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127 Hours

Written by Jonathan Jacobs

127 Hours is the extraordinary true story of legendary mountaineer Aron Ralston. Aron wrote Between a Rock and a Hard Place about his time trapped in a dismal part of Canyonlands National Park in Utah. He remained trapped under nearly impossible circumstances for five days from midday Saturday, April 26, 2003, until midday Thursday, May 1. Along with visionary Director Danny Boyle, James Franco stars as Aron Ralston. He adds life to Ralston’s already incredible human inters tale and makes it unforgettable. To me, 127 Hours is a cautionary tale about what happens when impulse overwhelms reason and we put ourselves in dangerous situations.

During the week Aron lives in a busy city and he works full time at a camping equipment store. We find out that he loves nothing more than climbing mountains and taking calculated risks to induce insane adrenalin rushes. Aron is a master rock climber and is lightning quick. After a hard week at work he drives through rush hour traffic to Canyonlands where he is normally a daredevil hiker. He parks in a mostly deserted remote area and leaves civilization behind. While racing along he literally runs into two gorgeous young women, Kristi (Kate Mara) and Megan (Amber Tamblyn). He convinces them he is a guide of sorts and leads them to a narrow path where they seem to be hanging on between two cliffs for dear life. At first even I felt panicked until he challenged them to be brave and to let go and drop. He has led them to a sort of waterfall in between two massive rock formations. Aron video tapes the two hotties as they skinny dip. Feeling confident they have met someone special, Megan and Kristi invite him to their party to be held later that week. It looks promising that he will hook up in a major way. After leaving them to finish his weekend hike tragedy strikes.

Aron steps on a loose boulder and a cave in ensues. In the mini-avalanche his right hand from the forearm to the fingers has become lodged between the canyon wall and a massive thousand pound boulder obstructing his movement (hence the title of his novel). This begins Ralston’s celebrated tale of survival and hope. In the first few hours he discovers several key conditions of his imprisonment. First, he has no sharp tools as he left his Swiss Army knife in a kitchen cabinet. He also does not have enough water to last for more than two to three days at most. The boulder is immovable and even super human strength cannot pry his arm loose. Aaron is limited, and barring an unforeseen miracle he will die in the middle of nowhere with no witnesses and nobody to tell his tale. Perhaps years later, or perhaps never, some hiker will locate his camcorder and bring it to his grieving parents.

During this excruciating and harrowing tale, Aron video tapes his ordeal. He shows the condition of his arm, the bloodiness, and the ghastly spectacle of dangling and lifeless fingers. Aron is forced to endure drinking his own urine to avoid complete dehydration. The pain from being crushed must be unimaginably unbearable. He hallucinates escaping in a canyon flood. His mind tortures itself. His brain concentrates on how much he loves his parents and how he should have told them, or anyone where he would be climbing that weekend. He has so many regrets and memories of his childhood and girlfriends and youth. We go through all of his thoughts and can really feel as though they are our own. Many times he faces almost certain disaster, the severing of a major artery, and the futility of trying to escape. Somehow, someway Aron’s spirit proved to be unconquerable. All the while the director splices in images of ordinary people driving in traffic, and living their lives as usual while our hero is trapped and alone with little hope. His situation is every mother's nightmare come true for their child.

Beyond how incredible Aron Ralston’s one in a century story is, James Franco’s performance may be even better. He is my selection for actor of the year based only on this performance, to say nothing of his other efforts. To stay in character and to seem as tortured and attached to the moment as Franco is at all times is pure genius. He is a special actor with an undeniable charm and most importantly, he takes his craft seriously. If Franco does not win an Oscan for Best Actor I will be crestfallen. Although watching 127 Hours may feel like torture, and may make audiences squirm, imagine what Aron went through. We owe it to him to relive this experience with him to have even a little insight into his psyche as he endured and survived. Anybody with this kind of courage, fortitude, and will to live deserves our respect and admiration. This story, this film, and Franco’s acting are breathtaking beyond what words can describe.

Jonathan Jacobs

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