"Of the authenticity of ""127 Hours,"" Ralston has said that the film is ""so factually accurate it is as close to a documentary as you can get and still be a drama,"" and he jokingly added that he thought it is ""the best film ever made."" Aron Ralston Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American outdoorsman, mechanical engineer and motivational speaker known for having survived a canyoneering accident in southeastern Utah in 2003 during which he amputated his own right forearm with a dull pocketknife in order to free himself from a dislodged boulder which had him"
"Aron Ralston Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American outdoorsman, mechanical engineer and motivational speaker known for having survived a canyoneering accident in southeastern Utah in 2003 during which he amputated his own right forearm with a dull pocketknife in order to free himself from a dislodged boulder which had him trapped in Blue John Canyon for six days. After he freed himself, he had to make his way through the remainder of the canyon, then rappel down a sheer cliff face in order to reach safety. The incident is documented in Ralston's autobiography ""Between a Rock"
"Between a Rock and a Hard Place (book) Between a Rock and a Hard Place is the autobiography of Aron Ralston. Published in 2004, the book predominantly recounts Ralston's experience being trapped in Blue John Canyon in the Utah desert and how he was forced to amputate his own right arm with a dull multi-tool in order to free himself after his arm became trapped by a boulder. ""Inc. magazine"" named Ralston's account one of seven ""great entrepreneurship books that have nothing to do with business."" The book also describes Ralston's childhood, how he took up outdoor activities after moving"
"described in his autobiography ""Between a Rock and a Hard Place"" and was depicted in the 2010 film ""127 Hours"". Blue John Canyon Blue John Canyon is a slot canyon in Canyonlands National Park in eastern Wayne County, Utah, United States. The canyon is located southwest of the Horseshoe Canyon Unit of the National Park and 42 miles (67 km) south of Green River. It runs for approximately and is a tributary of Horseshoe Canyon, running northeastwards from the Robbers Roost Flats. Blue John Canyon came to international attention in 2003 as the place where the outdoorsman Aron Ralston was"
"Jessica Trusty. Their first child was born in February 2010. On April 26, 2003, Aron Ralston was hiking alone through Blue John Canyon, in eastern Wayne County, Utah, just south of the Horseshoe Canyon unit of Canyonlands National Park. While he was descending a slot canyon, a suspended boulder became dislodged while he was climbing down from it. The rock smashed his left hand, and then crushed his right hand against the canyon wall. Assuming that he would die without intervention, he spent five days slowly sipping his small amount of remaining water, approximately 350 ml (12 imp fl oz),"
"his knowledge of torque, Ralston fashions a tourniquet from CamelBak tube insulation and uses a carabiner to tighten it. Using the pocket knife, he slowly amputates his arm. He wraps the stump to prevent exsanguination, and takes a picture of the boulder. He then rappels down a 65-foot rockface using his other arm and drinks rainwater from a pond. He meets a family on a hike, who alert the authorities, and a Utah Highway Patrol helicopter brings him to a hospital. Years later, Ralston starts a family, continues climbing and always leaves a note saying where he has gone. Aron"
"""an action movie with a guy who can't move."" He also expressed an interest for a more intimate film than his previous film, ""Slumdog Millionaire"" (2008): ""I remember thinking, I must do a film where I follow an actor the way Darren Aronofsky did with ""The Wrestler."" So ""127 Hours"" is my version of that."" Boyle and Fox Searchlight announced plans to create ""127 Hours"" in November 2009, and ""News of the World"" reported that month that Cillian Murphy was Boyle's top choice to play Ralston. In January 2010, James Franco was cast as Ralston. In March 2010, filming began"
"Blue John Canyon Blue John Canyon is a slot canyon in Canyonlands National Park in eastern Wayne County, Utah, United States. The canyon is located southwest of the Horseshoe Canyon Unit of the National Park and 42 miles (67 km) south of Green River. It runs for approximately and is a tributary of Horseshoe Canyon, running northeastwards from the Robbers Roost Flats. Blue John Canyon came to international attention in 2003 as the place where the outdoorsman Aron Ralston was forced to amputate his own right forearm with a multi-tool after it became trapped by a boulder. Ralston's entrapment was"
"he intends to climb Mount Everest, he did not go along with polar explorer Eric Larsen on his ""Save the Poles"" expedition in 2010, as was previously reported. After the accident, Ralston made numerous appearances in the media. On July 21, 2003, Ralston appeared on the ""Late Show with David Letterman"". On September 10, 2004, Ralston's story was featured on a two-hour edition of ""Dateline NBC"" called ""Desperate Days in Blue John Canyon"". Ralston has appeared twice on ""The Today Show,"" ""Good Morning America,"" and ""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."" He has also appeared on ""The Ellen DeGeneres Show,"""
