Alive
"Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk." (1978) US #16. The fourth movie in the National Lampoon's Vacation comedy series, Vegas Vacation, prominently featured Hernandez's "Born to Be Alive" as the Griswolds were entering Las Vegas in a limousine. "Man on a street." Stallone directed the film, with songs performed by his brother Frank. 1984; #1 in the U.K.; peaked at #17 in the U.S. The 1974 book told the story of a rugby team's survival after their plane crashed in the Andes. Was released as a movie in 1993 starred Ethan Hawke. Director: Michael D. Moore. Also starred Iron Eyes Cody and Ben Lessy. Director: Sylvester Stallone. Also starred Steve Inwood, Julie Bovasso & Charles Ward “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor Director: Victor Halperin. Also starred Ted Osborne, George Pembroke & Alden 'Stephen' Chase. Plot: A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard. 1978; 4 weeks as #1 on the Billboard Hot 100; included in Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" The Story of the Andes Survivors; documents the story of the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andes 1976; peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 The 1974 book told the story of a rugby team's survival after their plane crashed in the Andes. Was released as a movie in 1993 starred Ethan Hawke.
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