The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)
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| Directed by | Ronald Neame |
| Produced by | Irwin Allen |
| Screenplay by |
Stirling Silliphant Wendell Mayes |
| Based on |
The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico |
| Starring |
Gene Hackman Ernest Borgnine Red Buttons Carol Lynley Shelley Winters Roddy McDowall Stella Stevens Jack Albertson Pamela Sue Martin Arthur O'Connell Eric Shea Leslie Nielsen |
| Music by |
John Williams The Song from The Poseidon Adventure: Joel Hirschhorn Al Kasha |
| Cinematography | Harold E. Stine |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
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Production
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Kent Productions, Ltd.
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time
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117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.7 million |
| Box office | $127.3 million |
The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 American disaster film directed by Ronald Neame, produced by Irwin Allen, and based on Paul Gallico's novel of the same name. It features an ensemble cast, including five Academy Award winners: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Albertson, Shelley Winters, and Red Buttons. Parts of the movie were filmed aboard the RMS Queen Mary. The plot centers on the SS Poseidon, an aged luxury liner on her final voyage from New York City to Athens before being sent to the scrapyard. On New Year's Eve, she is overturned by a rogue wave. Passengers and crew are trapped inside, and a rebellious preacher attempts to lead a small group of survivors to safety.
It is in the vein of other all-star disaster films of the early-mid 1970s such as Airport, Earthquake and The Towering Inferno. By the end of 1974, it was regarded as a widely successful film. The film won two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Motion Picture Sound Editors Award. A 1979 sequel, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, was also based on a novel by Gallico, but was a commercial and critical failure.
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