127 Hours

Theatrical release poster

127 Hours is a 2010 biographical adventure film produced, co-written and

directed by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco as real-life mountain
climber Aron Ralston, who became trapped by a boulder in Robbers Roost,
Utah, for more than five days in early 2003 before amputating his arm with a
dull knife.

The film was well-received by critics and was nominated for six Academy
Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor

Plot

127 Hours begins with Ralston (James Franco) preparing for a day of
canyoneering in Canyonlands National Park in Utah, and driving to the trailhead
at night. He bikes through the park, and then runs along a bare rock formation
when he sees two hikers, Kristi (Kate Mara) and Megan (Amber Tamblyn).

Ralston convinces the pair that he's a trail guide, and offers to show them a
much more interesting route than the one they had been trying to find. After
companying them for few hours, Ralston continues into Blue John Canyon,
through a narrow passage where boulders are suspended, wedged between the
walls of rock. As he descends, one boulder is jarred loose, falling after Ralston
to the bottom of the canyon and pinning his arm against the canyon wall, and
trapping him. He initially yells for help, but nobody is within earshot. He also
begins rationing his water and food.

As he realizes his efforts to chip away, he begins to attempt to cut into his arm,
but finds his knife too dull to break his skin. He then stabs his arm, but realizes
he will not be able to cut through the bone. He becomes delusional, dreaming
about past experiences. He finds himself out of water, and is forced to drink his
own urine.

Finally, after five days, he gathers the will to apply enough force to his forearm
to break it, and severs the arm with his dull knife. Then makes his way out of
the canyon.