"a Hard Place"", which detailed his struggle of being trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone in Blue John Canyon, southeastern Utah, and resorting to desperate measures to survive. The film was released on 5 November 2010 to critical acclaim. The film got six nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for Boyle and Best Actor for Franco. Boyle's next film was ""Trance"", while another instalment of the ""28 Days Later"" franchise is in the development stages. Boyle has stated previously that in theory the third instalment of the series would be titled ""28"
"lead. You have to be psychotic in your desire to do something. People always like the easy route. You have to push very hard to get something unusual, something different."" Andrew Macdonald, producer of ""Trainspotting"", said ""Boyle takes a subject that you've often seen portrayed realistically, in a politically correct way, whether it's junkies or slum orphans, and he has managed to make it realistic but also incredibly uplifting and joyful."" In 2010, Boyle directed the film ""127 Hours"", starring James Franco and featuring Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara. It was based on Aron Ralston's autobiography ""Between a Rock and"
"and a camera crew six months later, on his 28th birthday, to film a ""Dateline NBC"" special about the accident in which he scattered the ashes of his arm there, where, he said, they belong. After the accident occurred, Ralston continued to climb mountains frequently, including participating in a 2008 expedition to climb Ojos del Salado in Chile and Monte Pissis in Argentina. In 2005, Ralston became the first person to climb all 59 ranked and/or named Colorado's 'fourteeners' solo in winter, a project he started in 1997 and resumed after the amputation in Blue John Canyon. While Ralston says"
"them an underground pool. After swimming, Aron parts ways with the hikers, and continues through a slot canyon in Blue John Canyon. While climbing, he slips and falls, knocking a boulder which crushes his right hand and wrist against the wall. He calls for help but realizes that he is alone. Ralston begins recording a video diary to maintain morale as he chips away parts of the boulder in an attempt to free himself and tries to keep warm at night. He rations his food and water in order to survive the ordeal. He sets up a pulley using his"
"of Mallory’s fatal ascent is well told, the mountain photography is spectacular and rare archive film recalls a time when the world still had peaks to conquer"". Carmen Gray described it as ""captivating and seductive"" in ""Sight & Sound"" although she felt that ""the equivalence of the journeys often seems forced"". The Wildest Dream The Wildest Dream is a 2010 theatrical-release feature documentary film about the British climber George Mallory who disappeared on Mount Everest in 1924 with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine. The film interweaves two stories, one about climber Conrad Anker (who discovered Mallory's body lying on Everest"
"Brian Ralston Brian Ralston (born April 12, 1974) is a composer and musician living in Los Angeles. Ralston is a graduate of the University of Arizona and the USC Thornton School of Music Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. Brian's latest film is the 2017 drama Rose starring Cybill Shepherd, James Brolin and Pam Grier. In 2012 he scored the 20th Century Fox inspirational sports film Crooked Arrows, starring Brandon Routh, directed by Steve Rash. He has also composed music for the television series ""Angel"" (Season 4) and scores to the theatrical motion pictures ""9/Tenths"", directed by Bob Degus"
"The Wildest Dream The Wildest Dream is a 2010 theatrical-release feature documentary film about the British climber George Mallory who disappeared on Mount Everest in 1924 with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine. The film interweaves two stories, one about climber Conrad Anker (who discovered Mallory's body lying on Everest in 1999) returning to Everest to investigate Mallory's disappearance and the other a biography of Mallory told through letters (read by Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson), original film footage from the 1920s and archival photos. The film was released in the US and on giant screen cinemas around the world by"
"and is the director of the feature film, ""Kokoda"", which he co-wrote. In 2009 Grierson was invited to the ""Avatar"" set during shooting by James Cameron, and was selected to direct a 3D cave-diving drama ""Sanctum"", using the Cameron-developed Fusion Camera System. The script is inspired by the near-death experience of one of the writers, Andrew Wight, who was trapped in a cave collapse under the Nullarbor Plain. It was shot at Warner Roadshow Studios on the Queensland Gold Coast, and the film opened 4 February 2011. By mid-March the film had joined the top ten Worldwide Box Office Results"
