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The Poseidon Adventure

Year:

2005

Duration:

174 min | Australia:156 min

Genres:

Adventure | Action | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

4.2

Director:

John Putch

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2005-11-20

Filming Locations: South Africa

Cast

Actor

Character

Danny Keogh

Parry Shen

Adam Baldwin

Mike Rogo

Rutger Hauer

Bishop August Schmidt

Steve Guttenberg

Richard Clarke

Bryan Brown

Jeffrey Eric Anderson

C. Thomas Howell

Doctor Ballard

Peter Weller

Captain Paul Gallico

Alex Kingston

Suzanne Harrison

Alexa Hamilton

Rachel Clarke

Clive Mantle

James Martin

Sylvia Syms

Belle Rosen

Amber Sainsbury

Shelby Clarke

Rory Copus

Dylan Clarke

Geoff Pierson

Admiral Jennings

Peter Dobson

Agent Percy

Nathalie Boltt

Shoshanna

Tinarie van Wyk Loots

Aimee Becher-Anderson (as Tinarie Van Wyk)

Peter Butler

Badawi

Matt Rippy

Lieutenant Mercer

Andrew Brent

Ronald Acre

Russel Savadier

Leo Mandebach

Jeremy Crutchley

Cyrus Copeland

Paul Zabriskie

Fadaee

Marshall Manesh

Jordanian General

Max Daniels

Basem

Sven Holmberg

Smoking Terrorist

Marlon John

Assault Team Leader

Kevin Otto

Cruise Line Director

Michael Whaley

Officer Fredericks

Dale Abrahams

Terrorist #2

Eve Szapira

Lynn

Katie Farringer

Melinda

Farouk Valley-Omar

Kemal (as Fahruk Valley Omar)

Adrian Galley

Captain Anthony Thorpe

Shane Manie

Terrorist #3

Verity Price

Dying Woman

Morne Visser

Navy Seal

Dumisani Mbebe

Rashaad

Andre Weideman

Johnson

Riaz Solker

Terrorist #4

Caroline Rix

Cruise Line Technician

Sean Higgs

Thorpe Crew Member

Neels Van Jaarsveld

Dock Guard

Andre Jacobs

Gravanese

Lynita Crofford

Mother in Portland

Jenny Stead

Girl in Portland

Anthony Bradshaw

Cook (uncredited)

James Kyson

Ensign Body (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

C. Thomas Howell's father worked as a stuntman on the original film.

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Some characters and rooms were renamed to pay homage; the ship's captain was named Captain Gallico for writer Paul Gallico on whose novel the story is based; the ship's doctor was named Dr. Ballard for 'Bob Ballard (I)' leader of the 1985 expedition that discovered the remains of the Titanic; the ship's lounge named Jak's Lounge for Jak Castro president of The Poseidon Adventure Fan Club.

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Armand Assante and Sam Elliott were both offered roles.

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Goofs

There are so many nautical mistakes in this film that it would take hours for me to list them all. For one, there are no navigation lights (masthead, port and starboard) visible during the shot of the ship sailing at night. Also, the ship's officers and naval crew do not use the proper radio vocabulary when using the communication devices (for example, the word "repeat" is not used. The proper words are "Say Again"). I could go on and on. Did they even have any seafaring advisers for this film?

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When Jeffrey and Aimie Anderson are about to jump out of the Poseidon and into open waters at the end, Jeffrey's shirt switches back and forth between being button and unbuttoned.

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The commandos blow a nice clean "hole" in a roll-up steel door and the commandos enter the building. In the next scene, only seconds later the entire door is missing.

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Quotes

Badawi: You'll die with me.

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Suzanne Harrison: How do you celebrate saving nine people when thousands have died?

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