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Alive (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Genre | Drama |
Format | Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Closed-captioned, Letterboxed |
Contributor | Jake Carpenter, John Malkovich, David Kriegel, Illeana Douglas, Bruce Ramsay, Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Frank Marshall, John Haymes Newton, Josh Hamilton, Ele Keats, Christian Meoli, Danny Nucci, Kevin Breznahan, Sam Behrens, Michael De Lorenzo, Jack Noseworthy, John Patrick Shanley See more |
Language | English, Spanish |
Runtime | 2 hours and 6 minutes |
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Product Description
Product Description
Witness ALIVE, the thrilling true-life adventure of challenge and survival! In this action-packed hit, a team of tough rugby players survive a plane crash deep in the desolate, snow-covered Andes. Stranded there, they must overcome incredible odds to stay alive! See for yourself the unforgettable story of ordinary young men who find courage in the face of disaster and test the very limits of human endurance! It's an astonishing death-defying triumph that will both entertain ... and inspire you!
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In 1972 a chartered plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby squad and various family members crashed in the Andes. If that sounds dry and matter-of-fact, you haven't seen director Frank Marshall's harrowing re-creation Alive, an adrenaline-pounding, heart-in-your-mouth spectacle that kicks off this famous story of survival. The real-life against-all-odds odyssey made worldwide headlines when it became known that the survivors ate their own dead to survive. What could have easily become sensationalistic exploitation is treated with compassion and dignity by Marshall as he explores their moral and spiritual struggles as well as their physical ordeal. As team captain and base-camp cheerleader Vincent Spano slowly collapses under the stress and Ethan Hawke rouses from mourning his dead family to taking charge of saving himself, it also becomes a portrait in leadership, hope, and emotional courage. --Sean Axmaker
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Item model number : Relay Time: 127 min
- Director : Frank Marshall
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Closed-captioned, Letterboxed
- Run time : 2 hours and 6 minutes
- Release date : October 8, 2002
- Actors : John Malkovich, Sam Behrens, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Breznahan, Illeana Douglas
- Language : Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- Studio : Buena Vista Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B000065V40
- Writers : John Patrick Shanley
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,071 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #428 in Action & Adventure DVDs
- #567 in Drama DVDs
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What is ostensibly an intense and vivid survival horror film is actually a much deeper film about the resilience and endurance of these men, and the power of the human spirit and its most basic relationship with God. "Alive" captures the awful grace of God amazingly and beautifully through the lives of those who went through this awful and, at the same time, "grand" experience. By the end of the movies, you truly understand what the narrator means by meeting God in the frigid cold of the Andes where he and the rest of the 16 survivors remained for 72 days.
Writing much more than this may take away from your experience while watching the movie, but one can really relate to the excruciating pain and intense experience that brought out the very best in the human spirit, which unfortunately is most often only revealed during the most horrendous of experiences that stretch the limits of what any human being can endure. The perspective this film provides is just another level of its greatness.
"Alive" is one of those movies that you will never forget. Schubert's "Ave Maria," sung by Aaron Neville, is the perfect music to end this film and goes straight to the heart of a transcendental sentiment that is driven home by the film's powerful ending. No matter where you are in life, this movie should resonate with you in some way that moves the human emotions from one end of the spectrum to the other.