"left his job as a mechanical engineer with Intel in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2002 and moved to Aspen, Colorado in order to pursue a life of climbing mountains. He had the goal of climbing all of Colorado's ""fourteeners"" — peaks over altitude, of which there are 59 — solo and during winter (a feat that had never been recorded before). He subsequently achieved this goal in 2005. In 2003, Ralston was caught in a Grade 5 avalanche on Resolution Peak, Colorado with his skiing partners Mark Beverly and Chadwick Spencer. No one was seriously injured. In August 2009, Ralston married"
"the Loft Film Fest on May 27, 2017. Tombstone Rashomon Tombstone Rashomon is a 2017 Western film directed by Alex Cox and starring Adam Newberry and Eric Schumacher. It tells the story of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory from multiple differing perspectives in the style of Akira Kurosawa's 1957 film ""Rashomon"". A film crew travels back in time to film the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. They arrive after the gunfight, however, and can only interview those involved. They interview Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Kate, Ike Clanton, Colonel Roderick Hafford, and Johnny Behan, each of"
"Freeman. On the Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy version of the movie, Carroll and Strzempka are featured in Winter's Inspiration, the featurette that shares Winter's true story. In 1997 Warren Macdonald, an Australian mountain climber, was climbing through a remote mountainside in Australia when a one-ton boulder fell onto his legs trapping him for 45 hours. This trauma resulted in both of his legs being amputated mid-thigh. After his rehabilitation, he returned to climbing using speciality climbing prostheses developed by Kevin Carroll and Hanger clinician Chad Simpson. In 2003 Macdonald climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in"
"release in Arizona, Utah and Idaho on September 16, 2016. Although it had a limited release, the film received positive reviews from critics. The Last Descent The Last Descent is a 2016 American biographical survival drama film co-written and directed by Isaac Halasima, and is his first feature-length film. It is based on the 2009 rescue attempt of John Edward Jones in Nutty Putty Cave, west of Utah Lake. The film was produced by Deep Blue Films, Cocollala Pictures, and Dark Rider Productions and distributed by Excel Entertainment Group. It stars Chadwick Hopson, Alexis Johnson, Landon Henneman, Jyllian Petrie and"
"Frozen (2010 American film) Frozen is a 2010 American thriller-drama film written and directed by Adam Green and starring Emma Bell, Shawn Ashmore and Kevin Zegers. Childhood friends Dan Walker and Joe Lynch, along with Dan's girlfriend Parker O'Neil, spend a Sunday afternoon at a New England ski resort on Mount Holliston. They are eager to take one last run down the mountain before they go home; however, the ski resort decides to close early because a storm is moving in. The friends convince the ski lift attendant to let them on one last time. Before the group gets all"
"Everest (2015 film) Everest is a 2015 biographical adventure film directed and produced by Baltasar Kormákur and written by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy, adapted from Beck Weathers' memoir ""Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest"" (2000). It stars an ensemble cast of Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson, and Jake Gyllenhaal. It is based on the real events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, and focuses on the survival attempts of two expedition groups, one led by Rob Hall (Clarke) and the other by Scott Fischer (Gyllenhaal). The"
"""Deeper"", ""Further"", ""Higher"" film trilogy, which continues TGR's focus on high-injury-risk extreme alpine sports. These three films showcase Jeremy Jones, who is a 10-time Snowboarder magazine ""Big Mountain Rider of the Year"" and the younger brother of TGR co-founders Steve and Todd Jones. Jeremy Jones revolutionized backcountry snowboarding with ""Deeper"", his 2010 ode to splitboarding and human-powered adventure. His 2012 sequel ""Further"" took him to the planet's most remote mountain ranges and earned him a nod as a 2013 National Geographic 'Adventurer of the Year'. His environmental advocacy work with Protect Our Winters won him recognition as one of President"
"of the rescue works before the contact with the miners; and María Segovia never slapped Laurence Golborne in the face. The 33 (film) The 33 () is a 2015 English-language American-Chilean biographical disaster-survival drama film directed by Patricia Riggen and written by Mikko Alanne, Craig Borten and José Rivera. The film is based on the real events of the 2010 mining disaster, in which a group of thirty-three miners were trapped inside the San José Mine in Chile for more than two months. The film stars Antonio Banderas as trapped miner Mario Sepúlveda. Dozens of people from Copiapó, Chile, work"
