"127 Hours"
The news of Aron Ralston's incredible feat of survival made world headlines in 2003, when the young man emerged from the Utah Canyonlands after five days trapped in Blue John Canyon. Unable to extricate his right arm from under a boulder that had pinned him, Ralston cut off his arm as the only way to escape his dire predicament.
Ralston's book of his experience, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place," was certainly the most challenging source material for any of this year's Best Picture nominees.
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