+ List of accolades received by 127 Hours James Franco's performance has gained the most attention from award groups. Accolades Award Won NominatedAcademy AwardsAlliance of Women Film JournalistsAmerican Film InstituteArt Directors GuildBritish Academy Film AwardsChicago Film Critics AssociationCritics' Choice Movie AwardsDallas–Fort Worth Film Critics AssociationDetroit Film Critics SocietyEmpire AwardsEvening Standard British Film AwardsGolden Globe AwardsHouston Film Critics SocietyIndependent Spirit AwardsLondon Film Critics' CircleLondon Film Festival AwardsMotion Picture Sound EditorsMTV Movie & TV AwardsNew York Film Critics OnlineOnline Film Critics SocietyProducers Guild of America AwardsSan Diego Film Critics SocietySanta Barbara International Film FestivalSatellite AwardsScreen Actors Guild AwardsSt. Louis Film Critics AssociationToronto Film Critics AssociationVancouver Film Critics CircleWashington D.C. Area Film Critics AssociationWorld Soundtrack AcademyWriters Guild of America AwardsTotal number of awards and nominations References

127 Hours is a 2010 British independent biographical adventure film directed by Danny Boyle. It stars James Franco in the principal role as real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston, whose hand was trapped under a boulder in a Utah ravine for more than five days in April 2003. Adapted from Ralston's autobiography Between a Rock and a Hard Place, 127 Hourss screenplay was written by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy. Distributors Fox Searchlight and Pathé gave the feature limited releases in the United States and United Kingdom on 5 November 2010 and 7 January 2011, respectively. It grossed £35.8 million at the box office by the end of its worldwide theatrical run. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator surveyed 215 reviews and judged 93% to be positive. Additionally, 127 Hours appeared on more than two dozen movie reviewers' Top Ten lists for the best movies of 2010.

The film has received honors for its direction, music, cinematography and writing, as well as for the lead performance by Franco. At the 68th Golden Globe Awards ceremony, 127 Hours earned three nominations: for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Best Original Score and Best Screenplay. The picture was nominated in nine Satellite Award categories, including direction, score, sound, original song and visual effects. It also received nine nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The 64th British Academy Film Awards nominated it for eight of their awards, including Best Director, Best Editing, Best Music and Best Sound. Additionally, 127 Hours was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film, but lost to The King's Speech. It performed similarly at the 83rd Academy Awards, where it was nominated in six categories: Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Original Song (for "If I Rise") and Best Picture, but lost respectively in all categories to The King's Speech, The Social Network, and Toy Story 3.

Franco was named Best Actor by the New York Film Critics Online and 2010 Independent Spirit Awards. He also received recognition from the Screen Actors Guild, at their 17th annual ceremony. Franco's arm amputation scene towards the end of 127 Hours was nominated at the viewer-voted 2011 MTV Movie Awards. Boyle's and Beaufoy's efforts on the movie's script earned them nominations from the Writers Guild of America and Evening Standard British Film Awards. Along with producer Christian Colson, Boyle garnered another nomination, this time from the Producers Guild of America. The Detroit Film Critics Society honored Boyle as Best Director. Suttirat Larlarb's input on the movie's production design earned her one nomination from the Art Directors Guild. The film's cinematography garnered nominations at the 2010 Houston Film Critics Awards and the 2010 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards. The American Film Institute listed 127 Hours as one of the ten best movies of 2010.

Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Academy Award 27 February 2011Best Picture Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson Best Actor James Franco Best Adapted Screenplay Danny Boyle and Simon BeaufoyBest Film Editing Jon Harris Best Original Score A. R. Rahman Best Original Song A. R. Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong for "If I Rise" Alliance of Women Film Journalists 10 January 2011 Best Actor James Franco Best Adapted Screenplay Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy Best Editing Jon Harris Best Score A. R. Rahman Bravest Performance James Franco Unforgettable Moment 127 Hours American Film Institute 12 December 2010 AFI Movies of the Year 127 Hours Art Directors Guild 5 February 2011 Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film Suttirat Larlarb British Academy Film Awards 13 February 2011 Best Actor in a Leading Role James Franco Best Adapted Screenplay Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak Best Director Danny Boyle Best Editing Jon Harris Best Music A. R. Rahman Best Sound Glenn Freemantle, Steven C. Laneri, Douglas Cameron, Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke Outstanding British Film 127 Hours Broadcast Film Critics Association 14 January 2011 Best Actor James Franco Best Adapted Screenplay Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak Best Director Danny Boyle Best Editing Jon Harris Best Picture 127 Hours Best Song A. R. Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong for "If I Rise" Best Sound Glenn Freemantle, Steven C. Laneri, Douglas Cameron, Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke Chicago Film Critics Association 20 December 2010 Best Actor James Franco Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 17 December 2010 Best Actor James Franco Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak Best Director Danny Boyle Top 10 Films 127 Hours Detroit Film Critics Society 16 December 2010 Best Actor James Franco Best Director Danny Boyle Best Film 127 Hours Empire Awards 27 March 2011 Best Actor James Franco Best British Film 127 Hours Best Thriller 127 Hours Evening Standard British Film Awards 7 February 2011 Best Screenplay Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy Golden Globe Awards 16 January 2011 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama James Franco Best Original Score A. R. Rahman Best Screenplay Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy Houston Film Critics Society 18 December 2010 Best Actor James Franco Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak Best Director Danny Boyle Best Original Score A. R. Rahman Best Original Song A. R. Rahman and Dido and Rollo ("If I Rise") Best Picture 127 Hours Independent Spirit Awards 26 February 2011 Best Film 127 Hours Best Director Danny Boyle Best Male Lead James Franco London Film Critics' Circle 10 February 2011 British Director of the Year Danny Boyle British Film of the Year 127 Hours London Film Festival 27 October 2010 Best Film 127 Hours Motion Picture Sound Editors 20 February 2011 Best Sound Editing: Feature Film FX & Foley Glenn Freemantle MTV Movie Awards 5 June 2011 Jaw Dropping Moment James Franco National Movie Awards 11 May 2011 Best Drama 127 Hours Performance of the Year James Franco New York Film Critics Online 12 December 2010 Best Actor James Franco Top Ten Films 127 Hours Online Film Critics Society 3 January 2011 Best Actor James Franco Best Adapted Screenplay Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak Best Director Danny Boyle Best Editing Jon Harris Producers Guild of America 22 January 2011 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Danny Boyle and Christian Colson San Diego Film Critics Society 14 December 2010 Best Actor James Franco Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak Best Director Danny Boyle Best Editing John Harris Best Original Score A. R. Rahman Santa Barbara International Film Festival 29 January 2011 Outstanding Performance of the Year James Franco Satellite Awards 19 December 2010 Best Actor — Motion Picture Drama James Franco Best Adapted Screenplay Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak Best Director Danny Boyle Best Film — Drama 127 Hours Best Original Score A. R. Rahman Best Original Song A. R. Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong ("If I Rise") Best Sound Glenn Freemantle, Steven C. Laneri, Douglas Cameron, Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke Best Visual Effects James Winnifrith, Adam Gascoyne and Tim Caplan Screen Actors Guild Awards 30 January 2011 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actorin a Leading Role James Franco St. Louis Film Critics Association 20 December 2010 Best Actor James Franco Best Director Danny Boyle Best Adapted Screenplay Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy Moving the Medium Forward 127 Hours Special Merit 127 Hours Toronto Film Critics Association 14 December 2010 Best Actor James Franco Vancouver Film Critics Circle 10 January 2011 Best Actor James Franco Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 6 December 2010 Best Actor James Franco Best Adapted Screenplay Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy Best Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak Best Director Danny Boyle Best Film 127 Hours Best Score A. R. Rahman World Soundtrack Academy 22 October 2011 The Public Choice Award A. R. Rahman Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film A. R. Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong ("If I Rise") Writers Guild of America 5 February 2011 Best Adapted Screenplay Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy

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