127 Hours - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of 127 Hours or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to 127 Hours

[chad]

Since Ralston did not tell anyone that he was going hiking, no one knew that he was missing or even where to look for him. However, the moral of his story is lost on readers of his biography and audiences of the ensuing movie. One of them, 64 year old Amos Wayne Richards ventured to the same spot Ralston did and he did it without telling anyone. While 60 feet down a 70-foot-deep ravine, Richards slipped and fell the last 10 feet to the bottom. During the fall, he dislocated his shoulder, bumped his head on a rock, and broke his leg. It took Richards four days to crawl out of the ravine, and by the time the park rangers found him, he had already finished all of his water. In the end, it was the collective dumbness of 127 Hours fans that saved Richards. The park rangers at Blue John Canyon realized that Richards was missing because they were used to the influx of hiking enthusiasts to the canyon since 127 Hours was released. In fact, since 2005 (Ralston's biography came out in 2004), more than two dozen rescues have been performed in that same area - between 1998 and Ralston's incident, that number was "none."

[tom]

This film is the second film directed by Danny Boyle to contain a time denomination in the title - the first being 28 Days Later... (2002) (he also acted as producer on 28 Weeks Later (2007)).

[christina]

The vision of his son is true to the story of what propelled Aron to continue to fight to survive and ultimately amputate his arm.

[scarlett]

The camcorder used by James Franco in the film was the actual one Aron Ralston used when he was trapped in Blue John Canyon.

[chad]

It took roughly one hour for Aron to cut through his own arm.

[miriam]

Shia LaBeouf was considered to play Aron Ralston.

[marc]

In the last scene, Aron Ralston's real-life friends and family are by the swimming pool.

[sandra]

The shirt that is worn by Franco in the film is from Phish Fall Tour 2000.

[sophie]

To make James Franco's portrayal of Aron Ralston as accurate as possible, the real Ralston told director Danny Boyle to have Franco recite lyrics from the jam band Phish, Ralston's favorite band.

[marc]

Aron Ralston filmed a daily video diary while he was stuck in the canyon; parts of the video diary were shown on a televised special about his entrapment, however most of the footage has only been shown to close friends and family and is kept in a bank vault for safety. Before shooting began both James Franco and director Danny Boyle were allowed to view the footage in order to accurately portray the events in the movie.

[victoria]

For the moment when Aron falls down the canyon and gets his arm stuck under the rock, Danny Boyle filmed James Franco for 20 minutes straight going through all kinds of emotions. He then cut the material the way it ended up in the movie.

[caroline]

In 2004 Aron Ralston went back to the scene of the accident with NBC News Anchor Tom Brokaw to scatter the ashes of his amputated arm over the boulder that had trapped him.

[kim]

Cillian Murphy was Danny Boyle's first choice to play Ralston before James Franco was cast.

[javier]

James Franco and Lizzy Caplan also star in The Disaster Artist (2017) together. James Franco directed The Disaster Artist.

[francisco]

Sebastian Stan was considered to play Aron.

[addison]

The cave paintings shown in the opening credits sequence are taken from The Great Gallery, a large rock panel of such paintings, at least 1500 years old, in Horseshoe Canyon, Utah. Blue John Canyon where Aron was trapped is a tributary to Horseshoe Canyon.

[ray]

Treat Williams and Kate Burton play husband and wife in this film. They also played a married couple in the movie Barefoot (2014).

[kyle]

Jena Malone auditioned for a role.