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'{{Short description|1993 film by Frank Marshall}} {{Infobox film | name = Alive | image = [[File:Alive92poster.jpg|200px|alt=A movie poster portraying a portrait shot of snowy mountains with three men partially superimposed over the blue sky. Black text at the top says "Based on a True Story", and "ALIVE" is written in red text at the bottom center of the poster. Acting credits and a tagline are shown below that.]] | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Frank Marshall (filmmaker)|Frank Marshall]] | screenplay = [[John Patrick Shanley]] | based_on = {{based on|''[[Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors]]''|[[Piers Paul Read]]}} | producer = {{plainlist| * [[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]] * [[Robert Watts]] }} | starring = {{plainlist| * [[Ethan Hawke]] * [[Vincent Spano]] * [[Josh Hamilton (actor)|Josh Hamilton]] }} | cinematography = [[Peter James (cinematographer)|Peter James]] | editing = {{plainlist| * [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]] * [[William Goldenberg]] }} | music = [[James Newton Howard]] | studio = {{plainlist| * [[Touchstone Pictures]]<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/59451|title=Alive (1993)|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|accessdate=January 15, 2023}}</ref> * [[Paramount Pictures]]<ref name=afi/> * [[The Kennedy/Marshall Company]]<ref name=afi/> }} | distributor = {{Plainlist| * [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]<ref name=afi/> (United States and Canada) * Paramount Pictures<ref name=afi/> (International) }} | released = {{film date|1993|01|15}} | runtime = 125 minutes<ref name=afi/> | country = United States<ref name=afi/> | language = English | budget = $32 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Alive#tab=summary |title=Alive (1993) – Financial Information }}</ref> | gross = $82.5 million }} '''''Alive''''' is a 1993 American [[biographical film|biographical]] [[survival film|survival]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] based on [[Piers Paul Read]]'s 1974 book ''[[Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors]]'', which details a Uruguayan rugby team's crash aboard [[Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571]] into the [[Andes]] mountains on October 13, 1972. Filmed in the [[Purcell Mountains]] in [[British Columbia]], the film was directed by [[Frank Marshall (filmmaker)|Frank Marshall]], written by [[John Patrick Shanley]], and narrated by [[John Malkovich]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/15/movies/reviews-film-tasteful-cannibalism-as-upbeat-viewing.html |title=Reviews/Film; Tasteful Cannibalism As Upbeat Viewing |first=Janet |last=Maslin |work=The New York Times |date=15 January 1993 |author-link=Janet Maslin}}</ref> It features an [[ensemble cast]] including [[Ethan Hawke]], [[Josh Hamilton (actor)|Josh Hamilton]], [[Vincent Spano]], [[Bruce Ramsay]], [[John Haymes Newton]], [[Illeana Douglas]], and [[Danny Nucci]]. One of the survivors, [[Nando Parrado]] (portrayed by Hawke in the film), served as the technical advisor for the film. == Plot == A group of photographs of the [[Stella Maris College (Montevideo)|Stella Maris College]]'s [[Old Christians Club|Old Christians Rugby Team]] are seen as [[Carlitos Páez]] points out several members of the team and reflects on the accident in a brief monologue. [[Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571]] flies over the [[Andes]] on October 13, 1972. The raucous rugby players and a few of their relatives and friends are eagerly looking forward to an upcoming match in Chile. Upon emerging from clouds, the plane encounters turbulence and collides with a mountain. The wings and tail are separated from the fuselage, which slides down a mountain slope before coming to a stop. Six passengers and one flight attendant are ejected from the plane and die. Antonio, the team captain, coordinates efforts to help the injured. [[Roberto Canessa]] and [[Gustavo Zerbino]], both medical students, aid the injured. Another six passengers soon die, including both pilots and Nando's mother, Eugenia. Nando, who sustained a head injury, falls into a coma, and his sister Susana has suffered harsh internal injuries. As the sun sets, the survivors make preparations for the night. Canessa discovers that the seat covers can be unzipped and used as blankets. The survivors go inside the fuselage and curl up beside one another to stay warm. Antonio, [[Roy Harley]], and Rafael Cano plug the gaping hole at the end of the fuselage with luggage to keep out the wind. Two passengers die overnight. With nothing to hunt or gather on the mountain, Antonio declares they will use rationing when the survivors find a tin of chocolates and a case of wine. After seeing a plane fly past, they think it dipped its wings, and the survivors celebrate. Expecting to be rescued the next day, everyone except Javier, his wife Liliana, and Antonio eat the remaining