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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786300247031 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 6300247031 Label: 20th Century Fox Languages: Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: December 07, 1992 Running Time: 117 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: December 13, 1972 Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Hands down, this is the best movie (and was one of the first) to come out of the seemingly endless cycle of disaster movies that dominated box offices during the 1970s. It could even be argued that Titanic owes some of its success to the precedent set by this 1972 blockbuster starring Gene Hackman as a priest who leads a small group of survivors to safety from the bowels of a capsized luxury liner. From its stellar cast to its cheesy, Oscar-winning theme song, The Morning After, the movie has all the ingredients of a popular classic, beginning with a New Year's Eve celebration aboard the ill-fated Poseidon and ending as a pop allegory when the Hackman character becomes a Christ-like martyr. Filmed on spectacular sets where everything down is up and the ship's thick hull points in the direction of salvation, this is "a waterlogged Grand Hotel" (in the words of New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael) that is as entertaining as it is unabashedly brainless. The Poseidon Adventure is filled with performances that rise above the limits of the screenplay. It's also the only movie--unless you count her underwater corpse in Night of the Hunter--that lets Shelley Winters strut her stuff as an aquatic heroine. Who could ask for anything more? --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Classic - One of the Best Disaster Films of All TimeSimply because of the sheer grandeur with which this film was made by mega producer Irwin Allen, you have to overlook the cliches and stereotypes that fill the cast. Shelley Winters shines as Mrs Rosen, and even received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance. The basic plot - as if it needs to be told - involves a group of people trying to survive the terrible disaster which occurs aboard the S.S Poseidon when the ship is struck by a gigantic wave on New Year's Eve and turns ... Read More Rating:  - IRWIN ALLEN'S BEST DISASTER!When I was growing up at the Jersey shore in Wildwood, I had a friend who's uncle worked for the company that owned the movie theaters in my area. This meant I could pretty much go to the movies whenever I wanted for free. I must have seen this movie at least 10 times that summer! This is a pretty cool movie even with some over acting by some big stars. The remake was awful and the new special edition for this version is very good and has some interesting extras. I know some would like to see a 5.1 ... Read More Rating: - A classic .....I saw this movie on television while I was a teenager ... quite an action-packed flick in its day and worth owning just because it was the first one made. I also own both of the remakes and enjoyed seeing how the years altered the basic plot here and there. Highly recommended for nostalgia's sake ... watch all three Poseidon movies in order on a Sunday afternoon and see the boat always sink and the few passengers survive and escape (differently in each, and in all three equally entertaining). ... Read More Rating: - MORE than a simple disaster/adventure flickIrwin Allen's 1972 "The Poseidon Adventure," based on the book by Paul Gallico, pretty much started the disaster film craze in the 70s (e.g. "Earthquake" and "The Towering Inferno"). Gallico's inspiration for the story reportedly came from his personal experience on a vessel that almost capsized. THE STORY: After a tidal wave capsizes an ocean liner on New Years Eve, ten survivors struggle to make it to the hull (which is actually the bottom of the ship) to possibly find a way out through the ... Read More Rating: - The Poseidon AdventureGreat classic TV film. A must have for all action film fans. |
