127 Hours: The Shooting Script

In 2003 a young climber named Aron Ralston set out alone into a remote canyon in Utah. A falling boulder pins his arm against the rock wall of a narrow slot, and no one knows where he is. This shooting script, from the film directed by Danny Boyle, follows his days of isolation, his struggle to free himself, the water he rations, and the memories and visions that come to him as the hours pass.

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It is a story of endurance and resourcefulness, told in scenes rather than narration.

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