Alive (1993 film)
- Ethan Hawke: Nando Parrado
- Josh Hamilton: Roberto Canessa
- Vincent Spano: Antonio Balbi
- Jack Noseworthy: Bobby François
- José Zúñiga: Fraga
- Richard Ian Cox: Moncho Saballa
- Danny Nucci: Hugo Díaz
- John Newton: Antonio ' Tintin ' Vižintin
Survival!. 's an American disaster film from 1993 The film adaptation based on the book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read and depicts the struggle for survival of the passengers after the crash of the Fuerza - Aérea - Uruguaya - flight 571
Action
A national rugby union team from Uruguay crashes on the way to a game in Chile over the Andes from. 72 days to survive some of the young men on the mountain.
In order not to starve, they decide to eat the remains of the dead. The film is based on a true story from 1972 and is based on the historical novel by Piers Paul Read, who wrote the book, in cooperation with the survivors.
Marshall's film focuses on the events in the Andes, while the novel describes the fate of the castaways in a much broader scale and also provides insight into the lives of the survivors after the rescue.
Criticism
"Although the dramatic painting of the situation (crash disaster, cannibalism) gradually disappears behind the apparent effort to respectful depression fails the film at the low to individualization of the victims and the inadequate inspirational power of the production. "
Background information
- Ethan Hawke and his colleagues had to decline sharply in the course of the film, in order to represent the famished realistically.
- The film begins and ends with a prologue and epilogue, with John Malkovich, which is one of the survivors and remembers the events.
- The Ave Maria by Franz Schubert at the end of the film is sung by Aaron Neville.
- Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall were for many years the home of producer Steven Spielberg. Survival is one of the few own directorial work that Marshall has ever made. Other works by him are Arachnophobia (1990 ) and Congo (1995).
- Fernando Parrado, the most prominent survivor is to see at the beginning of the film as coach of the team on the photo that is displayed. He also acted as a consultant during the filming.