The first movie I recall seeing as a kid on the big screen, that scene when the tidal wave strikes the ship, was goosebumps. Ever since then been fascinated with the sea and ships. Still love this movie.
This wasn’t what inspired my love of ships (that would be the book 882 1/2 Facts About The Titanic) but I do love the soundtrack and the story of Poseidon. Edit: Well aware it is fictional... it’s interesting nonetheless.
R.I.P. Ernest Borgnine (1917 -2012) , Red Buttons (1919 - 2006) , Carol Lynley (1942 - 2019), Roddy McDowall (1928 - 1998), Shelley Winters (1920 - 2006) , Jack Albertson (1907 - 1981), Arthur O'Connell (1908 - 1981) and Leslie Nielsen (1926 - 2010). Gene Hackman, Stella Stevens, Pamela Sue Martin and Eric Shea are still with us!
This 21st century has a lot of people who find fault in everything and everyone, this movie was made in 1972 the technology was not as good as 2005, but during that time it was one of the best movies.
It's one of my favorites. It just can't be beaten. The sets on the inside of the movie can't be replicated by cgi. Outstanding acting. Great special effects. I started watching the remake and turned it off to watch the original!
That opening is timeless...technology of the day ceases to matter. Any time would be hard pressed to duplicate that... (talking everything, music, image, etc)
True, and a number of over the air independent television stations whom offered an 8 PM Movie Format prior to their 11 PM nightly newscast would on New Year's Eve, feature this movie. Of course the movie was edited for language and to fit commercials into the three hour timeslot. During the 1970's and early 1980's around NYE this would be retelevised( for free) on no pay television.
I remember this when it came out. I had just started working. Used my first weeks wages to go see it at the Pavilion in Cork , Ireland they were great times. Mighty craic!
My parents took me and my sister to see this when I was 6. It was at the drive in theatre in Newark. Does anyone remember drive ins? That capsizing sequence is still phenomenal. Especially when you consider that this was way before CGI. Still watch it whenever it is being broadcast.
A nonfiction aspect of the fictional Poseidon,( S.S Poseidon) of the novel and 1972 Movie is a former Ocean Liner of the Cunard Line, she named The Queen Mary is the liner whom saw decades of passenger service and served in wartime as well. The Liner Queen Mary is bearthed at Long Beach, California, USA, as a Hotel, Tourist Attraction and Convention Center. Tours, guided and self guided can be purchased. to explore many interior and outside deck areas of this ship. For a number of years, there is a fan gathering on board, where fans of the 1972 The Poseidon Adventure, meet up for a weekend convention onboard. Convention held one weekend per year. The ship is open throughout the year.
It's not hard to tell that the ship is a miniature in the shots (water and smoke give it away), but the atmospheric haze does a lot to restore the sense of scale.
speeta on an interesting note; the model ship you see here is now a museum piece, while the real ship it’s based on; the rms queen Mary, is now a hotel and museum.
@@BritanniaPacific More interesting note: the author of the novel, Paul Gallico, was on the real Queen Mary when it was serving as a troop transport in WWII when it was caught in a giant swell that nearly capsized the vessel. That incident stayed with Gallico and inspired the novel.
A cast of Hollywood greats, but the real star of this film is the beautiful RMS Queen Mary, one of the finest passenger liners ever built and the last survivor of the golden age of transatlantic travel. Visiting and spending the night aboard her is top of my bucket list :)
SS United States survives, however she is rotting away at a pier in Philadelphia. You may be able to visit her but she is little more than a ghost of herself.
Yes, the Queen Mary was a grand liner; comfortable and very popular, and also a notorious "roller". It's wonderful that she is still with us, hopefully for many years to come. Her rival in those early years, the French liner Normandie, was an Art Deco palace that was in a class by herself.
A year later! Midnight and voices carry in the fog at a giant ship yard...somewhere in Scotland,,,, "She wouldamade it if she wer'nt top heavy, Williamson Aye! that she would've..! What an absolute loss! ! Linakos were crying that day in the old bailey,, "AYE! that he was! & FURTHERMORE LADDIE, YOU'D be cryin' as will if ye were facing 25 year FOR KILLIN' those poor soul onboard highlander or not!
JOHN WILLIAMS BRILLIANCE MAGNIFICENCE!! Saw this at the Kent theatre in Brooklyn N.Y. December 1972 or January 1973. So many years ago I don't remember the exact date. Belle Rosen (Shelley Winters) death in this movie was a tear jerker.
