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DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 9, 1999
• R2: 30 Jun 2003
Budget $5,000,000
Official Website:
The Poseidon Adventure Website
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
1 hour, 57 minutes
Country USA
Studio 20th Century Fox
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Other Titles
• The Poseidon Adventure
• Die Höllenfahrt der Poseidon (1973)
• Poseidon Inferno (1973)
• L'Avventura del Poseidon (1972)
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Genre: Action, Thriller, Adventure, Drama, Disaster, Sea, Suspense, Escape, Cult Classic, Tragedy, Marriage, Detectives, Campy
Tagline: Who will survive-in one of the greatest escape adventures ever!
Plot: It's New Year's Eve and the luxury ocean liner Poseidon is on a magnificent voyage from New York to Athens. Unfortunately, disaster befalls passengers and crew when the cruise ship is capsized by a huge tidal wave brought on by a submarine-induced earthquake. Though the casualties are many, 10 passengers survive to make a harrowing journey up to the overturned ship's bottom where they try and escape to safety.
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