Trivia / Alive

• Blooper: The dark lit introduction scene with John Malkovich has a light-reflection circle, appearing, going over the face of the character then moving away, which disrupts the Willing Suspension of Disbelief over Carlitos' speech. The floating smoke, from a cigarette that he never takes a drag on, saves the scene.
• California Doubling: Shot in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia standing in for the Andes.
• Disowned Adaptation: The movie was criticized by the families of the deceased, who generally suffered more alterations to their stories than the survivors in order to include more conflict or comedic relief into the story. The real Nando, who served as consultant for the film, doesn't consider it bad but "outdated".
• Fake Nationality: Almost all characters are played by actors who are neither Uruguayans nor Latin Americans. The two exceptions are the mechanic, who is played by the Honduran-American José Zúñiga, and the Puerto-Rican descendant Michael De Lorenzo.
  • Several actors, however, are Italian-American – Vincent Spano (Antonio), Christian Meoli (Federico), Danny Nucci (Hugo), Michael DeLorenzo (Rafael), John Cassini (Daniel), and Gian DiDonna (Eduardo), which resembles the nationalities of the real survivors, who mostly were of European descent.
  • The Mexican Spanish dub was done in Mexico by Mexican voice actors, rather than Uruguayans, but they used Southern Cone slang in an attempt to avoid controversy. This is a stark contrast with Survive!, where all characters are played by Mexicans and with Mexican accents.
• In Memoriam: Dedicated to the victims and survivors of the disaster.
• Translation Correction: Both Spanish dubs change the drink served in the cockpit from tea to mate, the iconic herbal drink of Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina, which was actually served in the cockpit. Indeed, this "tea" is even served on a traditional calabash gourd with bombilla like mate, so it's safe to assume that it is mate and they say tea as a Cultural Translation in the first place.
• Uncredited Role: John Malkovich as the older Carlitos.

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