch father who gives Aron some water after he hikes out of the canyon Ralston himself, his wife, and his son make cameo appearances at the end of the film.Yuan Jada James Franco and Aron Ralston Explain How to Watch 127 Hours Without Fainting https://www.vulture.com/2010/10/james_franco_and_aaron_ralston.html Vulture 25 October 2010 11 April 2016 7 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201107105427/https://www.vulture.com/2010/10/james_franco_and_aaron_ralston.html live Authenticity The scenes early in the film of Ralston's encounter with the two hikers were altered to portray Ralston showing them a hidden pool, when in reality he just showed them some basic climbing moves. Despite these changes, with which he was initially uncomfortable, Ralston says the rest of the film is "so factually accurate it is as close to a documentary as you can get and still be a drama."Barkham Patrick The Extraordinary Story Behind Danny Boyle's 127 Hours The Guardian 15 December 2010 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/dec/15/story-danny-boyles-127-hours 14 April 2011 London 20 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130920210235/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/dec/15/story-danny-boyles-127-hours live Ralston described himself as having only one arm in his vision of his future child; the film depicts him as still having both arms in the premonition. Other changes from the book include omissions of descriptions of Ralston's efforts after freeing himself: his bike was chained to itself, not to the tree as depicted at the beginning of the movie; he had to decide where to seek the fastest medical attention; he took a photo of himself at the small brown pool from which he really did drink; he had his first bowel movement of the week; he abandoned many of the items he had kept throughout his confinement; he got lost in a side canyon; and he met a family from the Netherlands (not an American family), Eric, Monique, and Andy Meijer, who already knew that he was probably lost in the area, thanks to the searches of his parents and the authorities. (The actor who plays Eric Meijer, Pieter Jan Brugge, is Dutch.) Ralston did send Monique and Andy to run ahead to get help, and Ralston did walk seven miles before the helicopter came,Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, p. 317. "It is mile seven, and a few minutes after three P.M. ... It will kill me if I try to hike out of this canyon. I've lost too much blood; I'm on the verge of deadly shock. I contemplate sending Eric up to get help as well, but before I can spit out the idea, the rapid stutter of a booming echo interrupts my thoughts... Two hundred yards in front of us, the metallic body of a wingless black bird rises over the canyon wall." although this trek is shown in the film's alternative ending.July 2015 Production Danny Boyle had been wanting to make a film about Ralston's ordeal for four years;Nine Things I Learned at BAFTA's Brittania Awards Anne Thompson Anne Thompson (film critic) http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2009/11/06/bafta_brittania_awards_stiller_mcgregor_douglas_schwarzenegger_blunt indieWire 6 November 2009 19 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20091227112524/http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2009/11/06/bafta_brittania_awards_stiller_mcgregor_douglas_schwarzenegger_blunt 27 December 2009 dead he wrote a film treatment and Simon Beaufoy wrote the screenplay.Boyle, Searchlight Firm Mountaineer Tale Mike Fleming http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/11/boyle-searchlight-firm-mountaineer-tale.html Variety Reed Business Information 4 November 2009 19 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20091109102900/http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/11/boyle-searchlight-firm-mountaineer-tale.html 9 November 2009 dead Boyle describes 127 Hours as "an action movie with a guy who can't move."Danny Boyle's latest movie boosts London Film Festival Louise Jury http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23866813-danny-boyles-latest-movie-boosts-london-film-festival.do#readerComments London Evening Standard 13 August 2010 15 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100817164110/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23866813-danny-boyles-latest-movie-boosts-london-film-festival.do#readerComments 17 August 2010 dead He also expressed an interest for a more intimate film than his previous film, Slumdog Millionaire (2008): "I remember thinking, I must do a film where I follow an actor the way Darren Aronofsky did with The Wrestler. So 127 Hours is my version of that."http://insidemovies.ew.com/2010/09/12/danny-boyle-darren-aronofsky-toronto Danny Boyle & Darren Aronofsky: Toronto Déjà Vu Entertainment Weekly Dave Karger 12 September 2010 27 January 2011 6 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201106183616/https://ew.com/movies/ live Boyle and Fox Searchlight announced plans to create 127 Hours in November 2009.http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/11/05/danny-boyle-plans-film-about-mountaineer-aron-ralston Danny Boyle plans film about mountaineer Aron Ralston Entertainment Weekly Wendy Mitchell 5 November 2009 26 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110129131421/http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/11/05/danny-boyle-plans-film-about-mountaineer-aron-ralston/ 29 January 2011 dead Cillian Murphy was reportedly approached by Boyle to play Ralston.Roberts Soraya August 25, 2010 James Franco in '127 Hours': Trailer shows actor as Aron Ralston in Danny Boyle action film https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/james-franco-127-hours-trailer-shows-actor-aron-ralston-danny-boyle-action-film-article-1.203055 2021-04-26 New York Daily News 26 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210426013044/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/james-franco-127-hours-trailer-shows-actor-aron-ralston-danny-boyle-action-film-article-1.203055 live In January 2010, James Franco was cast as Ralston.James Franco puts in Hours Tatiana Siegel https://variety.com/2010/biz/markets-festivals/james-franco-puts-in-hours-1118013420/ Variety Reed Business Information 6 January 2010 19 June 2010 10 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100110212747/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118013420.