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Alive

  • 1993
  • R
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
69K
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4,714
2,527
Ethan Hawke, Jack Noseworthy, Josh Hamilton, David Kriegel, and John Newton in Alive (1993)
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DocudramaMountain AdventurePeriod DramaSurvivalTragedyBiographyDramaThriller

After crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.After crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.After crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.

  • Director
    • Frank Marshall
  • Writers
    • Piers Paul Read
    • John Patrick Shanley
  • Stars
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Vincent Spano
    • Josh Hamilton
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    69K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,714
    2,527
    • Director
      • Frank Marshall
    • Writers
      • Piers Paul Read
      • John Patrick Shanley
    • Stars
      • Ethan Hawke
      • Vincent Spano
      • Josh Hamilton
    • 163User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Top Cast41

    Ethan Hawke
    Ethan Hawke
    • Nando Parrado
    Vincent Spano
    Vincent Spano
    • Antonio Balbi
    Josh Hamilton
    Josh Hamilton
    • Roberto Canessa
    Bruce Ramsay
    Bruce Ramsay
    • Carlitos Páez
    John Newton
    John Newton
    • Antonio 'Tintín' Vizintín
    • (as John Haymes Newton)
    David Kriegel
    • Gustavo Zerbino
    Kevin Breznahan
    Kevin Breznahan
    • Roy Harley
    Sam Behrens
    • Javier Methol
    Illeana Douglas
    Illeana Douglas
    • Lilliana Methol
    Jack Noseworthy
    Jack Noseworthy
    • Bobby François
    Christian J. Meoli
    Christian J. Meoli
    • Federico Aranda
    Jake Carpenter
    • Alberto Artuna
    Michael DeLorenzo
    Michael DeLorenzo
    • Rafael Cano
    • (as Michael De Lorenzo)
    José Zúñiga
    José Zúñiga
    • Fraga, the Mechanic
    Danny Nucci
    Danny Nucci
    • Hugo Díaz
    David Cubitt
    David Cubitt
    • Fito Strauch
    Gian DiDonna
    • Eduardo Strauch
    • (as Gian Di Donna)
    John Cassini
    John Cassini
    • Daniel Fernández
    • Director
      • Frank Marshall
    • Writers
      • Piers Paul Read
      • John Patrick Shanley
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    User reviews163

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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      The real-life Nando Parrado was a technical advisor to the film.
    • Goofs
      Roberto Canessa is shown sitting beside Nando Parrado in the rescue helicopter. Canessa never made that trip; he was by that point so debilitated by the dysentery he had battled for much of the trek over the mountains that he could no longer walk.
    • Quotes
      • Nando: Between these mountains somewhere there's a green valley. See these mountains over here? 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? That we climbed this mountain. You know what it is? 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. Look, it's magnificent. It's God. And it'll carry us over every stone, I swear. I swear to you.
    • Crazy credits
      In the North American prints, the Touchstone Pictures logo appears at the beginning and at the end, along with the Buena Vista Pictures Distribution disclaimer appears after the credits, meanwhile the international prints had the 1989 version of the 1987 Paramount Pictures logo with the animation at the beginning and the still one at the end.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper: Matinee/Alive/Body of Evidence/Sniper (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      The Look Of Love
      Written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

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    Details

    • Release date
      • January 15, 1993 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Alive: The Miracle of the Andes
    • Filming locations
      • Purcell Range, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Film Andes S.A.
      • Paramount Pictures
      • The Kennedy/Marshall Company
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • $32,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $36,733,909
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,624,292
      • Jan 18, 1993
    • Gross worldwide
      • $36,733,909
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 2h 8m(128 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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