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127 Hours shocks viewers

Cape Town - According to a report from Movieline, numerous moviegoers have suffered adverse physical reactions while watching Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle’s new movie 127 Hours. Incidents of vomiting, fainting and seizures have been reported at various screenings held at film festivals and premieres around the world.

127 Hours tells the true life story of rock climber Aron Ralston, played by James Franco, who resorted to amputating his own arm to save his life after he was pinned to a canyon wall by a boulder for five days during a climb expedition in 2003.

People have been physically reacting, specifically to the amputation scene in the film which one reviewer called "the most harrowing bone-breaking and amputation scene in the history of cinema". The Telluride Film Festival saw paramedics treating one person for fainting, one for feeling light-headed and one woman who suffered a panic attack. Festival correspondent Meredith Brody said that she was reminded "of the old days when people were vomiting in the lobby during The Exorcist".   

The Toronto Film Festival reportedly had one seizure and three fainting episodes while the London Film Festival saw horrified fans throwing up and fainting at the premiere. The Sun also reported that "Boyle looked on as paramedics treated fans struggling to cope with gruesome scenes".

The movie is Boyle's first release since Slumdog Millionaire, which went on to win eight Academy Awards in 2009. Oscar buzz surrounds Boyle once again this year with critics praising the movie's intensity and Franco's performance. 127 Hours will be released in the US on Friday and in South Africa on February 25, 2011. 
 
 
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