I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash (2010)
- Directed by
- Brad Osborne
- Genre
- documentary film, biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary tells the true story of a plane crash in the Andes mountains in 1972. It follows survivor Nando Parrado as he and others struggle to stay alive for 72 days in extreme conditions, ultimately making a daring trek out of the wilderness.
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What happens
I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash is a 2010 television documentary recounting the tragedy of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andes mountains from the perspective of survivor Nando Parrado. 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. I Am Alive was produced by AMS Pictures and premiered on the History Channel on October 20, 2010. It was released for DVD on February 22, 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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