|| 127 Hours | Danny Boyle | James Franco | ARR ||

[Yathu]

So Matt Dunkley's page confirms ARR is doing this movie:

http://www.mattdunkley.com/news.htm

August 2010 - orchestrating and conducting A.R.Rahman's beautiful score to Danny Boyle's new movie "127 Hours", which will close the London Film Festival.

Thoughts of someone who'd seen the test screening:

In telling the true story of a climber who is forced to amputate his arm after being trapped for five days, Boyle and James Franco certainly do a lot with a little. The cinematography by Boyle regular Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak is beautiful and inventive. The score by Slumdog Millionaire composer A.R Rahman is strong as are a few well selected pop songs. The presence of supporting players is kept to a minimum as Franco aptly commandeers what is essentially a one man movie. The intensity of his situation is tempered by a good sense of humor, including a wonderful reference to Scorsese’s The King of Comedy.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/13/...les-127-hours/

[Yathu]

Director:

Danny Boyle

Writers:

Simon Beaufoy (screenplay), Danny Boyle (screenplay)

Release dates:

Canada September 2010 (Toronto International Film Festival) (premiere)
UK 28 October 2010 (London Film Festival)
USA 5 November 2010

Film Synopsis:

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?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344/

[littlemaster1982]

Even SDM was premiered in TFF during September :P

[raghavendran]

[Yathu]

Even SDM was premiered in TFF during September :P

Definitely a good omen.

[Sunil_M88]

Even SDM was premiered in TFF during September :P

Definitely a good omen.

I clone that and also if you go by the synopsis of the movie, one can expect breath taking visuals which will motivate Rahman sir to give a serene output. Still not sure if we can expect a Jai ho again :S

[Yathu]

Official description- 127 Hours

In 2003, a young American outdoorsman ventured into the arid desert and canyons around Moab, Utah on a weekend excursion. He was alone, ripping across the rocky, undulating landscape on his mountain bike with all the rambunctious exuberance of a young man in love with life and risk. Little did he know that his latest adventure was about to change into one of the most compelling stories of courage and survival.

In his follow-up to the immensely successful, Academy Award®-winning Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle has turned to the true story of Aron Ralston, who found himself fighting for his life after his right hand was crushed and trapped by a boulder in a freak accident. Despite his Herculean attempts to move the rock, Aron’s luck seemed to have run out.
How does one make a film about a man stuck in one place, struggling to avoid the inevitable? In what is essentially a one-man show – and James Franco is extraordinary in his portrayal of the famed adventurer – Boyle has stretched his extraordinary talents to their fullest. Initially, Aron is almost bemused by his fate, and draws on all his climbing skills to set up a system of pulleys using his one good hand. As every attempt to move the boulder fails, and as his water supply starts to run dry, Aron drifts into reveries of his past and fantasies of possible escapes. He records his thoughts with the camcorder he brought with him. Relying on his wits and facing certain death, he is finally forced to the conclusion that there is only one way out.

Full of visual invention that exhibits a kinetic sense of cinema, complemented by a superb score from Slumdog collaborator A.R. Rahman,Boyle has followed up one great success with another.

Piers Handling

http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2010/127hours

Glad to see the score is already getting a special mention!

[ajaybaskar]

This movie will not have songs like SDM i guess.

[raghavendran]

arr hinted that he has signed a very big hollywood film some time ago..idhudhana ..

[Yathu]

Like the guy who saw the test screening said, there'll be some pop songs in the film too as part of the score. Like 'Paper Planes' in SDM. It'll be interesting to see what kind of an orchestral score ARRs given to the film!

One score I was really impressed by recently was Hans Zimmer's Inception. That was was just spectacular. It really heightened the impact of so many of the scenes in the film.

Christopher Nolan needs to work with ARR!