GiraffeForPigs Why did I not think of that?! I’m dumb, I’ve seen behind the scenes of Star Wars Empire strikes Back, and they used miniature. Thanks for telling me though.
Even if it’s a miniature, and we all know it: There is some thing amazing and great about this entire sequence. It’s REAL. I am approaching 30, and I have been around long enough to see the progression of filmmaking from Sets with painted backgrounds, to giant sets with small touches of CGI to whole films with nothing but green screens and people in front of it to even worse...... just a video game with actors faces pasted onto the “bodies” and it’s depressing. I really dislike most movies I see today, I’m watching unrealistic, completely flat fake looking video games passing as a movie...... bring back actors! acting! Miniatures! Components of filmmaking that work and come up with something polished and great looking and feeling.
One of the best disaster movies ever made in my opinion along with The Towering Inferno, Earthquake and Airport 1975. Prefer The Towering Inferno out of them all but if you ever need an acting masterclass this film is one of them xx
It was very likely intentional. Any great composer is very well aware of all the feelings certain instruments playing certain notes/sequences/dynamics evoke and why. The French horns are associated with nature, but also with nobility. I see it that the melody line with the French horns represents both human achievement (a seagoing vessel) and nature which is both marvelous and cruel. The string instrument textures around it add a lot of drama, the low notes (string basses, tuba, bassoons) add depth. To add more timbric variety to the French horns there are woodwinds and trumpets/trombones. Perfect! Oh, there is also a bell near the start (looks like it plays four times, certainly at 00:37). That's both the ship's bell and the death bell for the ones who will perish. Trust me: the more you become aware of those details, the closer they will hit home. That's why people decide becoming a musician.
It's been 84 years and I can still smell the fresh paint The China had never been used The sheets had never been slept in Poseidon was called the god the sea And he was He really was
@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial Along with the bridge, and perhaps the scene outside the Rogo's room. The main ballroom was based on the Queen's. You can see the model in a maritime museum in San Mateo , it's amazing!
With a big miniature in a big pool, agitated by a wave machine and a few fans. The action was shot with a high frame count, with the speed slowed right down when added to the final mix, so as to make the small waves roll slower.
If do a search for the Newest " Godzilla " film the Opening Theme is very very similar to this One " not much difference atall actually , just a slightly different tune hmm , could be the exact same tune from The Posidon Adventure " just Remixed ????
I saw this movie for the first time in 1994, I was 5 years old. I dont know if I was too young to see a disaster movie, but I was terrified that night. Until today this film scares me.
Somewhat. The author of the novel which got adapted into this movie was on the Queen Mary (the ship the Poseidon was based on) when it nearly capsized. That event became the inspiration for the Poseidon.
Paul Gallico, the author of the 1969 novel was traveling on the Queen Mary in 1937 when in one instance it listed to port at a steep enough angle to cause dishes of food to fall off a dining table.
@@jonathanswift2251 don't think so. Voyage to the bottom of the sea was a fantasy even though I took it seriously when I was about ten years old. I only realised it was for kids when one episode had a man dressed as a white ape trying to kill everyone on the Seaview. My all-time favourite prop is still the flying sub though.
Actually, this movie’s events are supposed to have happened around the date of release. In this version, Poseidon is on her last voyage, before being scrapped due to age.
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Majestic title score by John Williams.
Wait. Whaaa?
@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial He did a lot of work with Irwin Allen in the 60's and 70's.
You mean Shostakovich, he stole it from him
Lord Poseidon!🧜♀️🌊🌊🌊
And remember that this was even BEFORE Star Wars, Jurassic Park or E.T.
The first movie I recall seeing as a kid on the big screen, that scene when the tidal wave strikes the ship, was goosebumps. Ever since then been fascinated with the sea and ships. Still love this movie.
This wasn’t what inspired my love of ships (that would be the book 882 1/2 Facts About The Titanic) but I do love the soundtrack and the story of Poseidon.
Edit: Well aware it is fictional... it’s interesting nonetheless.
True.
probably the greatest disaster epic ever made...the music,.... the acting.....the script....it simply doesn't come better!
And don't forget the ensemble cast!
Could not agree more. Inferno maybe had a bigger name cast and cost more (and was certainly longer..) but for my money, this is THEE one - bar none
R.I.P. Ernest Borgnine (1917 -2012) , Red Buttons (1919 - 2006) , Carol Lynley (1942 - 2019), Roddy McDowall (1928 - 1998), Shelley Winters (1920 - 2006) , Jack Albertson (1907 - 1981), Arthur O'Connell (1908 - 1981) and Leslie Nielsen (1926 - 2010). Gene Hackman, Stella Stevens, Pamela Sue Martin and Eric Shea are still with us!
