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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.
It is a 2-hour special with reenactments of the October 13, 1972 crash, a deadly avalanche and the 72-day struggle for survival that followed, including details of the 60-kilometre (37 mi) trek out of the mountains by Parrado and fellow survivor Roberto Canessa.
Survive! ( Spanish : Supervivientes de los Andes - Andes Survivors ) is a 1976 Mexican thriller film directed by René Cardona . [ 1 ] The film was released on January 15, 1976 in Mexico and is based on Clay Blair 's 1973 unauthorized account, Survive [ 2 ] which is based on the story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 .
Into the Mountains: The Extraordinary True Story of Survival in the Andes and its Aftermath. LID. ISBN 978-1910649411. Canessa, Roberto (2016). I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-6545-7. Canessa, Roberto; Zerbino, Gustavo (22 February 2024).
Survivors of the 1972 Andes plane crash including Dr. Roberto Canessa amid a new Netflix movie "Society of the Snow" that recounts their ordeal including eating human flesh to stay alive.
A survivor reflects on the true story behind the new Netflix movie, about members of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes in 1972.
Showtime's Yellowjackets is loosely based on a devastating plane crash.. In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in the Andes mountains, leaving only 16 survivors. To stay alive in the ...
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. Of the 45 people on the flight, only 16 survived 72 days of sub-zero temperatures.