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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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Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
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Truly stunning tale of courage and human ingenuity more (88 total)
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Also Known As:
Alive: The Miracle of the Andes
¡Viven! (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Les survivants (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Életben maradtak (Hungary) [hu]
Überleben! (Germany) [de]
Alive (Finland) (DVD title) [fi]
Alive - 20 år efter miraklet i Anderna (Sweden) [sv]
Alive - Dramat w Andach (Poland) [pl]
Alive - Sopravvissuti (Italy) [it]
Elossa! (Finland) (video title) [fi]
Estamos Vivos (Portugal) [pt]
Leich'yot (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Oi epizisantes (Greece) [el]
Vi lever (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Vivos (Brazil) [pt]
Zivi (Slovenia) [sl]
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Rated R for crash scenes too intense for unaccompanied children.
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127 min
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Shot in sequence, an unusual practice for a film of this size. more
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Crew or equipment visible: When Antonio is scolding the others for eating all the rations, the reflections of several crew members, a lighting unit, and a mic are visible in one of the survivor's sunglasses. more
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Nando: Between these mountains somewhere there's a green valley. See those mountains over there? There's no snow on them.
Roberto Canessa: Those mountains must be fifty miles away. You think you can walk fifty miles?
Nando: If we have to, we will.
Roberto Canessa: I can't.
Nando: Yes you can.
Roberto Canessa: I can't. I'm not as strong as you.
Nando: Do you know what it is that we've lived this long the way we have? Seventy days? It's impossible. It's impossible and we did it. I'm proud to be a man on a day like this. Alive. That I lived to see it, and see it in such a place. Take it in. I love you, man. It's beautiful. It's God. And it'll carry us over every stone, I swear.
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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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