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Alive: 20 Years Later (1993) [N/A]

Featuring:
Martin Sheen, Laura Canessa, Roberto Canessa

Written by:
Jill Fullerton-Smith

Directed by:
Jill Fullerton-Smith


Release Date:
December 31, 1993

Original Title:
Alive: 20 Years Later

Genres:
Documentary

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 51

Now, for the first time ever, the true story as told by the actual survivors!

Overview from TheMovieDB

Documentary looking at the making of the 1993 film Alive about the 1972 plane crash in the Andes, and also interviews with the real survivors.

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Overview from Open Movies

In 1972 an airplane carrying an Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes Mountains, killing many of those on board. After exhausting what little food supply they had, the survivors realized that in order to stay alive, they would have to eat their dead comrades. In 1993 a film was made of the incident, and this documentary recounts some of the making of the film and has interviews with some of the survivors of the original incident.

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Rankings and Honors

Alive: 20 Years Later (1993) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.2/10
Awards Won: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 nomination total

Performers

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Production

Director:
Jill Fullerton-Smith

Editor:
Perry Schaffer

Executive Producer:
Bruce Cohen
Frank Marshall
Robert Watts

Line Producer:
Annie Dinner

Original Music Composer:
James Newton Howard

Producer:
Jill Fullerton-Smith

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