The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.
Practical Effects
They shot on a real mountain. In Argentina. In winter. Masochists.
Acting
Ethan Hawke's 'I'm becoming a mountain man' arc is unhinged in the best way.
Director
Frank Marshall
Josh Hamilton
Roberto Canessa
Bruce Ramsay
Carlitos Páez
Ethan Hawke
Nando Parrado
Vincent Spano
Antonio Balbi
John Newton
Antonio Vizintín
David Kriegel
Gustavo Zerbino
Kevin Breznahan
Roy Harley
Sam Behrens
Javier Methol
Illeana Douglas
Lilliana Methol
Jack Noseworthy
Bobby François
Christian J. Meoli
Federico Aranda
Jake Carpenter
Alberto Artuna
Michael DeLorenzo
Rafael Cano
José Zúñiga
Fraga
Danny Nucci
Hugo Díaz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real survivors visited set and some even cameo as Andes plane crash victims in the opening. Meta much?
This film arrived during a brief 90s obsession with survival cannibalism (see also: Ravenous), reflecting anxieties about civilization's thin veneer post-Cold War.
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