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The Poseidon Adventure Details

1972 Certificate PG
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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. 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
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
Director Ronald Neame
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 52 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
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

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  • Sign up Certificate PG The Poseidon Adventure - Feature

    On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon is on a magnificent voyage from New York to Athens, Greece....

  • Sign up Certificate PG The Poseidon Adventure - Bonus Feature

    Includes 9 all new featurettes, still galleries and interactive article from American Cinematographer....

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    • 2 stars out of 4  

      Tedious disaster movie which caught the public fancy and started a cycle. Spectacular moments, cardboard characters, flashes of imagination.

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    • Rated - 5.0 stars  

      • 5
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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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  • Most recent members' reviews of The Poseidon Adventure

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    • Rated - 5.0 stars  

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      love this film

      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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    • Rated - 1.0 star  

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      VERY CRAP

      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 ... read more »

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    The Poseidon Adventure

    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 ...