Poseidon Adventure-Special Edition (1972)

"Pure '70's Hollywood.  Cole Smithey, Colesmithey.com
"...superb guilty pleasure...  Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

Editor's Note When an earthquake sends a tidal wave over a luxury liner on New Year's Eve the top-heavy vessel capsizes. Ten survivors journey through the ship to escape. Terrible sequel: "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure." Academy Award Nominations: 8, including Best Actress--Shelley Winters. Academy Awards: Best Song ("The Morning After").

	Ernest Borgnine
	Gene Hackman
	Red Buttons
	Shelley Winters
	Al Kasha - Original Music By
	Harold Kress - Editor
	Harold Stine - Cinematographer
	Irwin Allen - Producer
	Paul Zastupnevich - Costume Designer
	Ronald Neame - Director
	Sidney Marshall - Executive Producer
	William Creber - Production Designer

It's New Year's Eve and the luxury ocean liner Poseidon is on a magnificent voyage from New York to Athens. Unfortunately, disaster befalls passengers and crew when the cruise ship is capsized by a huge tidal wave brought on by a submarine-induced earthquake. Though the casualties are many, 10 passengers survive to make a harrowing journey up to the overturned ship's bottom where they try and escape to safety. Entertainment Weekly
"Winters won an Oscar nomination for pulling off the best moment in the best disaster flick ever." 06/04/2004 p.34

New York Times
"THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE has aged surprisingly well....The film's classical narrative contours come into sharper focus..." 05/09/2006 p.E3

Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t digs in the hooks and won't let go..." 07/01/2006 p.127

Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
This is a wonderful formula. I love it. "The Poseidon Adventure" is the kind of movie you know is going to be awful, and yet somehow you gotta see it, right? They ought to be honest in the ads: Cornier than "Airport"! More cliches than "Grand Hotel"! The most character actors in small roles since "Flight of the Phoenix"! Bigger ups and downs than the elevator in "Hotel"! - Roger Ebert

Needcoffee.com 8 of 10
Now you've done it; high concept disaster movies, especially those of Irwin Allen, are one of the chinks in my critical armor. Just can't watch them enough. - Widgett Walls