The Poseidon adventure / Twentieth Centry-Fox presents Irwin Allen's production of ; a Ronald Neame ; screenplay by Stirling Silliphant and Wendell Mayes ; produced by Irwin Allen ; directed by Ronald Neame ; produced by Kent Productions, Inc.

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

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Poseidon adventure (Motion picture) Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (Presenter, Film distributor, production comapny,) Kent Productions (production comapny.)
Other Authors:	Neame, Ronald (Film director) Allen, Irwin, 1916-1991 (Film producer) Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996 (Screenwriter) Mayes, Wendell (Screenwriter) Hackman, Gene (Actor) Borgnine, Ernest, 1917-2012 (Actor) Buttons, Red, 1919-2006 (Actor) Lynley, Carol, 1942-2019 (Actor) McDowall, Roddy (Actor) Stevens, Stella, 1936-2023 (Actor) Winters, Shelley (Actor) Albertson, Jack, 1910-1981 (Actor) Martin, Pamela Sue, 1953- (Actor) O'Connell, Arthur, 1908-1981 (Actor) Shea, Eric, 1960- (Actor) Sadoff, Fred, 1926-1994 (Actor) Mathews, Sheila, 1929-2013 (Actor) Arvan, Jan (Actor) Webster, Byron, 1931-1991 (Actor) Crawford, John, 1920-2010 (Actor) Hastings, Bob, 1925-2014 (Actor) Nelson, Erik L. (Actor) Nielsen, Leslie, 1926-2010 (Actor) Stine, Harold E., 1903-1977 (director of photography.) Creber, William (Production designer) Kress, Harold F., 1913-1999 (Film editor) Williams, John, 1932- (composer (expression)) Kasha, Al (Lyricist, composer (expression)) Hirschhorn, Joel (Lyricist, composer (expression)) Courage, Alexander (composer (expression)) McGovern, Maureen (Singer) Zastupnevich, Paul, 1921-1997 (Costume designer) Bretton, Raphael, 1920-2011 (Set designer) Gallico, Paul, 1897-1976
Language:	English French Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English dialogue (stereo.), Spanish (mono.) and French (mono.) dubbed versions and subtitles in English and Spanish; closed captioned.
Published:	Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006]
Edition:	Special edition.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Survival > Drama. Shipwrecks > Drama. Supervivencia (después de accidentes aéreos, naufragios, etc.) > Teatro. Naufragios > Teatro. Shipwrecks. Survival. Action and adventure films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Adventure > Feature. Drama.
Genre:	Drama. Teatro. Action and adventure films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Adventure Feature.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (117 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Summary:	A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea.
Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1972. From the novel by Paul Gallico. Bonus features: Disc 1: Commentary by Ronald Neame; Commentary by Pamela Sue Martin, Stella Stevens and Carol Lynley; Follow the escape!. Disc 2: AMC backstory: The Poseidon adventure; Featurettes: The cast looks back, Falling up with Ernie, The writer: Stirling Silliphant, The herores of the Poseidon, The morning after story, R.M.S. Queen Mary; Conversations with Ronald Neame: Sinking corridor, Generations of fans, Turning over the ship; Vintage promotional material: Original 1972 featurette, The Poseidon adventure teaser, The Poseidon adventure trailer, The towering inferno trailer; American Cinematographer article: The upside-down filming of "The Poseidon adventure" by John Campbell; Galleries: Marketing, Publicity, Behind-the-scenes; Storyboard comparisons. Lobby cards.
Call Number:	CO8 D0065869 VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG.
Credits:	Director of photography, Harold E. Stine ; production designed by William Creber ; film editor, Harold F. Kress ; music by John Williams ; "The song from The Poseidon Adventure" words and music by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, orchestration, Alexander Courage ("The morning after" performed by Maureen McGovern) ; costume designer, Paul Zastupnevich ; set decorator, Raphael Bretton.
System Details:	DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital; widescreen (anamorphic 2.35:1).
Cast:	Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, Eric Shea, Fred Sadoff, Sheila Matthews, Jan Arvan, Byron Webster, John Crawford, Bob Hastings, Erik Nelson, Leslie Nielsen.