chocolates. This causes a quarrel among Antonio and several others. Nando regains consciousness. After learning of his mother's death, Nando watches over Susana vigilantly. Knowing she will die of her injuries within a few days, he vows to set off on foot and find a way out of the mountains. When Carlitos reminds him that he will need food, Nando jokingly suggests eating the flesh of the deceased pilots to give him the strength to survive the journey to find help. Susana dies from her injuries. The survivors listen to a radio for word of their rescue but are devastated to hear that the search is to be called off after nine days. After great debate, the starving passengers decide to eat the flesh of their dead relatives and friends. Zerbino, Rafael, and Juan Martino set off to search for the tail of the plane in hopes of finding batteries for the plane's radio to transmit their location. Among pieces of the wreckage, the teammates find additional corpses, but return to the group with news that the tail of the plane is likely a little further away. Later in the week, an avalanche strikes the plane and fills much of the interior with snow. Eight of the survivors, including Antonio and Liliana, are smothered to death by the snow. The remaining 19 survivors are forced to stay inside the plane when they realize there is a blizzard outside. A second team, made up of Nando, Canessa, and [[Antonio Vizintin|Antonio "Tintin" Vizintin]], sets out and find the tail of the plane. Unable to bring the batteries to the fuselage, they return to the fuselage to get Roy, who is thought to have experience with electrical equipment. They bring him to the tail of the plane to see if he can fix the radio. When Roy is unsuccessful, the team decides to return to the fuselage. Federico and Alberto die from their injuries, as does Rafael, leading Nando to convince a reluctant Canessa to search for a way out of the mountains, taking Tintin with them. Two days into the journey, they send Tintin back to the fuselage so they can appropriate his rations and continue on their own. Days into their trek, Canessa starts to give up hope but Nando tells him about the grace of God, that God is the sun, showing them the way to survival. All they have to do is keep following the sun, mountain over mountain, which helps Canessa continue. After a 12-day trek, the two escape the mountains and alert the authorities to their companions' location. Two helicopters, one of which has Nando and Canessa on board, appear overhead of the survivors on the mountain, leading the remaining 14 survivors to celebrate their impending rescue. In the present, Carlitos describes how the survivors later returned to the site of the crash and buried the corpses under a pile of stones, marked with a cross. The memorial to the 29 deceased and 16 survivors is shown. == Cast == The film opens with a monologue by an older Carlitos Paez played by John Malkovich (uncredited). The names of the people who died in the disaster were changed for the film. There were three key exceptions: Eugenia and Susana Parrado ([[Nando Parrado]]'s mother and sister, respectively), and Liliana Methol ([[Javier Methol]]'s wife). === Survivors === {{Cast listing| * [[Ethan Hawke]] as [[Nando Parrado]] * [[Josh Hamilton (actor)|Josh Hamilton]] as [[Roberto Canessa]] * [[Sam Behrens]] as [[Javier Methol]] * [[David Kriegel]] as [[Gustavo Zerbino]] * [[Bruce Ramsay]] (elder one: [[John Malkovich]]) as [[Carlos Páez Rodríguez|Carlitos Páez]] * Kevin Breznahan as Roy Harley * [[John Haymes Newton]] as Antonio "Tintin" Vizintin * [[Jack Noseworthy]] as [[Roberto François|Bobby Francois]] * [[David Cubitt]] as Adolfo "Fito" Strauch * Gian DiDonna as Eduardo Strauch * [[John Cassini]] as Daniel Fernández * [[Richard Ian Cox]] as Ramón "Moncho" Sabella * Nuno Antunes as Álvaro Mangino * [[Gordon Currie (actor)|Gordon Currie]] as José Luis "Coche" Inciarte * Michael Tayles as Alfredo Delgado * Steven Shayler as José Pedro Algorta }} === Deceased === {{Cast listing| * [[Vincent Spano]] as Antonio Balbi * Jake Carpenter as Alberto Antuna * [[Michael DeLorenzo]] as Rafael Cano * [[Illeana Douglas]] as Liliana Methol * [[Ele Keats]] as Susana Parrado * [[Christian Meoli]] as Federico Aranda * [[Danny Nucci]] as Hugo Díaz (survives in the film, even though his real life counterpart, Diego Storm, died in the avalanche) * [[José Zúñiga]] as the Mechanic (Sgt. Carlos "Fraga" Roque) * Michael Sicoly as the Pilot (Col. Julio César Ferradas) * [[Jerry Wasserman]] as the Co-Pilot (Lt. Colonel Dante Lagurara) * Tony Morelli as the Navigator (Lt. Ramón Martínez) * Frank Pellegrino as the Steward (Sgt. Ovidio Joaquín Ramírez) * [[Jan D'Arcy]] as Eugenia Parrado * [[Josh Lucas]] as Felipe Restano * [[Chad Willett]] as Pablo Montero * [[Michael Woolson]] as Juan Martino * [[Diana Barrington]] as Mrs. Alfonsín * Silvio Pollio as Álex Morales * Jason Gaffney as Victor Bolarich * Seth James Arnett as Tomás Alonso * Aurelio Dinunzio as Dr. Solana * Fiona Roeske as Mrs. Solana }} == Reception == [[Rotten Tomatoes]], a [[review aggregator]], reports that 62% of 29 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.3/10.