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07Nov2009

Boyle's '127 Days' To Have Dialogue-Free Hour

DateSaturday, November 7, 2009 at 10:48PM
After about eight or nine months of rumors about what his next project would be, Oscar-winning Best Director Danny Boyle finally signed up for a bio-pic called 127 Hours. It's the story of mountaineer Aron Ralston, who, after being trapped by a boulder for five days, cut off his own arm to escape.

That news came earlier this week, but Boyle gave an update this weekend, and apparently, the first hour of 127 will be dialogue-free. Slashfilm reports that Boyle will lean on Slumdog Millionaire screenwriter Simon Beaufoy for the script, although that process hasn't begun yet.

The no dialogue thing isn't a brand new concept, although for what's probably a two-hour film, having half of it go with no dialogue might be a bit much. Of course, since there's no script yet, we don't know it'll be an entirely silent hour, but it sounds like we're getting an extended period of quiet time no matter what. Bit of a gimmick, though.

This is Boyle's first film as part of a new three-picture deal with Fox Searchlight, and he says the studio wants 127 Hours in theaters at the end of next year, which means the movie has to go into production fairly soon, and it means Beaufoy will be pretty busy over the next few months.

There's no new developments on the casting front, but when Boyle was first linked to the subject, he was rumored to like Ryan Gosling for the role of Ralston. With this timetable, who knows if Gosling is available or even if there's any truth to that part of the story. Even though this hasn't been a good year for Searchlight at all - on the heels of four Best Picture nominees in five years - you can bet that Boyle's Slumdog follow-up will reside fully in the spotlight next awards season, meaning all sorts of actors from 25 - 40ish will be angling for this role.

Obviously, if there's no dialogue for half the movie, that requires an even great acting commitment, so the role will be even showier and more demanding.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment2 Comments |

Reader Comments (2)

I think it'd be filled with stuff like "shit! my arm!". Anyways no dialogue means no two people talking, not one.

Monday, November 9, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterTjei

In the strictest sense of the word, yes you are correct, but I believe that in this case they mean no talking... one person or two. This will one-up 2001 for 'dialogue' free first sequences if it truly goes a full hour. I can't help but think castaway though with this one... maybe he'll befriend a shrub or rock or something.

Monday, November 9, 2009 | Unregistered Commenteranybody

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