It's based on a novel. Edit, In order to shut off the hot steam pouring from the broken pipe and blocking their way into the propeller shaft room, Reverend Scott leaps from the catwalk to the steam valve, all the while denouncing God for His lack of help. Because it’s just as batshit insane. No.Poseidon [2006] & its original The Poseidon Adventure [1972] were based on a book written by Paul Gallico in 1969. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship. And we've taken some creative liberties with our characters, but they're all inspired by ghosts that haunt the ship. Advertisement. IMDb More.
Here it is in his words. " To comment you must now be an Irish Times subscriber. The inspiration for the Rogue maze is the same inspiration behind the movie The Poseidon Adventure, which was filmed partially here aboard the ship. Yahoo ist Teil von Verizon Media. Nine people explore a cruise ship at sea in a manner that turns their whole lives upside down. Martin asks whether they were able to save anyone from the bow, but the answer is "No." I have had countless amazing experiences in music, from tea with Neil Young and hanging in a limo with Stevie Wonder to drinking beer bongs with the Foo Fighters in Vegas and being onstage with Skrillex. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. The pills the ship’s doctor gives her are suppositories. The submarine, which had been travelling on the surface, quickly sank to the bottom of the sea, but what followed in the next few minutes was a tale of heroism and ingenuity that captured the public imagination at the time and led to new safety procedures which saved many lives in subsequent years. Thirty of the crew members escaped through the hatches in the first few seconds, but the remaining 26 men sank 40 metres to the bottom, eight of these trapped in the watertight forward torpedo room. With Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons. Metacritic Reviews. THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE **/**** Image A Sound B+ Extrss B+ starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley screenplay by Stirling Silliphant and Wendell Mayes, based on the novel by Paul Gallico directed by Ronald Neame THE TOWERING INFERNO **½/**** Image A Sound A Extrss A starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway screenplay by Stirling … There is also the remarkable discovery that the Poseidon had been raised by the Chinese in 1972. ", As he explains he wants Dark Harbor to be a night of entertainment. Probably the most disturbing is Feast, based off the true story of a chef who, after abusing his staff, experienced a mutiny. we have elements of movement of the floors, we have elements of claustrophobia, of being off balance, you're walking under the deck of the ship and she capsized so you're walking at an incline. There is nothing like a good sea story, especially about shipwrecks. Directed by Ronald Neame.