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 |
| Director |
Ronald Neame |
| Studio |
20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time |
DVD: 1 hr 52 mins |
| Certificate |
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| Collections |
100 Top Thrillers |
| Genres |
Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language |
DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired |
English |
| Subtitles |
DVD: Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released |
Production year: 1972
To Rent: DVD: 30 Jun 2003 |
The Poseidon Adventure
(1972)
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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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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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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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- 07 Jul 2004 at 07:08
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Most recent members' reviews of The Poseidon Adventure
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this is one of my favourite films...full of action - ahead of its time when it was made - recommend this over the 'new' version :)
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- Stoke on Trent
- 14 Dec 2011 at 19:48
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On the surface, an entertaining disaster film that does not need to rely on high-tech special effects. However, the subtext is a little more interesting if only...
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- 22 Oct 2011 at 19:20
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this film is so bad!
its about a wave capsising a stupid boat and turning it upside-down whe some survivors struggle through weird disasters. on the ...
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Poor start for Poseidon
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...
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