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 live In March 2010, filming began in Utah;Filmapia.com Movie Locations for 127 Hours. Accessed 19 February 2012. Archived 21 February 2012. Boyle intended to shoot the first part of the film with no dialogue. By 17 June 2010, the film was in post-production.Boyle, Daldry to oversee Olympic ceremonies Stuart Kemp https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/boyle-daldry-oversee-olympic-ceremonies-24731 The Hollywood Reporter e5 Global Media 17 June 2010 19 June 2010 26 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201126233654/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/boyle-daldry-oversee-olympic-ceremonies-24731 live Boyle made the very unusual move of hiring two cinematographers to work first unit, Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak, each of whom shot 50 percent of the film by trading off with each other. This allowed Boyle and Franco to work long days without wearing out the crew.Caranicas Peter https://variety.com/2010/film/columns/boyle-hikes-up-number-of-d-p-s-on-127-hours-1118026341/ Boyle hikes up number of d.p.'s on 127 Hours Variety 26 October 2010 17 April 2020 1 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101101031621/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118026341.html?categoryid=3683&cs=1 live Boyle enlisted makeup effects designer Tony Gardner and his effects company, Alterian, Inc., to re-create the character's amputation of his own arm. Boyle stressed that the realism of the arm as well as the process itself were key to the audience's investing in the character's experience, and that the makeup effects' success would impact the film's success. The false arm rigs were created in layers, from fiberglass and steel bone, through silicone and fibrous muscle and tendon, to functional veins and arteries, and finally skinned with a translucent silicone layer of skin with a thin layer of subcutaneous silicone fat. Gardner states that the effects work was extremely stressful, as he wanted to do justice to the story; he credits James Franco equally with the success of the effects work.July 2015 Three prosthetics were used in all, with two designed to show the innards of the arm and another to emulate the outside of it. Franco would later note that seeing blood on the arm was difficult for him and his reactions in those scenes were genuine. Franco admitted that shooting the film was physically hard on him: "There was a lot of physical pain, and Danny knew that it was going to cause a lot of pain. And I asked him after we did the movie, 'How did you know how far you could push it?' ... I had plenty of scars...Not only am I feeling physical pain, but I'm getting exhausted. It became less of a façade I put on and more of an experience that I went through." https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/08/james-franco-127-hours-caused-extreme-physical-pain_n_820090.html 8 February 2011 James Franco: '127 Hours' Caused Extreme Physical Pain HuffPost 21 January 2013 2011-02-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20110210031800/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/08/james-franco-127-hours-caused-extreme-physical-pain_n_820090.html live Music 127 Hours (soundtrack) The film score was composed by A. R. Rahman who previously collaborated with Boyle on Slumdog Millionaire, the soundtrack album was released on 2 November 2010. Release 127 Hours was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on 12 September 2010, following its premiere at the 2010 Telluride Film Festival.127 Hours http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2010/127hours Toronto International Film Festival 2010 27 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100821095612/http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2010/127hours 21 August 2010 dead The film was selected to close the 2010 London Film Festival on 28 October 2010.Danny Boyle's 127 Hours to close London Film Festival Xan Brooks https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/13/danny-boyle-127-hours-festival The Guardian 13 August 2010 27 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100816042631/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/aug/13/danny-boyle-127-hours-festival 16 August 2010 live It was given a limited release in the United States by Fox Searchlight Pictures on 5 November 2010, followed by wide release on 28 January 2011.Fox Searchlight Sets November 5th Release Date For Danny Boyle's 127 Hours Russ Fischer https://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/30/fox-searchlight-sets-november-5-release-date-for-danny-boyles-127-hours /Film 30 July 2010 5 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100803224619/http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/30/fox-searchlight-sets-november-5-release-date-for-danny-boyles-127-hours/ 3 August 2010 dead It was released in the United Kingdom by Pathé's then-theatrical distributor Warner Bros. Entertainment UK on 7 January 2011, and in India on 26 January 2011.http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/1810-127-hours 127 Hours FilmDates.co.uk 27 January 2011 10 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160510050910/http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/1810-127-hours live Danny Boyle's 127 Hours releases on 26th Jan http://ibnlive.in.com/news/danny-boyles-127-hours-releases-on-26th-jan/141473-8-67.html IBN Live 25 January 2011 26 January 2011 2 