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Alive is a 1993 American biographical survival drama film based on Piers Paul Read's 1974 book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, which details a Uruguayan rugby team's crash aboard Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 into the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972.
Alive tells the story of an Uruguayan rugby team (who were alumni of Stella Maris College), and their friends and family who were involved in the airplane crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. The plane crashed into the Andes mountains on Friday 13 October 1972.
- Piers Paul Read
- 1974
Jan 8, 2024 · Although Society of the Snow and Alive both tell the true story of the survivors the the 1972 Andes plane crash, there are several key differences between the two films.
- Greg Macarthur
- Matías Recalt
- J.A. Bayona
- Senior Staff Writer
Dec 18, 2023 · Q: Is Alive based on a true story? A: Yes, Alive is based on the true story of the Uruguayan rugby team’s crash in the Andes Mountains in 1972. Q: Who directed the movie Alive?
Jan 6, 2024 · That’s a different movie altogether and, since these films are based on a true story, almost certainly not an acceptable one to either the survivors or the families of the dead.
Dec 16, 2016 · Yes, the movie Alive (1993) is based on a true story. It is the story of the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 and the subsequent survival of its passengers in the Andes mountains.
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Jun 17, 2023 · ‘Alive’ is an eye-opening survival drama movie heavily based on the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash. In October of 1972, the Old Christians Club rugby union team, an Uruguayan club from Montevideo, was supposed to go up against the Santiago, Chile, based Old Boys Club.