The Poseidon Adventure (1972) 7.1
A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea. |
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The Poseidon Adventure (1972) 7.1
A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea. |
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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Gene Hackman | ... | ||
Ernest Borgnine | ... | ||
Red Buttons | ... | ||
Carol Lynley | ... | ||
Roddy McDowall | ... | ||
Stella Stevens | ... | ||
Shelley Winters | ... | ||
Jack Albertson | ... | ||
Pamela Sue Martin | ... | ||
Arthur O'Connell | ... | ||
Eric Shea | ... | ||
Fred Sadoff | ... | ||
Sheila Allen | ... |
Nurse
(as Sheila Mathews)
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Jan Arvan | ... | ||
Byron Webster | ... |
A passenger ship, on her way to the scrap yard is pushed to her limits by the new owners to save on the dismantling fees. A tidal wave hits her, flipping her over so that all the internal rooms are upside down. A priest takes a mixed band of survivors on a journey through the bowels of the ship in an attempt to survive. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
The Poseidon Adventure is one of those movies I have seen at least once a year as long as I have been alive. I lived in Maine when I was a kid and we loved our natural disaster flicks. Of all the great disaster movies from the 70s, this has got to be the best one. Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelly Winters, Roddy McDowall, Leslie Neilson, and the list goes on.
The basic plot goes like this. The Poseidon is a cruise ship out for its last voyage and it is New Year's Eve. The guests are all celebrating while deep beneath the ocean's surface an earthquake is happening. The earthquake sets off a huge tsunami and the ship is knocked upside down. In order to be saved, a small group of people heads for the engine room at the bottom (make that top, since the ship is upside down) of the ship. At first, the ocean claims hundreds of the passengers until they are whittled down to about 10 people left. From here there are plenty of tense moments and a power struggle for control of the survivors. Typical disaster movie fare but done rather well.
This movie is a great main event for a disaster film weekend.