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31/12/2010

Francine Stock talks to Oscar winning scribe Simon Beaufoy, writer of The Full Monty and Slumdog Millionaire, about 127 Hours.

Francine Stock talks to Oscar winning scribe Simon Beaufoy, writer of The Full Monty and Slumdog Millionaire, about 127 Hours, his second collaboration with film director Danny Boyle. Based on the real life story of Aron Ralston, the mountaineer who cut off his own arm in order to save his life in a mountaineering accident, Simon Beaufoy talks about the challenge of dramatising a narrative in which the ending is already widely known.

Critic Jonathan Romney profiles Joann Sfar's bio pic Gainsbourg which explores the life of French singer song writer Serge Gainsbourg and is released on dvd this week. He is joined by critic Maria Delgado to discuss what to watch out for in World Cinema in 2011.

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    Francine Stock talks to Oscar winning scribe Simon Beaufoy about 127 Hours.

    Duration: 12:05

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  • Fri 31 Dec 2010 16:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 2 Jan 2011 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM

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