Alive

Alive is a 1993 biographical survival drama directed by Frank Marshall and starring Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, and Josh Hamilton. It is based on the book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read, which in turn was based on the 1972 crash of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.
==Synopsis==
A Uruguayan rugby team end up crashing in the Andes. Trapped with no hope of escape, the group must resort to drastic measure in order to survive their ordeal.
==Cast==
*Ethan Hawke as Nando Parrado
*Vincent Spano as Antonio Balbi
*Josh Hamilton as Roberto Canessa
*Bruce Ramsay as Carlitos Páez
**John Malkovich as Older Carlitos/Narrator (uncredited)
*John Hayes Newton as Antonio 'Tintín' Vizintín
*David Kriegel as Gustavo Zerbino
*Kevin Breznahan as Roy Harley
*Sam Behrens as Javier Methol
*Illeana Douglas as Lilliana Methol
*Jack Noseworthy as Bobby François
*Christian J. Meoli as Federico Aranda
*Jake Carpenter as Alberto Artuna
*Michael De Lorenzo as Rafael Cano
*José Zúñiga as Carlos "Fraga" Roque
*Danny Nucci as Hugo Díaz
*David Cubitt as Fito Strauch
*Gian Di Donna as Eduardo Strauch
*John Cassini as Daniel Fernández
*Michael Woolson as Juan Martino
*Chad Willett as Pablo Montero
*Richard Ian Cox as Moncho Sabella
*Gordon Currie as José Luis "Coche" Inciarte
*Ele Keats as Susana Parrado
*Joshua Lucas as Felipe Restano
*Silvio Pollio as Álex Morales
*Nuno Antunes as Álvaro Mangino
*Michael Tayles as Pancho Delgado
*Steven Shayler as Pedro Algorta
*Jason Gaffney as Víctor Bolarich
*Jerry Wasserman as Dante Lagurara
*Michael Sicoly as Julio César Ferradas
*Diana Barrington as Mrs. Alfonsín
*Jan D'Arcy as Eugenia Parrado
*Frank Pellegrino as Ovidio Joaquín Ramírez
*Seth James Arnett as Tomás Alonso
*Aurelio Dinunzio as Dr. Solana
*Fiona Roeske as Mrs. Solana
*Tony Morelli as Ramón Martínez
*Pat Romano as Jorge Armas
==Trivia==
*The real Nando Parrado served as a technical advisor on the film.
*Brad Pitt auditioned for the part of Roberto Canessa.
==Video==
Alive (1993) - Official Trailer
==External links==
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Category:1993 films
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Category:Films based on books