ALIVE (1993)

 

Directed by: Frank Marshall

Based on the novel "Alive - The Story of the Andes Survivors" by: Piers Paul Read

Screenplay by: John Patrick Shanley

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Josh Hamilton, Vincent Spano, Bruce Ramsay, John Haymes Newton, Illeana Douglas, Danny Nucci, David Kriegel, Jack Noseworthy, David Cubitt, Gian DiDonna, John Cassini, Richard Ian Cox, Nuno Antunes, Gordon Currie, Sam Behrens, Michael Tayles, Steven Shayler, Michael Sicoly, Jerry Wasserman, Tony Morelli, Jose Zuniga, Frank Pellegrino, Ele Keats, Jan D'Arcy, Michael DeLorenzo, Josh Lucas, Chad Willett, Michael Woolson, Diana Barrington, Christian Meoli, Jake Carpenter, Silvio Pollio, Jason Gaffney, Seth James Arnett, Aurelio Dinunzio, Fiona Roeske, John Malkovich

120 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, disturbing images)

PLOT:

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. The only thing the team has riding on after losing so many of their good friends and family members is the slim chance of making it through alive and their faithfulness to God.