Continuity mistake: When Aron Ralston falls off the bike he is thrown few yards away of his bike into a bush. However, when he is taking the photo the bike is under his head.
127 Hours (2010)
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Starring: James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Sean Bott
Revealing mistake: The overhead shot of Aron swimming at the end of the film shows him having two full arms.
Factual error: In both scenes with Brian, Aron's boss, he is wearing a T-shirt that can be identified as being a product of the website www.someecards.com. This website did not launch until 2007, but the movie is set in 2003.
Trivia: Terry S. Mercer, the helicopter pilot that rescues Aron at the end of the film, is the actual pilot that rescued the real Aron Ralston.
Trivia: At the very end of the movie, there are two people sitting on a couch in a grassy field, with subtitles explaining about their son. The guy on the left is actually the real Aron Ralston. (01:28:05)
Aron Ralston: You know, I've been thinking. Everything is... Just comes together. It's me. I chose this. I chose all this. This rock... This rock has been waiting for me my entire life. It's entire life, ever since it was a bit of meteorite a million, billion years ago. In space. It's been waiting, to come here. Right, right here. I've been moving towards it my entire life. The minute I was born, every breath that I've taken, every action has been leading me to this crack on the outer surface.
Aron Ralston: Hey there, Aron! Is it true that you didn't tell anyone where you were going?
Aron Ralston: I'm in pretty deep doodoo here.
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Chosen answer: The actual name is Bluejohn Canyon. According to online tourist info for Utah, "It appears to have been named after a minor Robbers Roost outlaw by the name of John Griffith. Griffith had one blue eye and one brown eye and thus was saddled with the nickname "Blue John." It is recognized that he kept stolen horses in the area, perhaps watering them at nearby springs. In the fall of 1899 Griffith is reported to have put in at Hite with a small boat with the intention of reaching Lee's Ferry. He was never heard from again."
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