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Stella Stevens has Alzheimer’s so god only knows how long we have her left
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THE GREAT MASTER COMPOSER JOHN WILLIAMS. POWERFUL SCORE.
This 21st century has a lot of people who find fault in everything and everyone, this movie was made in 1972 the technology was not as good as 2005, but during that time it was one of the best movies.
It's one of my favorites. It just can't be beaten. The sets on the inside of the movie can't be replicated by cgi. Outstanding acting. Great special effects. I started watching the remake and turned it off to watch the original!
The remakes have all failed commercially and critically. This classic as successful commercially and critically. Lightning only hits once.
This is one of if not the best disaster movies ever. Way better than the remake.
the 1972 is also my favorite
That opening is timeless...technology of the day ceases to matter. Any time would be hard pressed to duplicate that... (talking everything, music, image, etc)
This is my all-time favorite film. Fantastic opening and overall score and a beautiful model ship.
The best New Years movie. I still stand behind that! ❤
John williams great music
Dont know how many times I saw this as a kid.
True, and a number of over the air independent television stations whom offered an 8 PM Movie Format prior to their 11 PM nightly newscast would on New Year's Eve, feature this movie. Of course the movie was edited for language and to fit commercials into the three hour timeslot. During the 1970's and early 1980's around NYE this would be retelevised( for free) on no pay television.
Multiple times
This is my favorite version of the movie it can’t and will never be beaten
Leslie Nielsen: "I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you."
What is he saying
Beautiful score! The mystery of the vast ocean and lord poseidon🔱🧜♀️❤
Quite an ill-tempered fellow.
Love the music!! Such a sad movie!🌊🌊😪
R.I.P. Stella Stevens.... Caught me completely off guard. 😔
Happy 90th Birthday, Gene Hackman! :D
Thanks for uploading 😊
I remember this when it came out. I had just started working. Used my first weeks wages to go see it at the Pavilion in Cork , Ireland they were great times. Mighty craic!
My parents took me and my sister to see this when I was 6. It was at the drive in theatre in Newark. Does anyone remember drive ins? That capsizing sequence is still phenomenal. Especially when you consider that this was way before CGI. Still watch it whenever it is being broadcast.
My Top 25 GOAT classic movies👍
omg, those magnificent trademark French horns of Maestro Williams..
A nonfiction aspect of the fictional Poseidon,( S.S Poseidon) of the novel and 1972 Movie is a former Ocean Liner of the Cunard Line, she named The Queen Mary is the liner whom saw decades of passenger service and served in wartime as well. The Liner Queen Mary is bearthed at Long Beach, California, USA, as a Hotel, Tourist Attraction and Convention Center. Tours, guided and self guided can be purchased. to explore many interior and outside deck areas of this ship. For a number of years, there is a fan gathering on board, where fans of the 1972 The Poseidon Adventure, meet up for a weekend convention onboard. Convention held one weekend per year. The ship is open throughout the year.
Stood in line for over an hour with my father at the Alabama Theater in Houston just to see this movie when it first came out. Seems like yesterday.
It's not hard to tell that the ship is a miniature in the shots (water and smoke give it away), but the atmospheric haze does a lot to restore the sense of scale.
speeta on an interesting note; the model ship you see here is now a museum piece, while the real ship it’s based on; the rms queen Mary, is now a hotel and museum.
@@BritanniaPacific More interesting note: the author of the novel, Paul Gallico, was on the real Queen Mary when it was serving as a troop transport in WWII when it was caught in a giant swell that nearly capsized the vessel. That incident stayed with Gallico and inspired the novel.
@@BritanniaPacific Where is the museum where this model is displayed? I would like to go there and see this model.
John Grabowski yep. It knocked the ship into a 58 degree list. Mary would have flipped at 60.
@@AbcAbc-ox6pg The model is at the LA Maritime Museum, down the street from the Port of Los Angeles
ジョン=ウィリアムズが頭角を現した曲！新年を迎える善良で何も知らない旅客達に襲いかかる津波と悲劇。「タイタニック」より優れている映画だ！
A cast of Hollywood greats, but the real star of this film is the beautiful RMS Queen Mary, one of the finest passenger liners ever built and the last survivor of the golden age of transatlantic travel. Visiting and spending the night aboard her is top of my bucket list :)
SS United States survives, however she is rotting away at a pier in Philadelphia. You may be able to visit her but she is little more than a ghost of herself.
