The Poseidon Adventure - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of The Poseidon Adventure or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Poseidon Adventure

[lena]

During an interview with Johnny Carson, Gene Hackman said he was contacted about appearing in the sequel film to "The Poseidon Adventure." Hackman reminded them that his character was killed off in the last five minutes of the film. He was told they would work around that, to which Hackman replied, "Well, I don't think so." Reportedly one of the ideas was for Hackman's character in the sequel to be Rev. Scott's twin brother.

[ava]

Filming was delayed twice due to cost. In addition to oceans of red ink incurred by its television division (ironically from high-budget shows produced by Irwin Allen), Twentieth Century-Fox was also suffering from losses from several big-budget musicals undertaken in the wake of the studio's enormous success with The Sound of Music (1965), Doctor Dolittle (1967), Star! (1968), and Hello, Dolly! (1969), as spectacles were being trounced by smaller character-driven films, and the studio was nervous about a disaster movie's prospects, especially one produced by Allen. Fox finally relented when Allen promised to raise half of the budget himself. Reportedly, Allen found outside backers by crossing Pico Boulevard from Fox's main gate to the nearby Hillcrest Country Club, where he found some friends playing cards. During the card game, Allen cajoled them into backing his film. Because the studio never spent any of the backers' money, the backers made a tidy profit from the success of the film without actually spending a dime.

[marc]

In 1985, Red Buttons, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, and Shelley Winters starred in Irwin Allen's Alice in Wonderland (1985). Buttons played the White Rabbit, McDowall was the March Hare, Borgnine was the Lion, and Winters was the Dodo Bird.

[brent]

Except for the most dangerous sequences, all of the stunts were done by the actors themselves. All the actors, at one point, complained to the production staff about how difficult the shoot was physically.

[brent]

Sally Kellerman was originally offered the role of Linda Rogo.

[kristen]

Stella Stevens said in an interview that after she was cast as Linda Rogo, Irwin Allen asked if she'd read the Poseidon Adventure novel that the film was based on. When Stevens told him no, Allen urged her not to read it, saying everyone hated the Linda character in the book, and he wanted her film version of the character to be likeable.

[frederick]

"The Morning After" is the theme song of the movie; and it won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Song. After the movie came out it was recorded by Maureen McGovern and became a hit single for her in 1973. It was a No. 1 hit in the US for two weeks during August 1973, and became a Gold record; and her biggest hit.

[clayton]

Though this has been called the ultimate fluff disaster film, five Oscar winning performers are featured. They are Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons and Jack Albertson.

[russell]

The song "The Morning After" is credited on screen as "The Song From The Poseidon Adventure".

[albert]

Contains five Academy Award winning actors - Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson and Red Buttons; and one Oscar nominee: Arthur O'Connell.

[liam]

The cast includes 5 Oscar Winners (Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters and Jack Albertson) and 1 Oscar nominee (Arthur O'Connell).