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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HACKMAN,GENE
EAN: 0024543231653
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 09, 2006
Running Time: 117 minutes
Sales Rank: 26200
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: December 13, 1972
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Product Description:
Ten survivors struggle to reach safety after an ocean liner capsizes in mid sea.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG
Release Date: 9-MAY-2006
Media Type: DVD
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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
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I am somewhat stunned that the prevailing sentiment about this film is so overwhelmingly positive. Perhaps it is a cultural effect or wistfulness for the 1970's. If so, I was not similarly affected inasmuch as I had not seen this movie until now (2008). The film lived up to its reputation for being an expensive disaster film with an all star cast. I found the special effects (especially the giant wave) to be amazingly good for the time, and was entirely entertained by the film until the ship capsized. ... Read More
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Every New Years's Eve, I watch this film to remind me that "life does matter very much", a very profound line spoken by Reverend Scott. I also like to be reminded that in a crisis, if a group pulls together, more than likely there will be a desirable outcome.
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Only the great Irwin Allen could produce a movie that artfully blends soap opera, drama, comedy and suspense. Especially memorable performances by Gene Hackman, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters and Ernest Borgnine.
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Simply 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 completely ... Read More
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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 mix, but really, ... Read More
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