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The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure

20055.22h 53m

Overview

A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.

Directed by John Putch
Written by Paul Gallico, Bryce Zabel
Produced by Lincoln Lageson, Jon Brown, Randy Pope
Box OfficeBudget: $14.0M0

Top Cast

Adam Baldwin

Adam Baldwin

Mike Rogo

Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer

Bishop August Schmidt

Steve Guttenberg

Steve Guttenberg

Richard Clarke

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Jeffrey Eric Anderson

C. Thomas Howell

C. Thomas Howell

Doctor Ballard

Peter Weller

Peter Weller

Captain Paul Gallico

Alex Kingston

Alex Kingston

Suzanne Harrison

Alexa Hamilton

Alexa Hamilton

Rachel Clarke

Clive Mantle

Clive Mantle

James Martin

Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms

Belle Rosen

Themes & Keywords

new year's everemakeminiseriescapsized shipdisaster moviechristmas

About The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure is a adventure, thriller, action, tv movie film released in 2005 exploring themes of new year's eve, remake, miniseries, capsized ship, disaster movie, christmas. Directed by John Putch, it stars Adam Baldwin, Rutger Hauer, Steve Guttenberg. A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.

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