![]() ![]() When Manny finds Belle's body, he is unwilling to go on, but Scott gives him her pendant, reminding him that he has a reason to live. ![]() Rogo swims over to make sure Belle and Scott are all right, then leads the rest over. Before dying, she tells Scott to give her Chai pendant to Manny, to give to their grandson. She frees Scott, and they make it to the other side, but Belle suffers a heart attack. The survivors notice the delay, and Belle dives in. Halfway through, a panel collapses on him. ![]() Belle reveals she is a former competitive swimmer and volunteers to go through, but Scott refuses her and dives in. The engine room is on the other side of a flooded corridor. Although he takes longer than allowed, Scott succeeds. Scott believes they are heading for their doom, but Rogo wants to follow them and gives Scott 15 minutes to find the engine room. Leaving the shaft, the group meets a large band of survivors led by the ship's doctor, heading toward the bow. While they are climbing a ladder inside a ventilation shaft, the ship rocks from more explosions. Scott leads his group toward the engine room. Water fills the room, and the ship begins sinking. As seawater floods the dining room, those remaining attempt to climb the tree, but their weight causes it to fall. After the group climbs to the galley, there is a series of explosions. The Rosens, the Rogos, Susan, Robin, Acres, Nonnie, and Martin agree to go with Scott, using a Christmas tree as a ladder. Most of the survivors side with the purser. However, the ship's purser tells the crowd to wait for help. Scott attempts to convince the dozens of survivors in the dining room to travel with him to the ship's hull. Robin tells him the hull near the propeller shaft is only 1 inch (3 cm) thick. Scott surmises that the escape route will be found "upwards", at the outer hull, now above water. Acres, an injured waiter, is trapped at the galley door now high above. In the dining room, survivors take stock of their predicament. After issuing a distress signal, the ship is hit broadside and capsizes, floating upside-down. He receives word from the lookout that a tsunami is approaching from the direction of Crete. The captain is called to the bridge in response to a report of an undersea earthquake. Passengers gather in the dining room to celebrate. The ship's singer, Nonnie Parry, rehearses for the New Year's Day celebration. Haberdasher James Martin is a love-shy, health-conscious bachelor. Retired Jewish store owner Manny Rosen and wife Belle are going to Israel to meet their 2-year-old grandson for the first time. ![]() Robin is interested in how the ship works and frequently visits the engine room. Susan Shelby and her younger brother Robin are traveling to meet their parents. Detective Lieutenant Mike Rogo and wife Linda, a former prostitute, deal with her seasickness. Reverend Frank Scott, a minister who believes " God helps those who help themselves", is traveling to a new parish in Africa as punishment for unorthodox views. Despite safety concerns from Captain Harrison, the new owner's representative insists he go full speed to save money, preventing Poseidon from taking on ballast. The SS Poseidon, an ocean liner slated for retirement, travels from New York City to Athens. A sequel, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, also based on a novel by Gallico, was released in 1979. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, and went on to win two Oscars, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Motion Picture Sound Editors Award. It was released in December 1972 and was the highest-grossing film of 1973, earning over $125 million worldwide. The film is in the vein of other all-star disaster films of the early through mid-1970s, such as Airport (1970), Earthquake (1974), and The Towering Inferno (1974). Passengers and crew are trapped inside, and a preacher attempts to lead a small group of survivors to safety. On New Year's Day, it is overturned by a tsunami. The plot centers on the fictional SS Poseidon, an aging luxury liner on her final voyage from New York City to Athens, before it is scrapped. It has an ensemble cast including five Oscar winners: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Albertson, Shelley Winters, and Red Buttons. The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 American disaster film directed by Ronald Neame, produced by Irwin Allen, and based on Paul Gallico's 1969 novel of the same name. ![]()
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