Yes. The story of the Uruguayan Rugby team is very true -- their plane, a Fairchild FH-227D, crashed in the Andes Mountains of South America, specifically a remote region of Argentina, on 10/13/1972. The survivors of the crash faced hard survival at extreme altitude and were forced to eat the flesh of the dead and find a way out of the mountains to civilization for aid.
The account of the survivors was written as a non-fiction book by Piers Paul Read.
Nando Parrado himself also wrote a memoir of the ordeal he and his companions faced, published in 2006.
Nando Parrado, Antonio Balbi, Roberto Canessa, Carlitos Páez, Antonio 'Tintín' Vizintín, Gustavo Zerbino, Roy Harley, Federico Aranda, Rafael Cano, Hugo Díaz, and others
What is the plot of Alive?
After crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.
What was the budget for Alive?
$32 million
How much did Alive earn at the worldwide box office?
