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'127 Hours' a stirring story

Film fans have two towering performances to delight in this week, that of Colin Firth as King George V1 in The King’s Speech and, here, Franco in a harrowing, gripping, gory and true story of climber Aron Ralston’s ordeal when trapped under a boulder for five days in Utah in 2003.

Fri, 07 Jan, 2011 - 19:36

Director: Danny Boyle

Cast: James Franco, Kate Mara, Lizzy Caplan

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