Alive / presented by Touchstone Pictures and Paramount Pictures ; a Kennedy/Marshall production ; a Frank Marshall film ; directed by Frank Marshall ; screenplay by John Patrick Shanley ; produced by Roberts Watts and Kathleen Kennedy ; director of photography, Peter James ; music by James Newton Howard.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
Εdition
30th anniversary ed.
Published/​Created
  • Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2002.
  • ©1993
Description
1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Summary note
    A team of rugby players survive a plane crash deep in the desolate, snow-covered Andes Mountains. Stranded there, they must overcome incredible odds to stay alive.
    Notes
    • Widescreen.
    • Based on the book by Piers Paul Read.
    • "Based on a true story."--Container.
    • Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
    • Special features: introductions by director Frank Marshall; Alive: 20 Years later; Return to the Andes.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Music, James Newton Howard ; director of photography, Peter James.
    Target audience
    Rated R; for crash scenes too intense for unaccompanied children ; bonus material not rated.
    System details
    DVD, Dolby digital surround sound, widescreen (1.85:1), NTSC, region 1, digitally mastered, dual-layer format.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton ; James Newton Howard.
    Language note
    • Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
    • Can be viewed dubbed in Spanish.
    ISBN
    • 9780788837487
    • 0788837486
    Publisher no.
    27113
    OCLC
    50863298
    Universal Product Code
    • 786936190267
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