Named by the American Film Institute among the art form’s greatest thrills, master of disaster Irwin Allen’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972) charts its course as a sea-set New Year’s party gone horribly awry, with an all-star ensemble on a survival quest in a capsized cruise ship. Starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowell, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson and Pamela Sue Martin among the desperate survivors, the film also features a score by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree John Williams.
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