Directed by:
Frank MarshallScreenplay:
John Patrick ShanleyCinematography:
Peter JamesComposer:
James Newton HowardCast:
Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, Bruce Ramsay, John Newton, Kevin Breznahan, Sam Behrens, Illeana Douglas, Jack Noseworthy, Michael DeLorenzo (more)VOD (3)
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In October 1972, a plane chartered by the Uruguayan rugby team crashed in to the snow-covered Andes. Many passengers were killed on contact, but several people survived. They only had rations for a short time. When they learned through their transistor radio that the search effort for their plane had been aborted, two team members tried to cross the Andes in search of civilization. A young medical student warned them that if they wanted to survive until help arrived they must eat the flesh of their dead compatriots. When the trekkers who succeeded in reaching Chile returned with help some time later, 16 had been kept alive through cannibalism, and 29 had died from the accident, the avalanche, and the cruelty of the weather. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ethan Hawke
USA
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Vincent Spano
USA
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Josh Hamilton
USA
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Bruce Ramsay
Canada
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John Newton
USA
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Kevin Breznahan
USA
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Sam Behrens
USA
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Illeana Douglas
USA
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Jack Noseworthy
USA
Michael DeLorenzo
USA
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Danny Nucci
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Richard Ian Cox
UK
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David Cubitt
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Gordon Currie
Canada
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Josh Lucas
USA
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John Malkovich
USA
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John Cassini
Canada
Chad Willett
Canada
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Ele Keats
France
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José Zúñiga
Honduras
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