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11-01-2010, 08:04 PM #1
Viewers Fainting at Amputation Scene in Aron Ralston Movie
At least 10 people have passed out after watching the self-amputation scene in 127 Hours, the new movie about canyoneer Aron Ralston, who was trapped by a shifting chockstone in Blue John Canyon, Utah, in April 2003, and escaped after cutting his right forearm off. The movie, which was directed by Academy Award winning director Danny Boyle, opens November 5, but has been shown at film festivals and other screenings.
In a front page story on Sunday, the Los Angeles Times discussed the faintings (which have been reported previously) and explored whether the pre-release hype will have a negative effect on the movie’s receipts.
“I would prefer that people not pass out — it’s not a plus,” said Stephen Gilula, the co-president of Fox Searchlight, the film’s studio. “We don’t see a particular publicity value in it.”
On the other hand, Jason Squire, who teaches about the film business at the University of Southern California, said, “Are you kidding? I think it really helps. They’ll wait in line an hour earlier.”
The Times cites six people passing out at film festivals and another four at a Pixar screening. Courtney Phelps, who saw the movie at a Producers Guild of America showing, said, “I started to feel like I was going to throw up, so I went to the bathroom, and then I started feeling dizzy and my heart started racing. I have never had, even remotely, an experience like this. I’m a television producer. I know this stuff is not real.”
I saw 127 Hours a couple weeks ago, and the scene in question is bloody and graphic, but no more so than a Quentin Tarantino movie or any of today’s slasher flicks. Although not particularly squeamish, I was prepared to look away, but as it turns out what makes the amputation so powerful isn’t what’s on the screen, it’s what in your heart by the time you’ve reached this point in the movie. Boyle has created a strikingly intimate, visceral, and human film, one that connects you to Ralston (as played by James Franco) and makes you feel the frustration, futility, and direness of his situation. Franco’s performance is incredible, from his cocksure approach to Blue John to his vulnerability as he fights his fears to the brutal dawning self awareness that how he was living his life is what brought him to this predicament. When the time comes to sever the last bit holding him to the rock, it’s bloody, yes, but that’s nothing compared to the emotion of it.
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11-01-2010 08:04 PM # ADS
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11-01-2010, 08:15 PM #2
nice! Got 3 of us going already to the Layton tinseltown on the 5th.
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11-01-2010, 08:24 PM #3
btw, I didn't find this till now, but here's Trailer#2 of the movie.
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"He who walks on the edge...will eventually fall."
"There are two ways to die in the desert - dehydration and drowning." -overhearing a Park Ranger at Capitol Reef N.P.
"...the first law of gear-dynamics: gear is like a gas - it will expand to fit the available space." -Wortman, Outside magazine.
"SEND IT, BRO!!"
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11-01-2010, 09:17 PM #4
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11-02-2010, 08:50 AM #5
When does it come out?
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11-02-2010, 09:25 AM #6
Nov 19 in SLC...
http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/4606
Tom
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11-02-2010, 09:49 AM #7
People getting queasy and fainting from the scene in the movie? Heck, I've watched all 4 seasons of Dexter - I'm ready for anything!
This reminds me that I need to find his book and read it, since his story is fascinating and harrowing. Movie looks great from the trailer; definitely a must-see, and probably in the theater!Sonya
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11-03-2010, 03:24 PM #8
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