Stranded: I've Come From a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains
If you think you’ve heard the story about the rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes, and defied nature by staying alive for 72 days on a frozen glacier, think again. This awe-inspiring documentary retells this extraordinary event through unflinchingly honest accounts from the survivors and brilliant dramatic recreation.
Sponsor:
Consulate General of France, San Francisco
Cast & Crew
Director: Gonzalo Arijon
Producer: Hilary Sandison, Marc Silvera
Editor: Claudio Hughes, Samuel Lajus, Alice Larry
Screenwriter: Gonzalo Arijon
Cinematographer: César Charlone, Pablo Hernan Zubizaretta
Music: Florencia di Concilio
Principal Cast: Roberto Francois, Roy Harley, Nando Parrado, Antonio Vizintin
Filmography: Por Esos ojos (1997)
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Stranded..., May 10, 2008
By Jeff Cavanaugh
“Honestly, I’d only heard bits and pieces of this story and so this film, being my first real exposure to the material, was very powerful. The survivors’ stories, in their own words, described the horrible ordeal in a way that a mere recitation of the dry facts could never convey. Especially”
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Excellent documentary, May 13, 2008
By Stephen McAdoo
“I remember the details of this book, which I read almost 30 years ago, better than if I'd read it last week, so there wasn't much here that was new to me. But hearing it retold told first hand by the survivors, and seeing some of them revisit the scene with their families made it as amazing as if I”
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editing?, Jun 08, 2008
By Carolyn Halley
“This film was ok, but would have been better about half hour shorter. It had a dragging quality (which maybe was intentional, trying to mirror the experience of the survivors?), when it could have been quite gripping.”
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First-Rate Documentary Film Making, Jun 11, 2008
By Glen McCarthy
“The story is obviously amazing, but what impressed me just as much was how the film was put together. The inclusion of real film footage and photographs from 1972, along with the convincing re-enactments, was excellent. The current-day interviews with the survivors were very impressive and moving,”
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