The Poseidon Adventure

Review by James Anthony

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The Poseidon Adventure
(1972)
20th Century Fox
112 minutes
PG

Director: Ronald Neame.

Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, Roddy McDowall, Leslie Nielsen, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters, Carol Lynley, Stella Stevens, Pamela Sue Martin.

Format: Widescreen. Single-sided, dual-layer disc.

Language: English. Dolby Mono.

Subtitles: Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish.

Extras: Cast and crew bios, look behind the scenes.

Comments: The look behind the scenes is an eight-or-so minute mini doco on the filming of The Poseidon Adventure and while very 1970s, is worth squizzing at. It's just the sort of thing that would have been shown as a preview on the big screen. Interesting, not brilliant.

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