Today as part of my week long Hackman fest I watched The Poseidon Adventure Directed by
Ronald Neame(23 April 1911 – 16 June 2010)RIP. It also has an all star cast including Hackman,Red Buttons,Ernest Borgnine and Leslie Nielsen as the captain. It takes place on new years eve and a large earthquake is recorded. Then the lookout spots a huge wave coming right at them.It is too late for the ship the wave smashes into the boat overturning it and killing many on board. Gene Hackman who plays Reverend Frank Scott tries to get every one out of the dining room but only a few will go. Minutes later there is shaking and the Reverend looks to see water pouring into the dining room and within ten minutes most of them are dead. Then 10 people Hackman,Borgnine,Buttons and a few others have too go around the ship looking for a way out. In the end they are finally saved but with only 6 instead of 10. It is the best of the disaster films of the 1970's Towering Inferno and Airport.
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