Yes, the Queen Mary was a grand liner; comfortable and very popular, and also a notorious "roller". It's wonderful that she is still with us, hopefully for many years to come. Her rival in those early years, the French liner Normandie, was an Art Deco palace that was in a class by herself.
Someone needs to upload the clips of this movie
A year later!
Midnight and voices carry in the fog at a giant ship yard...somewhere in Scotland,,,,
"She wouldamade it if she wer'nt top heavy, Williamson
Aye! that she would've..!
What an absolute loss! !
Linakos were crying that day in the old bailey,, "AYE!
that he was!
& FURTHERMORE
LADDIE, YOU'D be cryin' as will if ye were facing 25 year FOR KILLIN' those poor soul onboard
highlander or not!
An epic beginning! Today they cant afford this handmade bombastic quality with large orchestral intro any more!
Classic movie, may have been the first disaster story of the 70s💕
Another brilliant soundtrack from John Williams that, unfortunately but understandably, gets overshadowed by the likes of "Star Wars" and "Superman".
My dad worked on the real Queen Mary and her sister ship the Queen Elizabeth in the catering department
I’m sure he had a great time in the service of Cunard White Star Line.
@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial yes he did it was his ambition too work on them two ships
I heard Paul Gallico was inspired to write this novel 30 years after he was a passenger on the Queen Mary and this nearly happened
Did he enjoy a Strauss waltz?
JOHN WILLIAMS BRILLIANCE MAGNIFICENCE!! Saw this at the Kent theatre in Brooklyn N.Y. December 1972 or January 1973. So many years ago I don't remember the exact date. Belle Rosen (Shelley Winters) death in this movie was a tear jerker.
Near the end of this piece, it sounds like he borrowed it for Jurassic Park, and that's not a bad thing.
I always liked to imagine what ss posiedon's life was like before her sinking ( yes i know its a fictional ship)
I am writing fan fiction about the poseidon and her History
Nice
Before there were James Cameron's "TITANIC", there were Irwin Allen's "The Poseidon Adventure".
No CGI back then, and The Queen Mary
(Poseidon) was already permanently docked in Long Beach CA, so they had to use miniatures....Still a great movie.
I'd go so far as to say better than CGI - which to me always looks like a computer game, and not 'real'
those people made the queen mary a movie star.
But how did they use the ship?
MrTop5 with a miniature-
GiraffeForPigs Why did I not think of that?! I’m dumb, I’ve seen behind the scenes of Star Wars Empire strikes Back, and they used miniature. Thanks for telling me though.
Even if it’s a miniature, and we all know it: There is some thing amazing and great about this entire sequence. It’s REAL.
I am approaching 30, and I have been around long enough to see the progression of filmmaking from Sets with painted backgrounds, to giant sets with small touches of CGI to whole films with nothing but green screens and people in front of it to even worse...... just a video game with actors faces pasted onto the “bodies” and it’s depressing.
I really dislike most movies I see today, I’m watching unrealistic, completely flat fake looking video games passing as a movie...... bring back actors! acting! Miniatures! Components of filmmaking that work and come up with something polished and great looking and feeling.
I agree completely! In fact timer for the longest time when I was a little, I thought that this *WAS* real
Great model of the QM/'Poseidon'. Certain angles or shots almost looking real thing.
One of the best disaster movies ever made in my opinion along with The Towering Inferno, Earthquake and Airport 1975.
Prefer The Towering Inferno out of them all but if you ever need an acting masterclass this film is one of them xx
John Williams good
If Paul Gallico saw this movie, he’d crap his pants: Poseidon is played by Queen Mary, the ship that inspired the Poseidon’s accident...
I'm sure he saw it as he died in '76. Probably even attended the premiere. Hope so, anyway
Queen Mary nearly capsized similar to Poseidon
It was the way that the Queen Mary rolled, and people thought it was going to capsize, which inspired Paul Gallico’s novel
That looks like a very bumpy ride.
It got worse :(9
Que calidad de actores leslie nilsen actuó 15m nada más la música tétrica buenisima
Co-starring Jack Albertson
WAIT HE WAS GRANDPA JOE IN WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, but the music bit at 0:45 sounds like a ship's horn blowing. I absolutely love that.
