127 hours

Resource Information

The work 127 hours represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bedford Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

127 hours

Statement of responsibility

Fox Searchlight Pictures and Pathé present in association with Everest Entertainment a Cloud Eight, Decibel Films, Darlow Smithson production ; a Danny Boyle film ; produced by Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John Smithson ; screenplay by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy ; directed by Danny Boyle

Title variation

One hundred twenty-seven hours

Contributor

• Burton, Kate
• Caplan, Lizzy, 1982-
• Pathé Productions
• Colson, Christian
• Williams, Treat
• Fox Searchlight Pictures
• Franco, James, 1978-
• Everest Entertainment (Firm)
• Mara, Kate, 1983-
• Decibel Films
• Poésy, Clémence
• Ralston, Aron
• Cloud Eight Films
• Smithson, John
• Boyle, Danny
• Tamblyn, Amber
• Beaufoy, Simon
• Darlow Smithson Productions
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

Actor

• Tamblyn, Amber
• Poésy, Clémence
• Mara, Kate, 1983-
• Franco, James, 1978-
• Caplan, Lizzy, 1982-
• Burton, Kate
• Williams, Treat

Screenwriter

• Boyle, Danny
• Beaufoy, Simon

Director

• Boyle, Danny

Producer

• Boyle, Danny
• Smithson, John
• Colson, Christian

Subject

• Mountaineers -- United States -- Drama
• Ralston, Aron -- Drama
• Rock climbing accidents -- Utah | Canyonlands National Park -- Drama
• Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Utah | Canyonlands National Park -- Drama
• Survival films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• DVD-Video discs
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Mountaineering accidents -- Utah | Canyonlands National Park -- Drama

Genre

• DVD-Video discs
• Survival films
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

The powerfully uplifting true story of one man's struggle to survive against mountainous odds. Aron Ralston has a passion for all things outdoors. But when a falling boulder traps him in a remote Utah canyon, a thrill-seeker's adventure becomes the challenge of a lifetime. Over the next five days, Ralston embarks on a remarkable personal journey in which he relies on the memories of family and friends as well as his own courage and ingenuity to turn adversity into triumph!

Related

• Between a rock and a hard place

Awards note

6 Academy Award Nominations; 8 BAFTA Award Nominations; 3 Independent Spirit Award Nominations.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Directors of photography, Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak ; editor, Jon Harris ; original music, A.R. Rahman

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Rating: R; for language and some disturbing violent content/bloody images

Language note

• Closed-captioned
• Dubbed: English (5.1 Dolby digital), French (Dolby surround) or Spanish (Dolby surround) dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

A52 2011

PerformerNote

James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Clémence Poésy, Kate Burton, Lizzy Caplan, Treat Williams

Runtime

94

Technique

live action