Actors and stunt performers for the poseidon adventure. It stars kurt russell, josh lucas, richard dreyfuss, emmy rossum, jacinda barrett, mike vogel, jimmy bennett, and andre. When a big ocean liners cargo of fertilizer catches fire, it causes an explosion. If you start watching this one, do make sure you get through that first hour because the final half hour is pretty good and thats where all the real action is and the nudityhubba hubba. The poseidon is a wellappointed cruise ship filled with wealthy revelers celebrating new year. Spain 2 december 1974 madrid sweden 5 november 1976 tv. Beyond the poseidon adventure is a 1979 american actionadventure disaster film and a. A helpful newlywed passing by in a canoe and a stowaway help try to fight the fire.
The greatest disaster movie of all time the page so often imitated but never duplicated. The actors performed all their stunts except for the. The poseidon adventure 1995 cast and crew moviefone. Harrison argues with linarcos, the representative of the consortium that now owns the ship, who is insisting that they carry on without ballast in order to make up lost time. Explosion 1973 is a communist film made entirely in gala. Ten minutes in, the wave hits, youre underwater, gasping for breath and fighting for your life. The poseidon adventure is a compelling and groundbreaking film that set a new standard for the disaster genre. No videos, backdrops or posters have been added to the poseidon explosion.
If youre like me and cant bear to see animals killed, youre gonna have a tough time with this one. It is the third film adaptation of paul gallicos novel the poseidon adventure, and a loose remake of the 1972 film of the same name. Poseidon movie, was the shipwreck poseidon is a true story. At an oilfield in the sahara desert, a massive derrick blaze is tackled by a team of romanian oil well firefighters aided by an american specialist but hired saboteurs with ulterior motives imperil the scene. The poseidon explosion 1973 directed by mircea dragan. The new poseidon is an eticket disney world ride with fastpass. The poseidon explosion 1973 the poseidon explosion. A ship full of passengers are celebrating new years eve. This is the theatrical trailer for the poseidon adventure 1972. In the greekinfluenced tradition, neptune is the brother of jupiter and pluto. Poseidon is a fun and exciting film thats entertaining from start to finish.
The submarine sank after a collision off the coast of china in 1931. Yet another slow moving devil worshiping picture from the 70s. One of the staples of 70s cinema was the disaster film. Its a mature story with a great and different ending and a mature film that plays against the standard western films of the era. The poseidon adventure was based off of paul galiecos 1969 novel that was made into the 1972 blockbuster disaster film, that also started the 70s disaster genre, the story is centered around after the s.
A team of fire fighters are sent to an abandoned, burning ship, only to find out the ship is loaded with 80,000 bags of fertilizer, which explodes at. It is in the vein of other allstar disaster films of the 1970s such as airport and later ones like earthquake 1974 and the towering inferno 1974. The poseidon explosion 1973 0701 1973 ru drama, action 1h 52m user score. The aristocats 1970 was the first featurelength animated film to be entirely completed after walt disneys death, and the last animated feature to be approved by walt disney. The poseidon adventure is a hard film to live up to, but this remake is every bit as suspenseful and thrilling. Awards and nominations academy award oscars won 1973. Another explosion causes the safe in the pursers office to fall through the bulkhead and open, revealing gold coins each. When a big ocean liners cargo of fertilizer catches fire, it causes an explosion and pretty soon, the whole ship is ablaze. The poseidon adventure 15 movie clip the tidal wave hits.
Happy birthday to me 2011 completed black history month. Actually, the cities of braila and galati was really affected by that explosion. Remember its a 1973 romania film, considering all of that, the action and the story line is enough to award this film 4 stars. With gene hackman, ernest borgnine, shelley winters, red buttons. It is based on the true story of an incident where a panamanian vessel, loaded with ammonium nitrate, threatened to explode and destroy gala. It was entered into the 8th moscow international film festival where it won a diploma.
July 1973 moscow film festival east germany 24 august 1973. The concept of longplaying, taboobreaking, eccentric midnight movies designed to appeal to urban film fans was thereby born. The poseidon adventure movie quotes rotten tomatoes. Of course, the campy fun is also gone, which will leave audiences checking their watches. Im pretty sure that a previous comment here was made without knowing the facts. After the group climbs to the galley, there is a series of explosions. Irwin allen gave audiences exactly what they were looking for with this fantastic thriller. The poseidon adventure is the kind of movie you know is going to be awful, and yet somehow you gotta see it, right. With radu beligan, gheorghe dinica, toma caragiu, dem radulescu. Selection of storyboards from the poseidon adventure. Poseidon, a remake of the 1970s bmovie classic, takes itself more seriously than its predecessor but fails to create true suspense or sympathetic characters. The poseidon explosion 1973 the possession of joel delaney 1972 the postman 1997. A group of firefighters discover explosives on an abandoned ship which threatens the local city. A ship loaded with ammonium nitrate catches fire and is abandoned by its crew at the mouth of the.
The poseidon explosion 1973 an ocean liners cargo of fertilizer catches fire and the entire ship is set ablaze. I take a look at irwin allens 1972 disaster classic the poseidon adventure. An allstar cast with a scenestealing shelley winters and a loveable roddy mcdowall blend in well with the hottempered ernest borgnine as he battles gene hackman for leadership. A newlywed passing by in a canoe and a stowaway help try to fight the fire before. The story, as it says, big freighter catches on fire in a port area and the rest of the film is about the drama on board, on the ships attempting to save the people and later the nearby city, the end of the movie and the ship is in the explosion, where it appears to be some small cherry bombs filmed exploding in a small pond. The poseidon explosion 1973 the movie database tmdb. The poseidon adventure was not the first, that being airport, but it was, for many, the best. Poseidon is a 2006 american disaster film directed and coproduced by wolfgang petersen. The story of this film is based on a real incident which took place in 1971. The film looks a bit dated now, but will always be remembered for being the one that began the 70s genre of disaster flicks. Hammer horror 19571976 completed uschi digard needs to have my babies badass charles bronson nunsploitation completed nazisploitation completed 31 days of horror 2011 completed 1968. This is a surprisingly well done movie, most underappreciated and unrecognized. The poseidon project is a 20 documentary film about the search for the lost royal navy submarine hms poseidon.
Movie archive m z macabre 1980 macarthur 1977 machete 2010. Explozia the poseidon explosion 1973 rotten tomatoes. Explozia is a 1973 romanian drama film directed by mircea dragan. Poseidon is a 2006 actionadventure disaster film and the third film adaptation of the poseidon adventure by paul gallico. The poseidon adventure is a 1972 american disaster film directed by ronald neame. In 1973, soon after the first film came out, producer irwin allen proposed a sequel that would have had the. The poseidon is the largest ocean liner ever, bigger than the queen elizabeth and the queen mary combined. The poseidon adventure has become a cult film, particularly among gay audiences. In the 70s there was a new type of film genre to emerge, called the disaster film or survival film. We thought researchers of the poseidon adventure would find the above selection of storyboards and shooting schedule pages useful. It is the third film adaptation of paul gallico s novel the poseidon adventure, and a loose remake of the 1972 film of the same name. The poseidon adventure 1995 cast and crew en route from new york city to greece on new years eve, majestic passenger ship the s. A team of fire fighters are sent to an abandoned, burning ship, only to find out the ship is loaded with 80,000 bags of fertilizer, which explodes at 300 degrees celsius, making the ship a giant. Thank you to cynthia liljeblad for sharing them with us.
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