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1042538-alive |title=Alive |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2024-03-03}}</ref> [[David Ansen]] of ''[[Newsweek]]'' said that, while, "Piers Paul Read's acclaimed book ... paid special attention to the social structure that evolved among the group ... Marshall ... downplays the fascinating sociological details—and the ambiguities of character—in favor of action, heroism and a vague religiosity that's sprinkled over the story like powdered sugar."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newsweek.com/hot-and-cold-survival-skills-192376 |title=Hot And Cold Survival Skills Newsweek.com |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |date=January 18, 1993 |first=David |last=Ansen |author-link=David Ansen|access-date=2010-02-17}}</ref> Others, such as Ray Green, praised the tactful nature of the film stating that, "despite the potential for lurid sensationalism, Marshall manages to keep his and the film's dignity by steering an effectively downbeat course through some grim goings on thanks in no small manner to the almost allegorical ring of Shanley's stylized dialogue."<ref>Green, Ray. "Alive." ''[[Boxoffice (magazine)|Box Office]]'' (March 1993).</ref> Green continues by describing the film as, "thrilling and engrossing as it is at times, ''Alive'' is more than an action film—in its own way it is also a drama of ideas, and of the human spirit as well." [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film a mixed two-and-a-half stars out of a possible four. He praised the "first-rate cast" and cinematography. Yet he wrote: "There are some stories you simply can't tell. The story of the Andes survivors may be one of them [due to the] sheer enormity of the experience."<ref name="Ebert">{{cite news |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/alive-1993 |title=Alive Review |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=January 15, 1993 |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert|access-date=June 17, 2008}}</ref> He also questioned the realism of how normal the actors' bodies looked after portraying two months of near-starvation.<ref name="Ebert" /> The film grossed $36.7 million in the United States and Canada and $45.8 million internationally for a worldwide total of $82.5 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl977503745/weekend/ |title=Alive (1993) – Box Office Mojo |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2010-02-17}}</ref><ref name=ww>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=1|date=January 3, 1994|title=Int'l top 100 earn $8 bil|last=Klady|first=Leonard}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 11, 1995|page=92|title=UIP's $25M-Plus Club}}</ref> == Documentary == A companion documentary, ''[[Alive: 20 Years Later]]'', was released at the same time as the film. It includes interviews with the survivors, as well as documentary footage of the rescue. The 30th Anniversary Edition of ''Alive: The Miracle of the Andes'' (on DVD) includes this documentary in the ''Extras'' section. == See also == * ''[[Survive! (film)]]'' (1976) * ''[[Society of the Snow]]'' (2024) == References == {{reflist}} == External links == {{Wikiquote}} * {{IMDb title|id=0106246|title=Alive}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|id=1042538-alive|title=Alive}} * {{mojo title|id=alive|title=Alive}} * {{Amg movie|1531|Alive}} {{Frank Marshall}} {{1972 Andes flight disaster}} [[Category:1993 drama films]] [[Category:1993 films]] [[Category:1990s American films]] [[Category:1990s biographical drama films]] [[Category:1990s disaster films]] [[Category:1990s English-language films]] [[Category:American biographical drama films]] [[Category:American disaster films]] [[Category:American docudrama films]] [[Category:American survival films]] [[Category:Avalanches in film]] [[Category:Cultural depictions of rugby footballers]] [[Category:Cultural depictions of Uruguayan people]] [[Category:Disaster films based on actual events]] [[Category:Drama films based on actual events]] [[Category:Films about aviation accidents or incidents]] [[Category:Films about cannibalism]] [[Category:Films about death]] [[Category:Films based on non-fiction books]] [[Category:Films directed by Frank Marshall]] [[Category:Films produced by Kathleen Kennedy]] [[Category:Films produced by Robert Watts]] [[Category:Films scored by James Newton Howard]] [[Category:Films set in 1972]] [[Category:Films set in Chile]] [[Category:Films shot in British Columbia]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by John Patrick Shanley]] [[Category:Climbing and mountaineering films]] [[Category:Paramount Pictures films]] [[Category:Rugby union films]] [[Category:The Kennedy/Marshall Company films]] [[Category:Touchstone Pictures films]] [[Category:Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571]]'