yipeee!! ... expectin quite a few OSCARS for this one also .. any idea wen the OST will release ??
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(Hollywood Reporter) Two years ago, Danny Boyle held the > first public screening of "Slumdog Millionaire" at the Telluride Film > Festival. The rest, as they say, is history. > > Boyle was determined to complete his new film, "127 Hours," in time for this > year's Labor Day holiday weekend event, and it premiered to loud ovations -- > and a few squeals of terror. > > Boyle knew he had a narrow window of opportunity to take advantage of the > worldwide success of "Slumdog," and he decided to tackle a risky piece of > material, inspired by Aron Ralston's ordeal when he was trapped in a narrow > canyon in 2003. > > This Fox Searchlight film has disturbingly graphic images, and it presents > another challenge for audiences in that for most of the movie, we are > confined in the canyon with just one actor, the remarkable James Franco. But > Boyle is such a gifted director that he overcomes the obstacles and might > even match the commercial success of his earlier Oscar winner. > > Boyle assembled many of the people who worked with him on "Slumdog" > including screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, producer Christian Colson, composer > A.R. Rahman and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle (who shares credit with > Enrique Chediak). Maybe it's the comfort of the collaboration that helps > account for the apparent effortlessness of the filmmaking. > > The film opens with a bang, with lots of split-screen effects and speeded-up > digital images, as Aron heads off for a trip through Canyonland National > Park in Utah. Boyle has demonstrated visual razzle dazzle and kinetic > editing since his early films, "Shallow Grave" and "Trainspotting." Here the > style is meant to mirror the energetic personality of the protagonist, an > adrenaline junkie who savors adventure and shares his infectious enthusiasm > with anyone he meets. > > Aron encounters two girls while hiking in Utah and immediately goads them > into climbing across a steep ledge and diving into a crystal-blue lake. We > share the rush that the characters feel, but we also feel a sense of > impending danger. The clock stops when Aron leaves the girls and begins > climbing down a canyon. Suddenly he dislodges a boulder that pins his arm > and traps him. > > From here, the film moves into a more interior mode, though it maintains > energy by drifting in and out of Aron's memories and fantasies. Boyle takes > advantage of the beauty of the setting, familiar from many John Ford > Westerns, but he also captures the inner life of the character. > > He is aided enormously by Franco, who pulls off a virtual one-man show. The > actor already has demonstrated tremendous versatility, and just this year > viewers have seen him as one of Julia Roberts' lovers in "Eat Pray Love" and > as Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in "Howl." Here he manages to create a radically > different character -- an extroverted adventurer who is forced to turn > reflective. Expect Oscar to come calling next year. > > The different moods Aron experiences point to the deeper themes of the film. > "127 Hours" is a pointed, double-edged critique of masculinity. Aron was > reckless enough to embark on this climbing expedition without telling anyone > where he was going, and the film sees that his cocky, independent spirit > gives him unusual survival skills. But that lone-wolf mentality also puts > him in deadly peril, and the scream that he utters near the end of the film > -- "I need help!" -- gives voice to his belated awareness of the inadequacy > of the Wild West code of self-reliance that stunts so many men. Franco nails > this key moment with rare emotional intensity. > > Although Ralston's ordeal gripped the world seven years ago, there was no > guarantee that a film would do justice to the chilling true story. All of > the key creative personnel contribute to the movie's nail-biting tension and > unexpectedly moving finale. Jon Harris's editing is matchless, and Rahman's > score effectively heightens the emotion. Ultimately, however, it is the > talents of Boyle and Franco that sock this movie home. >
