I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash

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I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash
Directed byBrad Osborne
Starring Nando Parrado, Roberto Canessa
Production
Production companyAMS Pictures
Original release
Network History Channel
ReleaseOctober 20, 2010 (2010-10-20)

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]

Contents

Survivor interviews

Cast

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]

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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.