Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (2007)
Directed by Gonzalo Arijón
Genres - Historical Film |
Sub-Genres - Biography, Tragedies & Catastrophes |
Release Date - Oct 22, 2008 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 126 min. |
Countries - Spain, France, Uruguay |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Nathan Southern
The events that followed the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in 1974 are, by now, notorious. The survivors, members of a rugby team left to fend for themselves in the Andes, ultimately resorted to cannibalism for the sake of survival, devouring the flesh of their dead companions. As a result, 16 men (of the initial 45) managed to stay alive on a frozen glacier for an incredible ten weeks. The story prompted a best-selling nonfiction tome by Piers Paul Read, a 1993 feature dramatization directed by Spielberg collaborator Frank Marshall, and this documentary, which recounts the harrowing story via firsthand accounts with those involved. Director Gonzalo Arijon shoots dramatic reenactments of the events; he intercuts this footage with clips of the press conference that greeted the men on their return, and recently recovered archival photographs.
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mountains, plane-crash, rugby, team, team-sports
