---
title: 'Alive (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Marshall'
released: '1993-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 127
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/alive-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106246/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Alive (1993)

1993 · R · 127 min · Drama, Action · United States


## Synopsis

Alive is a 1993 American survival drama film directed by Frank Marshall, and based on Piers Paul Read's 1974 book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors. It is the second feature film about the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes mountains in 1972. Filmed in the Purcell Mountains in British Columbia, the film was written by John Patrick Shanley, narrated by John Malkovich, and stars Ethan Hawke, Josh Hamilton, Vincent Spano, Bruce Ramsay, John Haymes Newton, Illeana Douglas, and Danny Nucci. One of the survivors, Nando Parrado, served as the technical advisor for the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-marshall)
- **Screenplay:** [John Patrick Shanley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-patrick-shanley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Schubert](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-schubert), [James Newton Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-newton-howard)
- **Producer:** [Kathleen Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-kennedy), [Bruce Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-cohen), [Robert Watts](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-watts)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter James](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-james)
- **Editor:** [William Goldenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-goldenberg)

## Cast

- [Jack Noseworthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-noseworthy) as Bobby Francois
- [Sam Behrens](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-behrens) as Javier Methol
- [John Malkovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-malkovich) as Carlos Páez Rodríguez
- [Christian Meoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-meoli) as Federico Aranda
- [John Haymes Newton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-haymes-newton) as Antonio "Tintin" Vizintin
- [Jerry Wasserman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-wasserman) as Co-Pilot Lt. Colonel Dante Lagurara
- [Diana Barrington](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-barrington) as Mrs. Alfonsín
- [John Cassini](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cassini) as Daniel Fernández
- [Chad Willett](https://cinepixo.com/people/chad-willett) as Pablo Montero
- [Ethan Hawke](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-hawke) as Nando Parrado
- [Michael DeLorenzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-delorenzo) as Rafael Cano
- [Jan D'Arcy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-d-arcy) as Eugenia Parrado
- [Ele Keats](https://cinepixo.com/people/ele-keats) as Susana Parrado
- [Bruce Ramsay](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-ramsay) as Carlos Páez Rodríguez
- [José Zúñiga](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-zuniga) as Mechanic Sgt. Carlos "Fraga" Roque

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