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remake

posted 16 years ago by gavinobyrne2009-1
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i know its a stuptd question but do u think by 2012 there could be a remake???????

[–] intelligentsupermodel 16 years ago

Why do you ask, and why specifically did you choose the year 2012? I think a re-make would be awesome. It would be cool to have something that showed the players' families at home, like the book. That being said, I don't see a remake being made, especially in the next three years. HOWEVER, maybe they'll make "Miracle In The Andes" a motion picture! That would rock!

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[–] kennethpitchford 16 years ago

Strange, but I saw a remake of this movie a few nights before watching this movie again. I think the remake was on Sundance, but I'm not sure. It was a documentary in style but it was hard to tell the "real" parts from the imagined parts. Despite this problem, I thought the remake was pretty good, better in some ways than the 1993 movie itself. Neither of these versions were 'silly' nor 'great.' And Ave Maria is too familiar to be the theme song, especially since not everyone in the company was a Christian.

[–] boomslang-1 15 years ago

For everyone who hates this film, what would you have done differently? I loved this film and honestly don't know what they could have possibly done different. What about the script did you not like?

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[–] boomslang-1 15 years ago

those are some pretty crappy details mercer. i'm think they did a fine job with this film.

[–] palisade-1 15 years ago

Lack of attention to details: It says that 8 people died in the avalanche when in fact "only" 6 died.

There may be inaccurate details, but this detail *was* accurate.

The movie incorrectly depicted Hugo (the pseudonym for Diego Storm) as surviving the avalanche, but it was correct in enumerating eight victims of the avalanche ("Eight of us are dead!")

Those eight were:

Liliana Methol, Javier's wife
Marcelo Perez, the team captain
Daniel Maspons, a close friend of Canessa (who went on one of the first expeditions)
Diego Storm (who was chiefly responsible for saving Parrado -- dragging him to a warmer spot and keeping an eye on him)
Enrique Platero, the one who had the steel bar in his stomach and was recoving well
Gustavo Nicolich, the one who actually said the words, "I have good news -- they called off the search" and rallied their spirits to take action themselves
Juan Carlos Menendez
and
Carlos Roque, the mechanic who survived the crash with a head injury and was suffering from shock. He was alive when dug out of the snow and kept alive for a short time via artificial respiration but could not breathe on his own.

You can see pictures of the eight avalanche victims here:
http://www.viven.com.uy/571/Eng/historia.asp

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[–] boomslang-1 15 years ago

So you hate this movie because the avalanche killed 8 people in real life and the movie only accounts for 6?

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[–] soybean913 15 years ago

So you wouldn't smile when you got rescued? Wow, you're pretty stoic.

The shoe thing was a bit much, though Nando did leave a baby shoe in the plane. As a sign of hope.

I adore this movie, I have for the longest time. I agree that some things could have been more well carried out, that doesn't affect my feelings for 'Alive'.

What knockers!
Oh, thank you, doctor.

[–] jefgg 10 years ago

Wasn't "Alive" a remake of the 1976 Mexican movie "Survive!"?

[–] palisade-1 10 years ago

Wasn't "Alive" a remake of the 1976 Mexican movie "Survive!"?

No, definitely not. "Survive" was made based on the book by Clay Blair of the same title. Blair, who didn't speak any Spanish or have any access to the survivors, wrote a "potboiler" type book shortly after the events. He had limited access to the parties involved, and relied mainly on newspaper accounts (which were full of misinformation) for his account of events. However, parts of his book are quite informative, as he did investigate aspects of the navigation systems used and possible causes for the crash. He also went to Chile and interviewed people involved in the searches, and has some valuable testimony on that part of the story, which doesn't get so much coverage by Piers Paul Read.

Piers Paul Read was chosen by the survivors themselves, as a group, to write their story. He interviewed them all and had extensive access to them and their families and friends for several months. All the survivors spoke English, but not with native-like fluency in most cases, so Read also employed a translator. He collaborated with the survivors, but the deal was he would publish the story as he saw fit, not allowing them to censor it. It's a realistic account which doesn't minimize some of the problems and less admirable behaviors that occurred.

The survivors, as a group, also had to agree on the sale of the movie rights and its conditions. The actual film caused a lot of tension within the group and the publicity it engendered was very unwelcome to some. As a result, the film will never be "remade" because the group will never give joint consent to another such production.

They did all agree to work with fellow Uruguayan (and personal friend of many) Gonzalo Arijon for the documentary, "Stranded," which is well worth seeing.