127 Hours (2010)
Centered Around the Actions of: Aaron Ralston
Main Actor: James Franco
Film Cost: $18 million*
Main Actor Income: $2 million*
127 Hours retells the brutal experience which Aron Ralston endured while hiking in the Bluejohn Canyon in Utah. Ralston (played by James Franco) fell while climbing around the slot canyon, his arm then becoming trapped by a boulder. Utah’s experiences are recorded in a found-footage style.
127 Hours
Viewers are then firmly placed next to Franco’s Ralston as he struggles to free himself. As one can imagine from the film’s title, Ralston spent 127 hours trapped in this canyon, eventually having to make some agonizing decisions if he wanted to survive.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Centered Around the Actions of: Jordan Belfort
Main Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio
Film Cost: $100 million*
Main Actor Income: $25 million*
Jordan Belfort was something of a wild character during the 1980s, earning his title of “Wolf of Wall Street” through drug-fueled partying and, of course, having a massive presence in Wall Street. Martin Scorsese masterfully directed Leonardo DiCaprio as the reckless Belfort.
The Wolf Of Wall Street
Stratton Oakmont, which was the firm belonging to Belfort, would go on to become a completely exploitative Wall Street firm. There wasn’t anyone who Belfort and his cronies were afraid of defrauding, even government members. Of course, Belfort’s financial crimes were eventually discovered, and he was subsequently arrested.
