Title: The Poseidon Adventure
Original Title: The Poseidon Adventure
Year: 1972
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 117 Minutes (1 hour 57 min)
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Genre: Action Adventure Drama
- Studios: 20th Century Studios
- Age rating: PG (Parental guidance)
Release Dates
- UK: March 02 1973
- United States: December 13 1972
Plot
A passenger ship, on its way to the scrap yard, put limits with the arrival of the new owners to save on the costs of decommissioning. At a time when a wave hits you, turning and thus making all its interior rooms remain inside out. A priest takes a very diverse group of survivors on a journey through the bowels of the ship trying to survive. While Poseidon 1,500 passengers a luxury liner sailing from the US to Europe, celebrating New Year's Eve, a fierce storm broke out and a huge wave transforms the pleasant trip in a catastrophe that can end the life of all passengers. 'The Poseidon Adventure' is directed by Ronald Neame.
Cast
Director:
Reverend Scott
Mike Rogo
James Martin
Nonnie Parry
Acres
Linda Rogo
Belle Rosen
Photos
Trivia
Private collection
The boots and pendant that Carol Lynley wears in the film actually came from her own private collection.
Oscar Winners
Contains five Academy Award winning actors - Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson and Red Buttons; and one Oscar nominee: Arthur O'Connell.
Fattening
Shelley Winters gained 35 pounds for the part of Belle Rosen. Afterward she complained that she was never able to get back to her original weight no matter how hard she tried.
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