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The Poseidon Adventure
1972
On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon is on a magnificent voyage from New York to Athens, Greece. Unfortunately, disaster befalls passengers and crew when the cruise ship is capsized by a huge tidal wave brought on by a submarine-induced earthquake. Though the casualties are many, 10 passengers survive to make a .. Read more
| Starring | Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Carol Lynley, Shelley Winters |
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| Director | Ronald Neame |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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The Poseidon Adventure
On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon is on a magnificent voyage from New York to Athens, Greece. Unfortunately, disaster befalls passengers and crew when the cruise ship is capsized by a huge tidal wave brought on by a submarine-induced earthquake. Though the casualties are many, 10 passengers survive to make a harrowing journey up to the overturned ship's bottom where they try and escape to safety. The ensemble cast includes Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Roddy McDowall, and Red Buttons.
| Starring | Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Carol Lynley, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Eric Shea |
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| Director | Ronald Neame |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 52 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Top Thrillers |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 30 Jun 2003 Production year: 1972 |
| Format | DVD |
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
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On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon is on a magnificent voyage from New York to Athens, Greece....
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Includes 9 all new featurettes, still galleries and interactive article from American Cinematographer....
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In this memorable calamity-at-sea epic from disaster-movie specialist Irwin Allen, an ocean liner turns turtle under a tidal wave and survivors fight their way to the ship's underside in an attempt to find an exit. The religious aspects of Paul Gallico's source novel get buried under a barrage of set pieces as director Ronald Neame cranks up the suspense and minister Gene Hackman leads a group of uptight passengers to what they hope will be their salvation. There are wonderfully poignant performances by Ernest Borgnine, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters and Red Buttons, but it's always Hackman's movie — not even the remarkable effects can upstage him.
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Tedious disaster movie which caught the public fancy and started a cycle. Spectacular moments, cardboard characters, flashes of imagination.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Poseidon Adventure.Gene Hackman
This has always been one of the top Disaster movies, the action flows and you feel for all....the losses by most are made up for the effort put in........
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Poseidon Adventure.Gene Hackman
This has always been one of the top Disaster movies, the action flows and you feel for all....the losses by most are made up for the effort put in........
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Poor start for Poseidon
- 15 May 2006
Warner Brothers' first big summer blockbuster didn't make quite the splash the company would have hoped for as it limped in with a measly $20.3 million in its first weekend at the US box office. Wolfgang Peterson's remake of disaster movie The Poseidon Adventure failed to knock the third installment of Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible off the top of the chart, while the US box office was down 13 per cent overall on last year's attendances. Poseidon, which stars Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard... Read more
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The Poseidon Adventure
On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon is on a magnificent voyage from New York to Athens, Greece. Unfortunately, disaster befalls passengers and crew when the cruise ship is capsized by a huge tidal wave brought on by a submarine-induced earthquake. Though the casualties are many, 10 ...
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