One man, one boulder, one dull knife — and the worst decision of his life.
When hiker Aron Ralston found himself trapped in a Utah canyon with an 800-pound boulder crushing his arm, he was forced to make an agonizing choice: to cut his arm free with a dull pocketknife ... or die. In this feature-length documentary that originally aired as a news special on NBC, anchor Tom Brokaw accompanies Ralston on an emotional journey back to the scene of his harrowing ordeal, retracing the events that changed his life.
Direction
Brokaw's restraint lets Ralston's silence scream.
Production
Return-to-scene footage hits harder than any reenactment could.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This special predated Danny Boyle's '127 Hours' by four years, making it the first filmed account Ralston personally participated in.
Ralston later became the only person to solo climb all 59 of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks in winter — with his remaining arm.
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