What We're Watching: Laurie

127 Hours directed by Danny Boyle. Starring James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Burton, Kate Mara and Treat Williams.

Aron Ralston (Franco) loves the outdoors and craves adventure. Ralston has a passion for mountaineering, canyoneering, rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking-anything that poses a physical and mental challenge. In this true story, Aron finds himself in his toughest battle with nature. He went out to Blue John Canyon in Utah for a typical weekend of biking and hiking, and found himself trapped between the canyon walls when a boulder gave way and pinned his arm against the rock. Ralston was trapped for five days with very little food and water, and no one to help him out of this jam. He did not let anyone know where he was going, he did not have a mobile phone and there was no one around to hear his calls of distress. Dehydrated, completely depleted and on the verge of death, Aron found an immense inner strength and will to survive. After five days of literally being caught between a rock and a hard place, Ralston amputated his own arm with a cheap, dull multitool, rappelled down a 65 foot sheer wall, and planned to hike the 8 miles back to his truck in the terrible heat to try to save himself. This is an incredible survival story of a 27 year old man who searched deep within himself and unleashed unbelievable physical and mental strengths to survive. Rated R. DVD FIC ONE. Read the book Between A Rock And A Hard Place by Aron Ralston for a more in-depth account of this survival story. B Ralston.