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127 HOURS REGISSØREN: Danny Boyle begynte å arbeide innen britisk fjernsyn før han debuterte med shallow grave i 1994. Det internasjonale gjennombruddet kom to år senere med trainspotting. Han har opprettholdt en jevn produksjon, vært innom en mengde sjangre og nådde et høydepunkt da han vant en Oscar for beste regi med slumdog millionaire i 2008. THE DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle cut his teeth as a director doing work in British television. His feature debut was shallow grave in 1994, followed two years later by his international breakthrough trainspotting. Since then Boyle has kept up a steady output of films in various genres, reaching an unarguable high winning the Academy Award for best director with slumdog millionaire in 2008. FILMOGRAPHY (UTVALG/SELECTION): 1994 SHALLOW GRAVE 1996 TRAINSPOTTING 2002 28 DAYS LATER 2004 MILLIONS 2007 SUNSHINE 2008 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
USA 2010
127 timer – litt over fem dager – satt fjellklatreren Aron Ralston med den ene hånden fastklemt nedi en fjellsprekk ett sted i Blue John Canyon i Utah. Syv år senere har regissør Danny Boyle brakt disse hendelsene til det store lerretet. Det som begynte som en impulsiv dagstur for Aron Ralston, utvikler seg til å bli et ekte mareritt om liv eller død. Ikke bare er han fanget alene i ødemarka, men han må også kjempe mot sult, tørst og naturens råskap. Men Ralston må erkjenne at han er fanget alene fordi han var for kul til å melde fra om hvor han skulle. Hvis han skal overleve, må han være sin egen redningsmann. Boyle tar alle eksisterende filmatiske virkemidler i bruk og finner stadig opp nye for å holde tilskueren i bortimot uutholdelig spenning, og James Franco briljerer i den klaustrofobiske rollen som Ralston. En filmopplevelse vi ikke har sett maken til – men så visst ikke for sarte sjeler. 127 hours, or approximately five days, is how long real life mountain climber Aron Ralston was trapped in a crevasse with one hand stuck underneath a boulder somewhere in Blue John Canyon, Utah. Seven years later director Danny Boyle has brought these events to the big screen. What began as an impulsive day trip turns into a life-threatening nightmare. Not only is he stuck alone in the middle of nowhere, he also has to fight hunger, thirst and Nature’s cruelty. On top of it all, Ralston has to face the fact that all this is his own fault: He was too cool to tell anyone where he was going. Now he is entirely dependent upon himself to survive. Boyle keeps us on the edge of our seats by pulling out all known film-storytelling plugs, adding a few new ones of his own along the way. James Franco plays the claustrophobic role of Ralston brilliantly. Not a film for the weak-of-heart!
DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle SCREENPLAY: Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy CINEMATOGRAPHY: Anthony Dod Mantle & Enrique Chediak CAST: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Clémence Poésy, Lizzy Caplan, Treat Williams RUNNING TIME: 1h 35m SOURCE: Twentieth Century Fox Norway 23
