PHOTO BY AARON STERN

Director Danny Boyle and actor James Franco share an intimate laugh at the New York premiere of 127 Hours, hosted by Gucci at Chelsea Clearview Cinemas on Tuesday night. The film stars Franco as real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston, who was forced in May 2003 to amputate his own arm with a dull knife after becoming trapped under a boulder. It opens Friday, November 5.