127 Hours
Screened in November 2010
Director: Danny Boyle. Cast: James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Clémence Poésy, Treat Williams, Kate Burton, John Lawrence, Lizzy Caplan, Peter Joshua Hull. Screenplay: Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy (based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston).
Twitter Capsule: Like Ralston, film sports charisma and local ingenuity but sense of any bigger picture is both diffuse and self-absorbed

Photo © 2010 Pathé/Everest Entertainment/
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C+


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Academy Award Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor: James Franco
Best Adapted Screenplay: Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
Best Film Editing: Jon Harris
Best Original Score: A.R. Rahman
Best Original Song: "If I Rise"

Golden Globe Nominations:
Best Actor (Drama): James Franco
Best Screenplay: Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
Best Original Score: A.R. Rahman

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