I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash

*I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash*
I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash
Directed by	Brad Osborne
Starring	Nando Parrado; Roberto Canessa
Production
Production company	AMS Pictures
Original release
Network	History Channel
Release	October 20, 2010

I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash is a 2010 television documentary recounting the tragedy of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andes mountains from the perspective of survivor Nando Parrado. It is a 2-hour special with reenactments of the October 13, 1972 crash, a deadly avalanche 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

^ 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.
^ Staci, Linda. ""Alive and Well: Andes Plane Crash Survivors Tell Their Tale", New York Post, 20 October 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.

External links

History.com
AMS Pictures.com
Nando Parrado's website
http://www.alpineexpeditions.net/andes-survivors.html Archived 2014-03-16 at the Wayback Machine

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[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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v t e Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
People	Francisco Abal Roberto Canessa Roberto François Javier Methol Carlos Páez Rodríguez Nando Parrado Numa Turcatti Carlos Páez Vilaró Gustavo Zerbino
Books	Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (1974) Miracle in the Andes (2006)
Films	Survive! (1976) Alive (1993) Alive: 20 Years Later (1993) Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed in the Mountains (2007) I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash (2010) Society of the Snow (2023)
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