The Poseidon Adventure (TV 2005)

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.

Director:

John Putch

Writers:

Paul Gallico (novel), Bryce Zabel (teleplay)

Stars:

Adam Baldwin, Rutger Hauer, Steve Guttenberg

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Baldwin	...	Mike Rogo
Rutger Hauer	...	Bishop August Schmidt
Steve Guttenberg	...	Richard Clarke
Bryan Brown	...	Jeffrey Eric Anderson
C. Thomas Howell	...	Doctor Ballard
Peter Weller	...	Captain Paul Gallico
Alex Kingston	...	Suzanne Harrison
Alexa Hamilton	...	Rachel Clarke
Clive Mantle	...	James Martin
Sylvia Syms	...	Belle Rosen
Amber Sainsbury	...	Shelby Clarke
Rory Copus	...	Dylan Clarke
Geoff Pierson	...	Admiral Jennings
Peter Dobson	...	Agent Percy
Nathalie Boltt	...	Shoshanna (as Nathalie Bollt)

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

escape | upside down | cruise ship | priest | capsize | 

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Taglines:

THE GREATEST DANGER IS ALREADY ON BOARD

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Genres:

Adventure | Action | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 November 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Aventura do Poseidon

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$14,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Larry Levinson Productions, Silverstar Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

174 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Many new characters were added to this remake while only retaining a few of the original characters from the novel and film version. Some characters were simply renamed, others were dropped altogether.

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Goofs

The hole that is blown in the ship could not have turned the whole ship over. It would only have sunk the way Titanic had done, only by the stern instead of the bow.

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Quotes

Badawi: You'll die with me.
Mike Rogo: Not today.

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Connections

Version of The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

User Reviews

The "New" Poseidon Adventure

Having just watch the first remake of the classic Poseidon Adventure to be released, I can now safely say "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" Not to say that this was a bad remake but it was not great either. Disappointing characters, none of which were endearing and it would not have been a huge loss if none of them got out. Good special effects, but not spectacular - lots of very average CG effects. The capsizing of the ship had no shock/horror effect of the original - it looked like it could be a lot of fun to go sliding across the polished floors, landing on your feet to walk up the wall to the roof of the ballroom. Let's just hope that the big screen "POSEIDON" due for release in 2006 is better than this small screen adaption. My last comment is "STELLA, STELLA, WHERE ARE YOU STELLA?"