Friday, February 14, 2014

The Poseidon Adventure

British director Ronald Neame delivered a classic film with this disaster film that became hugely popular genre in the 70's. A group of passengers struggle to survive in a race against time when their cruise ship is capsized at sea. Neame delivered the best of disaster films of the era which relies on its characters, each representing a different archetype which everybody can identify with. Gene Hackman stars along with Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters and Stella Stevens amongst many others. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD. 

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