Two Step, Sad Songs and Roses - Gary Roadarmel The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 American action-adventure disaster film, directed by Ronald Neame, produced by Irwin Allen, and based on Paul Gallicos novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast, including five Academy Award winners: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Albertson, Shelley Winters, and Red Buttons. The cast also includes Carol Lynley, Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Leslie Nielsen, and in an early screen role, Pamela Sue Martin. It won a Special Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects and an Academy Award for Best Original Song (for The Song from the Poseidon Adventure - aka The Morning After). Shelley Winters won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role. It also received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. The plot centers on the SS Poseidon, an aged luxury liner on her final voyage from New York City to Athens before being sent to the scrapyard. On New Years Eve, she is overturned by a tsunami. Passengers and crew are trapped inside, and a rebellious preacher attempts to lead a small group of survivors to safety. Parts of the movie were filmed aboard the RMS Queen Mary, whose encounter with a rogue wave in 1942 inspired the book upon which the film is based. Gene Hackman Reverend Scott Ernest Borgnine Rogo Red Buttons Martin Carol Lynley Nonnie Roddy McDowall Acres Stella Stevens Linda Rogo Shelley Winters Belle Rosen Jack Albertson Manny Rosen Pamela Sue Martin Susan Arthur OConnell Chaplain Eric Shea Robin Fred Sadoff Linarcos Sheila Allen Nurse (as Sheila Mathews) Jan Arvan Doctor Byron Webster Purser John Crawford Chief Engineer Bob Hastings M. C. Erik L. Nelson Mr. Tinkham (as Erik Nelson) Leslie Nielsen The Captain
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