Friday 29 October 2010

Hollywood News : Danny Boyle says that hope is the message behind his latest film

127 hours trailer card 550x365 300x199 Danny Boyle says that hope is the message behind his latest film
Everybody knew how awesome Danny Boyle was years before the Academy decided it was time for him to be recognised for his work behind the movie camera. Eventually winning for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, Boyle has enjoyed a long and fairly illustrious career. Starting way back when with the short film STRUMPET and ending up with 127 HOURS, Boyle’s career output has been consistently brilliant.
He also made 28 DAYS LATER and SUNSHINE… oh and TRAINSPOTTING by the way. Didn’t know that? Shame on you… you know what to do…
On the eve of the release of his latest project 127 HOURS, Boyle has been forced to defend the content of the film. Starring James Franco, 127 HOURS tells the story of a mountaineer forced to amputate his arm after it became trapped under a boulder in a remote canyon in Utah. Boyle says that the story is one of rebirth.
The film is a true story; probably one of the reasons why the gory scenes have been a little tough for some to swallow. For five days, or 127 hours, the climber tried desperately to free the trapped arm, knowing he had not brought a mobile phone on the trip and had failed to tell anyone where he was. I won’t say told you so but kids, please, if you’re reading… always take a mobile phone with you and make sure that it is charged!
Reduced to drinking his own urine, the climber recorded a series of diary-like video messages with the intent that they may be viewed by his friends and family after the discovery of his body before apparently coming to the terrible conclusion that his only hope of survival was to cut off his lower arm. Without a penknife he was forced to hack away at the limb with only the contents of a portable toolkit. This scene is apparently the offender; causing several people to faint during test screenings.
Speaking ahead of the European premiere in London, Boyle argued that anyone would have done the same in the same situation.”It’s very disturbing but it’s worth so much more. Life is given back to him. It’s about childbirth.”
Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, who has worked with Boyle before said the filmmakers “had a responsibility to stick to what he actually lived”.
Speaking about his experiences on the project James Franco said that “Aron accepted his own death and he didn’t know there was going to be a happy ending,” Critics have praised the performance by Franco as a potential Oscar winner. Only time will tell if lightning may strike twice for Boyle and company.
127 HOURS opens in the United States on November 5 and in Britain on January 7.

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