Danny Boyle thought James Franco was stoned when they first met.

Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle was honoured by the UK movie industry last night as he was awarded a British Film Institute (BFI) Fellowship.

Danny Boyle's new movie is apparently so shocking that three people fainted during a screening.

DANNY BOYLE’S first film since the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire will close the 54th BFI London Film Festival, it was announced.

The award-winning director of 'Slumdog Millionaire' said he plans to make a film about the mountaineer renowned for amputating his own arm after it was pinned by a half-ton boulder while he was hiking alone in Utah.

SLUMDOG Millionaire director Danny Boyle is to film the true story of an American climber who hacked off part of his arm with a knife after it became trapped under a rock, according to reports.

Danny Boyle is to direct a film about a trapped mountaineer who cuts off his own arm.

A CLIMBER who escaped death by sawing off his arm which was trapped beneath a fallen rock told yesterday how he kept a video diary of what he thought would be his last hours of life.

A climber who escaped death by sawing off his arm which was trapped beneath a fallen rock told today how he kept a video diary of what he thought would be his last hours of life.

THERE’s talk of a reality show and a clothing line, speaking appearances and a book — a lot of attention for a 13-year-old girl who has never recorded a song or rehearsed a script.

AN Australian miner cut off his own arm with a Stanley knife rather than wait for rescuers after he was pinned under a tractor in a coal mine in the New South Wales Hunter Valley north of Sydney, police said yesterday.

An Australian miner amputated his own arm with a knife after becoming pinned under a tractor, police said today.

Climber Aron Ralston has described how he did the unthinkable – cutting off his own arm to save his life – in his first interview since he walked, bloody and dehydrated, out of a remote Utah canyon.

A MOUNTAINEER who cut off part of his arm to save his life after being pinned by an 800-pound boulder in a remote desert area in Utah was in fair condition after undergoing surgery, his parents said.

AFTER being trapped under a boulder for five days in a remote area of southern Utah, USA, Aron Ralston resorted to a desperate measure. He cut off his arm with a pocketknife, according to the sheriff’s deputies. Officers found Ralston around 3pm on Thursday walking and covered in blood.

A climber in the US amputated his own arm five days after becoming pinned by a boulder.