By: Steph Sharples

Here is the first trailer for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours starring James Franco. The film is based on Aron Ralston, an American mountain climber who was forced to amputate his lower right arm after it became trapped by a boulder when he was mountaineering in Utah. The trailer was strange tonally, but it packed a punch at the end. It'll be interesting to see how graphic the amputation will be considering it's arguably the most pivotal scene in the entire film. "He forcibly levered his forearm against a chockstone until both the radius and ulna bones broke. Using the dull blade on his multiuse tool, he then cut the soft tissue around the break. He used the tool's pliers to tear at the tougher tendons." Hope you have the stomach for this type of thing. Like Buried, this is for the most part a one-man show. I'm looking forward to James Franco's performance, but I can't help but wonder if that guy ever sleeps.

Franco describes the film as “an action movie where the hero can’t move.” Director Danny Boyle said “the movie is going to be obsessive, and it will be for obsessives. You will want him to cut his arm off by the end.” 127 Hours will have its world premiere at TIFF. Fun fact: as a corporate speaker, Ralston earns between $15,000 and $37,000 per speech. 127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers (Clemence Poesy), family, and the two hikers (Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara) he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? A visceral thrilling story that will take an audience on a never before experienced journey and prove what we can do when we choose life.