I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash

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I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash
Directed by Brad Osborne
Starring Nando Parrado, Roberto Canessa
Production company(s) AMS Pictures
Release
Original network History Channel
Original release October 20, 2010 (2010-10-20)
External links
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I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash is a 2010 television documentary recounting the tragedy of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 from the perspective of survivor Nando Parrado. It is a 2-hour special with reenactments of the October 13, 1972 crash 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.[1]

Survivor interviews

Cast

  • James Lentzsch as Nando Parrado
  • Benjamin Josse as Roberto Canessa
  • Kelly Haitz as Susy Parrado
  • Cindy Latch as Zenia Parrado
  • Vince Roberts as Carlitos Paez
  • Dorian Roberts as Eduardo Strauch
  • Everette Scott Ortiz as Gustavo Zerbino
  • Ben Keyworth as Marcelo Perez
  • Heather Child as Liliana Methol
  • Mark T. Lee as Javier Methol
  • Alfred Ramirez as Panchito Abal
  • Taylor Witt as Antonio Vizintin
  • Larry Rodriguez as Col. Julio Fernandez
  • Tim Wylie as Lt. Col. Dante Lagurara
  • Grayson Howe as Numa Turcatti
  • Daniel Cruz as Bobby Francois
  • Lico Reyes as Sergio Catalan

Reception

Critic Linda Stasi of the New York Post awarded I Am Alive four stars, calling it "without question the finest survival documentary I have ever seen on TV."[2]

References

  1. ↑ The History Channel. "I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash" Premieres on Wednesday, October 20 at 9pm ET on History", The Futon Critic, 20 October 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  2. ↑ Staci, Linda. ""Alive and Well: Andes Plane Crash Survivors Tell Their Tale", New York Post, 20 October 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.

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