The Poseidon Adventure is a movie directed by John Putch in 2005 and based on the book of the same name by Paul Gallico, first published in 1969. The movie features Adam Baldwin, Rutger Hauer, Steve Guttenberg, Bryan Brown, C. Thomas Howell, Peter Weller, and others.
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Storyline
The SS Poseidon, a 135,000-ton state-of-the-art luxury cruise ship on a cruise from Cape Town to Sydney 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.
Movie vs Book
Year
2005
Minutes
174
Movie Rate
4.40
Source: IMDb
Year
1969
Pages
480
Book Rate
7.86
S: Goodreads
Book
The Poseidon Adventure
Author: Paul Gallico
Country: USA
First published in: 1969
Length: 480 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Ronald Neame
Movie by Irwin Allen
Movie by Wolfgang Petersen
User polls & recommendations
“The movies have made the comic books much more valuable and more respected.”
STAN LEE (Author)
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