127 Hours
Canyon survival film
127 Hours is a 2010 film directed by Danny Boyle, depicting the true story of climber Aron Ralston, who amputated his own arm after becoming trapped by a boulder in a Utah canyon.
The title refers to the duration of his entrapment.
The phrase has come to reference extreme survival situations or desperate self-rescue: I had my own 127 Hours moment when I got stuck in that elevator.
- true storyNarrative of actual events
- canyonDeep river-cut gorge
- trappedUnable to escape
- boulderLarge weathered stone
- armUpper body limb
Danny Boyle · survival · amputation · desert · Utah · climbing · knife · water · rope · isolation · courage · desperation · pocket knife · thirst · sunlight · flashback · hallucination · rescue
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