Rent Alive for FREE

Start your 30 day FREE trial » Find out more

+70,000 other titles and counting

NO late fees or long term contracts - cancel anytime
FREE first class post for DVD, Blu-ray & Games rental
1000's of films to stream instantly to your PC, TV or PS3^TM at no extra cost

Alive Details

1993

70
from 3699 members

Starring	Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, Illeana Douglas
Director	Frank Marshall
Genres	Drama, Thriller

Alive

ALIVE is a gripping drama based on a true story. In October 1972, a plane chartered by a Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the snow-covered Andes Mountains. Many passengers are killed on contact, but most people survive--with only enough rations for a short time. Given the harsh climate and lack of food, the survivors are forced to take drastic measures to stay alive. When they learn through their transistor radio that the search effort for their plane has been aborted, three young men (played by Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, and Josh Hamilton) attempt to cross the Andes in search of civilization.

Starring	Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, Illeana Douglas, David Kriegel, Bruce Ramsay
Director	Frank Marshall
Studio	PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 1 min
Certificate
Genres	Drama, Thriller
Language	DVD: English
Dubbed	French, German, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released	Production year: 1993 To Rent: DVD: 18 Mar 2002

Critic's review of Alive
View all critics' reviews (3)
- "...A remarkable true-life adventure that taps dark emotions....ALIVE draws considerable power from staying more human than heroic..."
- 10001
- - Rolling Stone
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
Most helpful member's review of Alive
View all members' reviews (25)
- - 10
  - 3
  Alive - 1993 **** / ***** (4/5)
  
  Alive made in 1993.
  
  This DVD is an old one, but also a good one. A great story and it all happened, based on a true story. Basically a rugby team are... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 160271
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - England
  - 12 Oct 2005 at 17:56
Most recent members' reviews of Alive
View all members' reviews (25)
- - 0
  - 0
  Really good
  
  Iv seen this film a few times, it is really good and as it is based on a true story, you can sympathise with the characters even more. It is a sad film though, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1008517
- - MalibuEm
  - 21 reviews
  - 22 Jun 2011 at 20:49
- - 0
  - 0
  battle of who wants to survive
  
  still brilliant after all these years a group of rugby players crash in the andies when there is no search party out to help they have to take matters into ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 984399
- - jade
  - 436 reviews
  - London
  - 19 Apr 2011 at 22:26
- - 1
  - 0
  well worth a watch
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  I remember reading about this when the story actually hit the headlines so I was curious to see what had actually happened. To say they experienced an ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 876019
- - a customer
  - cardiff
  - 23 Mar 2010 at 23:07
View all members' reviews (25)
News and features
View all
Doubt
- 02 Feb 2009
What happened between Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Donald Miller (Joseph Foster) in the rectory? Neither one is saying, but Sister James (Amy Adams) is concerned the boy came back to class flushed, with alcohol on his breath. Sister James is young and naïve, but not that naïve. She hesitantly takes her suspicion to Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep), the principal at St Mary’s. Sister Aloysius is neither young nor naïve, and unlike Sister James, she has taken a staunch dislike... Read more
People who rented this also rented
Showing 1 to 4 of 20

[+] [-]
Previous
Snow Falling On Cedars

Sign up

Buy

The Firm

Sign up

Buy

Quiz Show

Sign up

Buy

Crimson Tide

Sign up

Buy
Next
3158

3360

1267

6979

Rating breakdown

3,699 Member ratings

100	334
90	306
80	752
70	745
60	725
50	371
40	220
30	133
20	75
10	38

Competitions and Offers

Buy from Amazon.co.uk

- - Buy
- Alive
  
  ALIVE is a gripping drama based on a true story. In October 1972, a plane chartered by a Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the snow-covered Andes Mountains. Many passengers are killed on contact, but most people survive--with only enough rations for a short time. Given the harsh climate and lack of ...