Corrected entry: One stupid mistake in this film is that after 70 odd days (at the end of the film), characters are seen smoking. After this time they still have cigarettes?
Alive (1993)
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Directed by: Frank Marshall
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Josh Hamilton, Vincent Spano, Bruce Ramsay
Revealing mistake: At the beginning of the "Day 50" scene, there is a shot of the "human" meat thawing - in the top right of the screen, a pig snout is visible. (01:13:00)
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Suggested correction: There is no pig snout. That is the end of a sleeve that has meat in it for their trip.
Roberto Canessa: We're gonna die, you know.
Nando: Maybe. But if we die, we're gonna die walking.
Trivia: John Malkovich is never credited for his appearance as older Carlitos in the beginning and end of the film.
Question: I'm curious as to why Paéz is the narrator in the beginning and end of the film, when the movie focuses mainly on Canessa and Parrada as main characters. Almost all of the boys are alive today, and even if they weren't it is not Páez himself who is being interviewed but John Malcovich as Páez. So I'm still curious as to why they chose Páez instead of Parrado or Canessa, as they are both alive today.
Answer: Keeping in mind that some parts of the audience were not familiar with the details of this story, using Paez as the narrator retains some of the suspense of Canessa and Parredo's journey across the Andes. If the audience is not told at the start that they survive, at least some viewers may have considered that one of them may die during their trek to civilization.
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Correction: They found the tail and with it lots of cigarettes when they had already been there for a while. It's those cigarettes they smoke later.