Other Titles • The Poseidon Adventure • Die Höllenfahrt der Poseidon (1973) • Poseidon Inferno (1973) • L'Avventura del Poseidon (1972)
Trivia from The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
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Born in London to photographer-father Elwin Neame and actress-mother Ivy Close, director-cinematographer Ronald Neame began his work in cinema as an assistant cameraman in the late 1920s. Neame's first picture was Alfred Hitchcock's BLACKMAIL, made in 1929. Neame worked closely with disaster-movie guru Irwin Allen, who helped direct many of the action sequences.
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In 1934, Neame made the leap to director of photography when he shot DRAKE OF ENGLAND. Four years later, Neame worked on PYGMALION, another noteworthy film of this decade. Neame went on to become a producer in the 1940s, making important contributions to British and American films.
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When Allen was first trying to get financing for the picture, he was met with much resistance; the project was referred to in Hollywood as Irwin's Folly. The five million dollars it cost to make the film was financed half by the studio and half by wealthy acquaintances of Allen's. The final film came in on schedule and under budget.
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The interior design of the ship was based on the Queen Mary.
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Nearly all the stunts by the stars were performed by the actors themselves. To prove one of the stunts could be done, Neame performed a major climb himself.
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Shelley Winters gained 35 pounds for her role and took swimming lessons to perfect her part.
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The sequel, BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, made in 1979, offered an alternative ending to THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE.
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THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE won an Oscar for visual effects and for the song "A Morning After" and was nominated for several others.
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L.B. Abbott and A.D. Flowers won a Special Achievement Oscar for their visual effects; that year the rules had changed so that this award, which formerly had been a regular Oscar handed out each year, would be given only when merited.
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