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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   13,734 votes
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Director:
Frank Marshall
Writers (WGA):
Piers Paul Read (book)
John Patrick Shanley (screenplay)
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Release Date:
15 January 1993 (USA) more
Tagline:
They survived the impossible...by doing the unthinkable. more
Plot:
Uruguayan rugby team stranded in the snow swept Andes are forced to use desperate measures to survive after a plane crash. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Truly stunning tale of courage and human ingenuity more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Alive: The Miracle of the Andes
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MPAA:
Rated R for crash scenes too intense for unaccompanied children.
Runtime:
127 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | South Korea:15 | USA:R (Certificate #32112) | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Iceland:16
Filming Locations:
British Columbia, Canada more

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Trivia:
At the end of the film there are 17 survivors. However, there were only 16 survivors of the crash that the film is based on. The real-life counterpart of the character "Hugo Diaz" died in the avalanche. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In reality, the plane tail was ripped off by the torn-off right wing which had clipped a mountain peak before. In the movie, it's the tail clipping a mountain peak and then being ripped off. more
Quotes:
Nando: I'm proud to be a man on a day like this. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: Drippy Pony (#2.16)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Ave Maria more

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14 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Truly stunning tale of courage and human ingenuity, 14 November 2005
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Author: fertilecelluloid from Mountains of Madness

Frank Marshall's "Alive" is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen, a tale of great courage and human ingenuity.

Although the story was filmed previously (and cheaply) by Rene Cardona as "Survive", this retelling is superior in every department and resonates with me years after I first saw it at the cinema.

James Newton Howard's score is truly beautiful and incredibly powerful for its ability to convey both the hopelessness of the situation (trying to survive in the Andes) and the awesome wonder of such a savage land. In fact, the score takes the film from very good to great.

The rendering of Schubert's "Ave Maria" over the rousing climax, with its superbly lensed images by Peter Levy, is one of cinema's most emotional, transporting moments.

Stunning!

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