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Alive
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R,2hrs 5min
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1993
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Walt Disney Video
Synopsis: This is the first mainstream film to deal with the harrowing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes mountains in October of 1972 and who were forced to resort to cannibalism to survive more than two months of isolation. (The only other film to tackle the subject, Rene Cardona's Survive! was a seedy little mess that delighted in exploiting the cannibalism aspect.) The events depicted are primarily based on the novel of the same name by Piers Paul Read. The interview-style ... Full Synopsis
Featured Cast
Nando Parrado
Antonio Balbi
Roberto Canessa
Carlitos Paez
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