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Alive( 1993)

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The triumph of the human spirit

Overview

The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Josh Hamilton

      Roberto Canessa

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      Bruce Ramsay

      Carlitos Páez

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      Ethan Hawke

      Nando Parrado

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      Vincent Spano

      Antonio Balbi

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      John Newton

      Antonio Vizintín

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      David Kriegel

      Gustavo Zerbino

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      Kevin Breznahan

      Roy Harley

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      Sam Behrens

      Javier Methol

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      Illeana Douglas

      Lilliana Methol

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      Jack Noseworthy

      Bobby François

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      Christian J. Meoli

      Federico Aranda

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      Jake Carpenter

      Alberto Artuna

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      Michael DeLorenzo

      Rafael Cano

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      José Zúñiga

      Fraga

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      Danny Nucci

      Hugo Díaz

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      David Cubitt

      Fito Strauch

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      Gian DiDonna

      Eduardo Strauch

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      John Cassini

      Daniel Fernández

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      Michael Woolson

      Juan Martino

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      Chad Willett

      Pablo Montero

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      Richard Ian Cox

      Moncho Sabella

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      Gordon Currie

      Coche Inciarte

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      Ele Keats

      Susana Parrado

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      Josh Lucas

      Felipe Restano

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      Silvio Pollio

      Alex Morales

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      Nuno Antunes

      Álvaro Mangino

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      Michael Tayles

      Pancho Delgado

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      Steven Shayler

      Pedro Algorta

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      Jason Gaffney

      Víctor Bolarich

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      Jerry Wasserman

      Co-Pilot

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      Michael Sicoly

      Pilot Julio César Ferradas

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      Diana Barrington

      Mrs. Alfonsín

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      Jan D'Arcy

      Eugenia Parrado

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      Frank Pellegrino

      Steward

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      Seth Arnett

      Tomás Alonso

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      Aurelio Dinunzio

      Dr. Solana

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      Fiona Roeske

      Mrs. Solana

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      Tony Morelli

      Martínez, the Navigator

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      Pat Romano

      Jorge Armas

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      John Malkovich

      Carlitos Páez / Narrator (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jun 25 2022
    A crowd of boisterous rugby players get a bit of a shock when the plane they are travelling on has an argument with a mountain top in the Andes, and next thing they know they are sheltering in what is left of their aircraft high in the snow-capped terrain with many dead around them and with very little food. Survival is the first order of the day, before rescuers surely come, but does anyone have the faintest idea where they actually are? With the low cloud cover would the wreckage be spotted anyway? What now ensues is a better than average survival movie, with Ethan Hawke (Parrado) and Vincent...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    32000000.00

    Revenue

    36700000.00

    Keywords

    • airplane wreck
    • based on true story
    • rugby
    • survival
    • stranded
    • airplane crash
    • freezing
    • disaster movie
    • andes mountains
    • frostbite
    • cannibalism
    • dramatic
    • incredulous
    • snow atmosphere
    • appreciative
    • snow mountain survival