"(2001), ""Waking Up in Reno"" (2002), ""Maid in Manhattan"" (2002), ""Asylum"" (2005), which won her a second ""Evening Standard"" Award for Best Actress, ""The White Countess"" (2005), and ""Evening"" (2007). Her last screen appearance was as headmistress of a girls' school in the 2008 comedy ""Wild Child"". During the last week of January 2009, she recorded her offscreen role of the wife of climber George Mallory, who disappeared while climbing Mount Everest during a 1924 expedition, in the 2010 documentary film ""The Wildest Dream"", for which Liam Neeson provided narration. Director Anthony Geffen described listening to the film since her"
"Avalanche (1978 film) Avalanche is a 1978 American disaster film directed by Corey Allen and starring Rock Hudson, Robert Forster, Mia Farrow and Jeanette Nolan. The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book ""The Official Razzie Movie Guide"" as one of the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made. The film was featured in the first season of the ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"" revival, released through Netflix on April 14, 2017. David Shelby (Rock Hudson) is the wealthy owner of a new ski resort nestled below a snow-covered mountain. He invites his ex-wife, Caroline Brace (Mia"
"Krakauer's first-person account was not used as source material for the film and alleging that Krakauer's version conflicted with actual events. Everest (2015 film) Everest is a 2015 biographical adventure film directed and produced by Baltasar Kormákur and written by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy, adapted from Beck Weathers' memoir ""Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest"" (2000). It stars an ensemble cast of Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson, and Jake Gyllenhaal. It is based on the real events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, and focuses on"
"create the first free route. Although over half of the ascent was eventually freed, the team were unable to complete the full free ascent within the available time. Houlding and American team member Sean 'Stanley' Leary BASE jumped from the summit. The ascent took 12 days and is featured in the 2010 film ""The Asgard Project"". He appeared in the 2010 film ""The Wildest Dream"" along with Conrad Anker retracing the steps of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine in order to recreate their journey up Mount Everest. In 2010 he completed his 10-year project ""The Prophet"", making him the first"
"film scoring certificate program at UCLA Extension in Los Angeles. His classes include the Digital Performer Workshop, The Business Of Film Music and the Advanced MIDI II: Electronic Composition for Film and Television class. Brian Ralston Brian Ralston (born April 12, 1974) is a composer and musician living in Los Angeles. Ralston is a graduate of the University of Arizona and the USC Thornton School of Music Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. Brian's latest film is the 2017 drama Rose starring Cybill Shepherd, James Brolin and Pam Grier. In 2012 he scored the 20th Century Fox inspirational sports"
"2007 Sci-Fi Channel original series ""Flash Gordon"". In 2008 he was in the Lifetime movie ""A Near Death Experience"". In July 2013, Ralston appeared on """" in its 13th season as Miles Hollingsworth II, a role he continued through its 14th and final season. Ralston reprised this role in the follow-up series, """". In 2015, he co-starred as Jean-Claude Van Damme's estranged brother in the film, ""Pound of Flesh"". Although John Ralston was born in Chatham, New Brunswick (Miramichi, New Brunswick), he grew up in Fredericton and St. Andrews, New Brunswick, and lived in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. He became"
"praise. In 2017, Alverson directed and edited a short film entitled ""William Eggleston: Musik"" in support of the photographer's first collection of musical compositions. Alverson's fifth feature,""The Mountain"" (2018), premiered in competition at the 75th Venice International Film Festival . Set in early 1950's America, the film stars Tye Sheridan, Jeff Goldblum, Hannah Gross, Udo Kier and Denis Lavant and is loosely based on the American neurologist Walter Freeman's fall from grace after the procedure he invented, the lobotomy, came under scrutiny. Referring to the film as ""anti-utopian"", Alverson has described it as a ""counterweight"" to the American ""narrative of"
"above 8,000 meters (26,247 ft.) when they skied from the summit of Shisha Pangma in Tibet in 2000, and then challenged the highest slopes in the world on Mount Everest and Cho Oyu. The film follows the Marolts and their childhood friends Jim Gile, and John Callahan, who was an Olympic cross-country skier, on skiing expeditions into the death zone above 26,000 ft., without using bottled oxygen. At the top of the world, they lock into their skis and challenge the most dangerous slopes in the world. ""Skiing Everest"" also tells the history of high-altitude skiing, dating back to the"