![]() ![]() Poseidon, “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972,) “Beyond The Poseidon Adventure” (1979), a TV film, “The Poseidon Adventure” (2005), and “Poseidon” (2006) with Richard Dreyfus and Kurt Russell. – There’s been four films featuring a luxury liner called The S.S. – The Queen Mary was used for a few exterior shots of the deck and early interior shots of the staterooms. Shelley Winters did receive a nomination but lost to Eileen Heckart. – After reading the script, Stella Stevens, the actress that played Linda Rogo, said the woman that plays the “fat lady” Belle Rosen will get an Oscar nomination. At the time, it was the highest amount ever paid. – When the film’s theatrical release ended, ABC paid $1 million for the broadcast rights. Scott and Burt Lancaster both turned down the role of Reverend Scott Gene Wilder turned down the role of haberdasher James Martin. At the time the film was made, Winters was only 51. – Shelley Winters’ character, Belle, was an older, retired woman with grandchildren. – Irwin Allen’s wife Sheila had a bit part playing the ship’s nurse. She was never able to lose the extra weight. – To play the role of older and out-of-shape Belle Rosen, Shelley Winters gained 35 pounds. – Jack Albertson was one of a few performers to receive all three top awards for acting. – “The Poseidon Adventure” was the second highest-grossing film of 1972, with $93 million in ticket sales. A small tugboat looking to claim salvage rights and a medical ship. The film is also considered the most harrowing and suspenseful film in the disaster genre. Escaping the Poseidon turned out to just be the beginning as the story continues in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure. Since the film is basically an action flick, “Poseidon” isn’t known for its eloquent and moving dialog, even though the cast includes five Academy Award-winning performers: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Jack Albertson, and Shelley Winters.Įven though the 1971 film “Airport” was the first of the big block-buster disaster films, “The Poseidon Adventure” is considered the film that started the morbid race to escape film craze that folks in the 1970s loved. That’s if they can stay ahead of the seawater pouring into the crippled ship. Their goal is the engine room and their only slim chance of being rescued. The film follows ten passengers from varied backgrounds haphazardly, making their way through this upside-down hell. On New Year’s Eve, the ship is hit by a massive wave and turns upside down. Poseidon, is making its final voyage before heading to a scrap yard in Greece. In case you have a phobia of watching films with water, here’s a blueprint of the 1972 disaster flick.Īn aging luxury liner, The S.S. So begins a harrowing race to the bottom that is now the top - What a disaster! -And movie fans couldn’t get enough.Ģ022 marks the 50th anniversary of “The Poseidon Adventure” sailing into theaters. And those desperate measures include Winter’s ample fanny. Sorry, I mean busts.Gene Hackman is midway up a towering metal Christmas tree with his hands pressed firmly on Shelley Winters’ derriere.ĭesperate times call for desperate measures. Other highlights include Sylvia Syms, who does a nice clingy version of Shelley Winters’ ultimately redeemed Belle Rosen, and a hilarious scene in which a pop singer (Tinarie Van Wyk) needlessly doffs her dress, heroically providing us with boobs. The producers have even recreated that single partygoer’s great crash into a stained-glass sunroof that now sits on the floor like a pointy glass pond. The moment of capsize, with black-tied celebrators tumbling from a ballroom floor that’s become the ceiling, is still dizzying. Poseidon‘s best scenes, in fact, are direct homages to the original. ![]() Thomas Howell), failed novelist Richard Clarke (Steve Guttenberg), his successful - and therefore chilly and inattentive - wife (Alexa Hamilton), and Clarke’s new onboard mistress, a masseuse (Nathalie Boltt) who describes herself as ”busty.” I assume that word is a throwback to the ’70s, when it was still in use, like some of the original character’s names - Rogo - that have been dusted off. These include the ship’s dashing doctor (Ponyboy himself, C. DHS agent Mike Rogo ( Serenity‘s Adam Baldwin) must drag the lone surviving terrorist to safety, along with some shell-shocked travelers. That’s right, unbeknownst to us, Chechen warlords are really itching to take out Gopher. This time it’s a terrorist bomb that causes the cruise ship’s demise. NBC’s three-hour TV version tweaks just enough of this formula so Poseidon is updated… and pretty pointless. ![]()
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