2010 television documentary
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]
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