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Heroic survivor tales are not new. But this one--much like the Tom Hanks vehicle Castaway--requires an actor to hold the screen alone for much of his screen time. In this case, Danny Boyle told me, only a few actors could pull this off. James Franco beat out Cillian Murphy and Ryan Gosling. Boyle wrote the initial treatment; he and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) came up with some ingenious ways to keep the movie moving--much of it shot with no dialogue--in more ways than one. The peripatetic Franco was also able to look genuinely exhausted by jetting back and forth from his east coast studies every week during the shoot.
The trailer is below. The film's score is by Slumdog's Oscar-winning A.R. Rahman; the song on the trailer is not-yet-released; "Never Hear Surf Music Again," by Free Blood. Fox Searchlight opens the movie November 5.
2 Comments
David Lavender | September 4, 2010 11:38 AM
Just saw this film at Telluride. Fantastic! Loved the book (in part because I've regularly hiked the areas where Ralston's 'mishap' occurs). Was skeptical that this could be made into the riveting film that it is, but James Franco makes this film (Boyle's cinematic gimmickry helps, but its Franco that give the film the visceral punch). See it. (Blilp is the idiot--Ralston was at the screening--along with Franco & Boyle--and spoke eloquently about both the experience and its adaptation).
Blip | August 25, 2010 3:02 AM
I guess "127 Hours" is a better title than "What an Idiot." Or is it...?