The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Regisseur:

Ronald Neame

Drehbuchautoren:

Paul Gallico (novel)
Wendell Mayes (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

13. Dezember 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Abenteuer | Thriller | Action | Drama

Werbezeile:

Hell, Upside Down

Plot:

A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape, when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea.

Plot Keywords:

Atmospheric | Fire Hose Used As Rope | Tense | Visceral | Voyage

Filmpreise:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 13 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

The Best Natural Disaster Film

Besetzung

Gene Hackman	...	Rev. Frank Scott
Ernest Borgnine	...	Det. Lt. Mike Rogo
Red Buttons	...	James Martin
Carol Lynley	...	Nonnie Parry
Roddy McDowall	...	Acres
Stella Stevens	...	Linda Rogo
Shelley Winters	...	Belle Rosen
Jack Albertson	...	Manny Rosen
Pamela Sue Martin	...	Susan Shelby
Arthur O'Connell	...	Chaplain John
Eric Shea	...	Robin Shelby
Fred Sadoff	...	Mr. Linarcos
Sheila Allen	...	Nurse Gina Rowe (as Sheila Mathews)
Jan Arvan	...	Dr. Caravello
Byron Webster	...	Purser

Alternativ:

Höllenfahrt der Poseidon, Die (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]
Poseidon Inferno (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

117 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Hebräisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System) | Mono (35 mm optical prints)

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:12 | Australia:PG | Iceland:16 | UK:PG (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 (re-rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | UK:A (original rating)

Drehorte:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Irwin Allen Productions

Dies und das:

Contains five Academy Award winning actors -- Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson and Red Buttons.

Pannen:

Filmfehler: Just after the capsizing scene in the dining room, many passengers are seen clinging to the dining tables, which were bolted to the floor (now overhead). But many chairs, which should have fallen with everything else, are still standing on the floor naturally. This is corrected by the time Susan is discovered to be one of the people "under" a table.

Dialogzitate:

Mike Rogo: You! Preacher! Murderer! I started to believe in your promises, that we had a chance. What chance?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Pokémon: Pokémon Shipwreck (#1.16)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

The Song From The Poseidon Adventure

The Best Natural Disaster Film

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.