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140102002552/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/danny-boyles-127-hours-releases-on-26th-jan/141473-8-67.html dead There were many published reports (not all confirmed) that the trailer and film made audience members ill. The Huffington Post, in November 2010, wrote that it "has gotten audiences fainting, vomiting and worse in numbers unseen since The Exorcist – and the movie has not even hit theaters yet." https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/04/127-hours-causes-fainting_n_779118.html 4 November 2010 '127 Hours' Causes Fainting, Vomiting, Seizures HuffPost 21 January 2013 9 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201109021652/https://consent.yahoo.com/v2/collectConsent?sessionId=3_cc-session_269b3eea-6f49-4fca-a901-239d007f7fdd live During the screenings at Telluride Film Festival, two people required medical attention. At the first screening, an audience member became lightheaded and was taken out of the screening on a gurney. During a subsequent screening, another viewer suffered a panic attack.Danny Boyle's 127 Hours Labeled "Too Intense" After Medics Called to Screenings Perri Nemiroff http://www.cinematical.com/2010/09/06/danny-boyles-127-hours-too-intense Cinematical.com 7 September 2010 6 September 2010 2 January 2013 https://archive.today/20130102132128/http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/09/06/danny-boyles-127-hours-too-intense live Similar reactions were reported at the Toronto International Film FestivalAudience faints at "realistic" amputation film https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/audience-faints--at-realistic-amputation-film-20100915-15bpo.html 15 September 2010 15 September 2010 Melbourne The Age Christine Kellett 18 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100918220705/http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/audience-faints--at-realistic-amputation-film-20100915-15bpo.html?autostart=1 live and a special screening hosted by Pixar and Lee Unkrich, director of Toy Story 3 (2010) and Coco (2017).https://deadline.com/2010/10/dial-911-for-127-hours-screenings-76327/ Dial 911 For 127 Hours Screenings Nikki Finke Deadline Hollywood 17 October 2010 27 January 2011 2 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140102022148/http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/dial-911-for-127-hours-screenings/ live The website Movieline published "Armed and Dangerous: A Comprehensive Timeline of Everyone Who's Fainted (Or Worse) at 127 Hours." http://movieline.com/2010/11/04/armed-and-dangerous-a-comprehensive-timeline-of-everyone-whos-fainted-at-127-hours/ VanAirsdale, S.T. 4 November 2010 Armed and Dangerous: A Comprehensive Timeline of Everyone Who's Fainted (Or Worse) at 127 Hours Movieline 21 January 2013 6 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201106210757/http://movieline.com/2010/11/04/armed-and-dangerous-a-comprehensive-timeline-of-everyone-whos-fainted-at-127-hours/ live Home media 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released 127 Hours on DVD and Blu-ray on March 1, 2011, in the United States and on June 6, 2011, in the United Kingdom under the Pathé label. Reception Critical response On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 93% based on 239 critic reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "As gut-wrenching as it is inspirational, 127 Hours unites one of Danny Boyle's most beautifully exuberant directorial efforts with a terrific performance from James Franco."127 Hours (2010) https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/127_hours October 23, 2023 Rotten Tomatoes Fandango Media 2 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210902114617/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/127_hours live On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating to reviews, the film has an average score of 82 out of 100, based on 38 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".127 Hours Reviews https://www.metacritic.com/movie/127-hours live https://web.archive.org/web/20210309020946/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/127-hours 9 March 2021 7 October 2011 Metacritic CBS Interactive Writing for DVD Talk, Casey Burchby concluded that "127 Hours will stay with you not necessarily as a story of survival, but as a story of a harrowing interior experience".Burchby, Casey https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/48388/127-hours 127 Hours: DVD Talk Reviews of the DVD Video DVD Talk 14 April 2011 12 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110312171825/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/48388/127-hours/ live Richard Roeper of The Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four stars, said he believed Franco deserved an Oscar nomination for his performance, and called the film "one of the best of the decade."Roeper Richard 127 Hours http://www.richardroeper.com/reviews/127hours.aspx live https://web.archive.org/web/20101209234230/http://www.richardroeper.com/reviews/127hours.aspx 9 December 2010 14 March 2021 RichardRoeper.com Roger Ebert also awarded the film four stars out of four and wrote that "127 Hours is like an exercise in conquering the unfilmable".http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101110/REVIEWS/101119996 127 Hours Ebert Roger Roger Ebert 10 November 2010 Chicago Sun-Times 14 November 2010 13 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101113161942/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20101110%2FREVIEWS%2F101119996 live Ebert Roger Roger Ebert 10 November 2010 What else was he gonna do? https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/127-hours-2010 live https://web.archive.org/web/20130417103058/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/127-hours-2010 17 April 2013 14 March 2021 RogerEbert.com Gazelle Emami wrote for The Huffington Post, describing Franco's performance as "mesmerizing" and "incredible." https://www.huffingtonpost.com/gazelle-emami/127-hours-huffpost-review_b_773446.html Emami, Gazelle 26 October 2010 HuffPost Review: 127 Hours HuffPost 21 January 2013 27 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120627050655/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gazelle-emami/127-hours-huffpost-review_b_773446.html live Top ten lists 127 Hours was on many critics' top ten lists for 2010.2010 Film Critic Top Ten Lists - Metacritic https://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-ten-lists https://web.archive.org/web/20220925192735/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-ten-lists 2022-09-25 2026-09-10 1st – Claudia Puig, USA Today 1st – Chris Vognar, The Dallas Morning News 1st – Mike Scott, The New Orleans Times-Picayune 1st – Kyle Smith, New York Post 2nd – Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post 3rd – Gregory Ellwood, HitFix 4th – Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter 4th – Lou Lumenick, New York Post 5th – Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times 6th – Christy Lemire, Associated Press 6th – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone 7th – Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic 7th – Glenn Whipp, MSN 7th – Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Timeshttps://www.awardsdaily.com/2010/12/23/richard-roepers-top-10/ Richard Roeper’s Top 10 19 January 2025 24 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250224104252/https://www.awardsdaily.com/2010/12/23/richard-roepers-top-10/ live 7th – A.O. Scott, The New York Times 9th – David Germain, Associated Press 9th – FX Feeney, The Village Voice 10th – Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York 10th – Owen Gleiberman & Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly Top 10 (listed alphabetically) – Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer Top 10 (listed alphabetically) – Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Accolades List of accolades received by 127 Hours 127 Hours was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score.14 December 2010 The 68th Annual Golden Globe Award http://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2010/12/the-68th-annual-golden-globe-awards-nominations dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101225113948/http://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2010/12/the-68th-annual-golden-globe-awards-nominations 25 December 2010 28 February 2011 Golden Globe Awards The film was nominated for eight British Academy Film Awards, including Outstanding British Film, Best Direction, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Film Music.15 January 2010 2011 BAFTA Nominees http://static.bafta.org/files/film-1011-nominations-791.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20201021075953/http://static.bafta.org/files/film-1011-nominations-791.pdf 21 October 2020 28 February 2011 British Academy Film Awards The film got six nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, and Best Film Editing.25 January 2011 Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20110302161531/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html 2 March 2011 28 February 2011 Oscars It received eight nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Song, and Best Sound.http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2010.php Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Nominees BFCA.org 28 February 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120830140454/http://bfca.org/ccawards/2010.php 30 August 2012 Its main theme song "If I Rise" won the Critics Choice award for Best Song.2011-01-15 A.R. Rahman wins Critics' Choice Award for '127 Hours' Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-54183520110115 live 2021-03-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20210314105453/https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-54183520110115?edition-redirect=in 2021-03-1417 January 2011 A.R. Rahman wins Critics' Choice award en-IN The Hindu Chennai, India https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/A.R.-Rahman-wins-Critics-Choice-award/article15521857.ece live subscription 14 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20110629034232/http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/17/stories/2011011758231500.htm 29 June 2011 0971-751X James Franco was awarded Best Actor by the New York Film Critics Online and the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association.NYFCO Awards 2001-2019 http://www.nyfco.net/awards-archive/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20170203162344/http://www.nyfco.net/awards-archive/ 3 February 2017 28 October 2017 New York Film Critics Online2010 http://dfwcritics.com/awards/2010-2/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20201107005920/http://dfwcritics.com/awards/2010-2/ 7 November 2020 28 October 2017 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association See also Gerry (2002), a film directed by Gus Van Sant, inspired by the death of David Coughlin References External links 1542344 Category:2010 films Category:2010 biographical drama films Category:2010 independent films Category:2010 English-language films Category:2010s survival films Category:American biographical drama films Category:American docudrama films Category:2010s docudrama films Category:American independent films Category:American survival films Category:Biographical films about sportspeople Category:British biographical drama films Category:British docudrama films Category:British independent films Category:British survival films Category:Dune Entertainment films Category:English-language biographical drama films Category:English-language independent films Category:Film4 Productions films Category:Films about amputees Category:Films about hiking Category:Films based on memoirs Category:Films directed by Danny Boyle Category:Films produced by Danny Boyle Category:Films scored by A. 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