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Summary: ONE OF THE GREATEST SURVIVAL STORIES EVER FILMED...
Review: This 1993 docudrama capably illustrates the plight of those who were on the plane that crashed in the Andes mountains in October 1972. A Uruguayan rugby team, their friends, and relatives had chartered a plane to fly them from Montevideo, Uruguay to Santiago, Chile for a rugby match. Forty five people went down with the plane, high up in the Andes mountains. Seventy days later, only sixteen of them were still alive. This film is the story of their struggle to survive and the lengths to which they went to ensure that they would. The film was done in collaboration with some of the original survivors in order to lend authenticity of detail to the film. The filmmakers tried to recreate the experiences of those who were trapped in the mountains and were forced to resort to anthropophagy in order to survive. It is a well made film, which attempts to depict the ordeal of those who were on that ill fated flight. It pretty much follows the events outlined in the book of the same name by Piers Paul Read. The movie has breathtaking scenery of snow capped mountains. The crash of the plane is one of the most harrowing on film. The treatment of the issue of anthropophagy is not sensationalized and is grounded in the context of the faith of those who were on that fateful flight. All in all, the film is a well made and well cast accolade to the endurance and faith of those who were on that ill fated flight and struggled to survive, despite the odds against them. It is certainly well worth watching.
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Summary: Fraility and power
Review: This film is an exellent example of the fraility of the human being, but the power of the human spirit. Very powerful. Well directed, acted and edited.
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Summary: Power of the Human Spirit
Review: This is one of those overlooked movies that few people have heard about let alone have seen.
It's a gem among disaster/survival flicks. Well crafted by Frank Marshall and the cast.
An uplifting movie that when watched keeps misfortune in perspective for those who haven't gone through such arduous extremes.
Watch this movie when you feel you've had a bad day and quit whining.
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Summary: Excellent use of human emotions and display of teamwork.
Review: This movie is based on a truely gruesome event in recent history. When I first saw it, it scared me to where I wondered about the survivors and how they survived without a source of true food. The way the survivors were treated after going home was terrible, tried and convicted for cannibalism, but they had no other choice. They were only able to survive on a little bit of human meat per day, so for anyone to judge them, is wrong in God's eyes. The survivors did what they did to survive, not to dishonor the deceased. If the world could put themselves in the shoes of the survivors, what would the rest of us have done? The film based on this horrible event should make all of us thankful for their true emotions and heartfelt apologies to the families of the deceased from the crash.
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Summary: I can't help myself
Review: this movie is on our local cable movie channels at least once a month late at night. I always end up watching it to the end no matter how late and no matter where I come in. I've probably watched it a dozen times in the last year. I think a lot of movies are better technically but for some reason this one speaks to me. I guess since it is unavailable in DVD or VHS I will just have to tape it next time, which shouldn't be much longer.
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Summary: Alive is one of the most moving movies ever produced
Review: This movie really is a good movie and it really helps you to figure out what is most important to you in life. After watching this movie and its sequal "Alive 20 Years Later!", I have a great deal of respect for the survivors. The moive is about the 1972 Uraguay rigby team who's plane crashes due to a piolot error at 11,000 feet in the Andes. After supplies run out, the survivors must resort to eating the bodies of their dead friends and family mambers to stay alive. More are killed during an anvalance on (about) the 57th day in the mountians. They are rescued when two of the survivors are finally able to cross some of the highest mountains in the Andes. This is a great movie I wish that it would be re-released so that I could buy it, I have only seen it once and that was about two weeks ago in one of my ninth grade classes.
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Summary: Alive
Review: This movie will keep you alive! Hanging on the edge of your seat-although you know they made it out, you still wonder! HOW! And everything that had to endure on that mountain is beyong words! My family has watched this movie many times over and each time, we learn something different from it. It is one I strongly recommend! My entire family has watched it, so I'm not sure where the R rating comes from, but I must say, it is a great movie!
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Summary: Honest, Humbling and Humorous
Review: With subject matter like the 1972 crash in the Andes, how could the film not be raw and compelling? Surprising, though, is the quality of depth this movie portrays without taking itself too seriously. There are light moments -- Carlitos' birthdays and the picture of the little girl & cake -- but the real strengths of the film are the subtle nuances brought to life by delicate character-actor performances. Inspiring, entertaining, educational, delightful . . . Alive is the first movie I bought on DVD, and for good reason -- I love it.
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