please welcome danny boyle! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: danny boyle, welcome to our show. thank you for being here, my friend. >> pleasure being here. quite difficult to follow him, but -- >> jimmy: oh, my gosh, you can do it. you can do it. does your hair come off? [ light laughter ] and then it might be difficult. yeah. hey, you're such a great director, but i have to ask, as a director, did you grow up like directing like crazy home movies or were you a little kid that had like a camera running around or -- >> no, i think that's one of the differences between americans -- well, not here, but spielberg and people like that when they were kids running around with 8-mils -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> --cameras. we never had that in britain. it was always -- if you were any good, you went into music. you would join the band. you know played instruments. i couldn't. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> i was tone-deaf, so i couldn't do that. so eventually i went into the theater eventually actually. that was the quick, easiest thing to get into. >> jimmy: really? >> yes. >> jimmy: acting? >> no

that film was brought to the big screen by british director danny boyle. now he has a completely different kind of story set in the american state of utah starring james franco. >> i am something of a hero. >> everything will be ok. >> are you ok? >> "127 hours," is a true story and the subject is a rock climber. he enjoys thrilling adventure. all goes wrong when a bolder moves entraps his right hand. he ends up having to amputate his arm to free himself after being stuck for five days. for much of the film, we are down there can find with him experience and his agony. a couple of years ago, you were running around and you are promoting "slumdog millionaire ." why did you want to do this kind of movie? >> this was a wonderful opportunity. when we were doing the last movie, i saw "the wrestler," with the incredible focus on it york and i remember thinking that i wanted to make a film like that. -- with the incredible focus on the lead and i wanted to make a film like that. this was a great opportunity. >> james, how much of a challenge was this? it might ha

. >> why okay danny boyle? why okay this version of this movie? >> because we shared a common vision for this. what was important to me was the authenticity of my story being shared with people. that we also inspire audiences instead of using it as a horror film or something that would have perhaps left people in a hole. i wanted people to be uplifted with it, to have that hope in the end. >> because we're showing pictures of you going back to these very locations. you were on location at least once a week to make sure it was awe ten particular it. >> was also have their invitation. that's the way danny made the film. i wanted my involvement. >> and there was this aspect in the point in which you need to make this life and death decision of cutting off your own people. and some of the screening people are getting sick. some were crying. >> i was crying. >> how many times have you seen it? >> ten times. last night i watched it. they are tears of gratitude really. to be there watching it with my wife or with my mom. the closest people. those are the

. >> his incredible tale of survival is now the subject of a new film directed by danny boyle and starring james franco. what all of them told us about this real-life story. >> and then we're going to talk to willie geist. he is back to discuss his hilarious new book "american freak show." just imagine what some of the famous stars will be up to in the years ahead. we're looking forward to that. >> first let's talk about the economy. with millions of families struggling, new job numbers are released friday. they are bringing some relief to president obama as he arrives in india for his ten-day trip to asia. chief white house correspondent chuck todd reports. >> reporter: minutes before leaving the country for a ten-day trip to asia, the president called the new jobs report in october encouraging news. >> we've now seen private sector job growth for ten straight months. that means that since january, the private sector has added 1.1 million jobs. >> reporter: the october jobs report was the third best month of the year, and best report since may when 432,000 jobs were added. the unemploymen

boyle about apocalypse now and kimberly pierce about the godfather, and was a great joy and i sort of did it in tandem with this book because as these gentlemen know it is hard to spend that much time with such a dark subject. so movies. [laughter] i don't know if i will never get over the story of dominique and green. when i gave a presentation i never get through of breaking down. i thought when i started giving the presentations that eventually, but i do feel like i am reliving parts of the life every time i go back and recreate in my own mind and talk about. i doubt i will ever write a book like this again. my books are honestly written for the history books are written for generally educated people, they are of different vocabulary which i don't for a second withhold. i figure you can hack it or not, but this book i try to make as simple as possible and short as possible. i knew that people would shy away from it. who the hell wants to read it about possess that. [laughter] so i made it short and tried to make it with the design in such a way that this won't hurt you, you can pic

boyle. >> i dislodge, a pull a large like 800-pound rock loose that falls with me and eventually traps my right hand against the canyon wall. kind of like being stuck in the bottom of a well essentially but in the middle of a very remote wilderness. >> reporter: limited water. >> a liter of water. i didn't have a jacket. i didn't have plan to be out overnight. >> reporter: but he was out overnight. five nights. in all 127 hours. between a rock and a hard place. the name of his book where these photos appear. in the earliest hours, he shouted for help. >> the sound of my voice just dissolved into the emptiness in the canyon. it was so frightening. i took myself to the edge of terror with my shouting. i did. i told myself, you can't scream for help anymore. you have to keep it together. don't lose it. >> reporter: aaron says it wasn't long before he realized he faced an almost unfathomable choice. >> it was a conversation i had outloud with myself. you're going to have to cut your arm off, aaron. i don't want to cut my arm off. dude, you're going to have to cut your arm off. >> reporter:

. >> directedly danny boyle. he is great. >> this is the story of aaron ralston. >> exactly, the guy who had to cut off his arm because he was trapped in the canyo >>> good morning, everyone. 8:26. for those coming to work or going to work or going somewhere. a lot of folks are taking mass transit. so much so caltran have added additional northbound trains. huge crowds standing room only that's your key from the south bay and into the peninsula. transover to the b.a.r.t. system and then take b.a.r.t. under the crowds. you will go from underground and into the middle of the freeway as folks are lining the streets. how is that weather? >> weather looks outstanding. 70s for most of the bay area except further inland we'll see temperatures approaching the low 80s around san jose. mid-80s around morgan hill and gilroy. one more day tomorrow. more clouds and showers arriving la ofr ti.me time is 8:7. more news right after the break. >>> for san francisco, torture doesn't apply to giants baseball after a tight race, the

dan boyle on the ball play situation, his shot and patty marlow picking up the garbage in front. adding to it danny heatly comes on with a one timer, his seventh goal of the year. 5-3 sharks lead. they needed them all because the court king -- because the kings keep coming. best offensive output of year so far for the sharks looking good. monday night football, eagles doing a little prekick off social networking. then the eagles get to administering a butt kicking when the game starts. first play from scrimmage, michael vick, goes long. jackson out of cal 88 yards. the beat down was on. and it got ugly for the washington red skins. what a night for michael vick. on the evening, get this six touchdowns in the game. two on the ground and he had four throwing and you see the final 59-28 the eagles annihilate the skins. kind of an interesting subplot to that game. few hours prior

dan boyle on the ball play situation, his shot and patty marlow picking up the garbage in front. adding to it danny heatly comes on with a one timer, his seventh goal of the year. 5-3 sharks lead. they needed them all because the court king -- because the kings keep coming. best offensive output of year so far for the sharks looking good. monday night football, eagles doing a little prekick off social networking. then the eagles get to administering a butt kicking when the game starts. first play from scrimmage, michael vick, goes long. jackson out of cal 88 yards. the beat down was on. and it got ugly for the washington red skins. what a night for michael vick. on the evening, get this six touchdowns in the game. two on the ground and he had four throwing and you see the final 59-28 the eagles annihilate the skins. kind of an interesting subplot to that game. few hours prior to kick back. mcnabb signed a $79 million extension. that's the sporting life. >> thank you, and thanks for joining us tonight. good night.