It was very likely intentional. Any great composer is very well aware of all the feelings certain instruments playing certain notes/sequences/dynamics evoke and why. The French horns are associated with nature, but also with nobility. I see it that the melody line with the French horns represents both human achievement (a seagoing vessel) and nature which is both marvelous and cruel. The string instrument textures around it add a lot of drama, the low notes (string basses, tuba, bassoons) add depth. To add more timbric variety to the French horns there are woodwinds and trumpets/trombones. Perfect! Oh, there is also a bell near the start (looks like it plays four times, certainly at 00:37). That's both the ship's bell and the death bell for the ones who will perish. Trust me: the more you become aware of those details, the closer they will hit home. That's why people decide becoming a musician.
@@truefilm6991 Just goes to show how much of a genius John Williams is when it comes to film scoring.
@@CriticalMaster95 absolutely.
It's been 84 years and I can still smell the fresh paint The China had never been used The sheets had never been slept in Poseidon was called the god the sea And he was He really was
Been a long time since seeing this. She waa really heavy in the bow. I know rough seas, but dang...
1972-1973 like so much old peoples dies of the year 1972 of 1293 year later Rip say goodbye to poor peoples
Aspect ray-shee-oooh.
you can tell thats a toy boat.
This is thi original isn't it? I'll double check it.
If you're going to wait that long to say "A Ronald Neame film," why bother? His name is just about to come up.
Johnny 👍
They actually use RMS Queen Mary for the ship
Yes, but here Mary/Poseidon is represented by a model as she makes her way through the storm. The deck scene is really her though.
@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial Along with the bridge, and perhaps the scene outside the Rogo's room. The main ballroom was based on the Queen's. You can see the model in a maritime museum in San Mateo , it's amazing!
Great opening shot. How did they fake that?
With a big miniature in a big pool, agitated by a wave machine and a few fans. The action was shot with a high frame count, with the speed slowed right down when added to the final mix, so as to make the small waves roll slower.
Any chance that this could be reloaded in the correct aspect ratio?
Good and ignorant passengers. Agreed, Mr. Marimashda 🙂🚢
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The model could work if you could miniaturize water molecules.
I watched this because of my mom
The ship ( Queen Mary) is just a model
If do a search for the Newest " Godzilla " film the Opening Theme is very very similar to this One " not much difference atall actually , just a slightly different tune hmm , could be the exact same tune from The Posidon Adventure " just Remixed ????
The best character in this film was the Queen Mary herself. Even though its a prop in the film
What about Linda? "Just panties, what else do I need?"
0:08 what was that BOOM
A bass drum.
poseidon 1974 as rms queen mary
I saw this movie for the first time in 1994, I was 5 years old. I dont know if I was too young to see a disaster movie, but I was terrified that night. Until today this film scares me.
looks familiar than queen mary.......... THAT WAS THE SAME SHIP!!!
John Williams symphony 1972
How come there is no 20th century fox logo in this film.
It's before the movie starts.
@@Hendo56 Really?
Why is it letterbox?
Almost the same size as the titanic
Bigger than the Titanic actually
Is this based on a true story
Somewhat. The author of the novel which got adapted into this movie was on the Queen Mary (the ship the Poseidon was based on) when it nearly capsized. That event became the inspiration for the Poseidon.
Paul Gallico, the author of the 1969 novel was traveling on the Queen Mary in 1937 when in one instance it listed to port at a steep enough angle to cause dishes of food to fall off a dining table.
The USOS SEAVIEW could have rescued them easily.
Yeah, Captain Crane and his top man Kowalski would've straightened her up in no time.
@@seamusburke9101 Wonder if this was in the same continuity (Universe) as Voyage To The Bottom of The Sea?
@@jonathanswift2251 don't think so. Voyage to the bottom of the sea was a fantasy even though I took it seriously when I was about ten years old. I only realised it was for kids when one episode had a man dressed as a white ape trying to kill everyone on the Seaview. My all-time favourite prop is still the flying sub though.
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The movie is made in 1972 but this happend in 1922 what a quinsadince
Actually, this movie’s events are supposed to have happened around the date of release. In this version, Poseidon is on her last voyage, before being scrapped due to age.
I think you’re confusing this for the 1993 video game, Septentrion. Which has this exact plot but it takes place in the 1920’s
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The ship is already sinking in the beginning cause it’s half in the water i mean which boat float like that LOL 😂
The 2005's and the 2006's soundtrack is better than this
What would you expect, It is from 1972!
You couldn't be more wrong. The 2005 remake is a CGI-laden travesty in every way. They should have called the ship, and the movie, something else.
I’m sorry but the 1972 soundtrack is way better. Besides the ship is real and not some hunk of CGI garbage.
Jay James Yes it is from 1972
@@danieltrevino8855 I would expect the 72 one to be better. And it in fact is ...
John Williams Good
Aspect ray-shee-oooh.