The Sinking of the SS Poseidon
Added 2023-04-01 10:15:01 +0000 UTCIt's always fun watching a classic disaster movie... and I've been wanting an excuse to rewatch The Poseidon Adventure for a while now. It's part of a rash of excellent disaster films from the 1970s. If you enjoy this, I'd also highly recommend The Towering Inferno (1974).
A fun bit of trivia that I came across while doing some background reading: the film is based on a novel written by Paul Gallico... who was inspired after being on board a ship when it was hit by a freak wave that sent passengers and furniture tumbling across the room.
That same ship (the Queen Mary, which was actually used to film some of the pre-capsize scenes in the movie) was also hit by a freak wave during World War II. Fully loaded with troops and equipment, it listed so badly on that occasion that it came within inches of capsizing for real!
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An enjoyable rabbit hole to be going down, I hope! The Towering Inferno is on my to-(re)watch list now, just as soon as I can find a copy of it. I love it. Totally unrealistic, of course - fire is never normally that narratively satisfying!
Fascinating Horror
2023-04-06 08:32:37 +0000 UTCExcellent! Happy April Fool's Day!
Fascinating Horror
2023-04-05 17:49:38 +0000 UTCYou send me down the rabbit hole after this...streamed *The Poseidon Adventure*, which I hadn't viewed in 40+ years. When I was a kid, it was the height of cinematic art. LOL! (I still insist Shelley Winters is a national treasure.) Unfortunately my viewing by VPN of *The Towering Inferno* cut out halfway through when ITV must have figured out I wasn't really in GB. (Currently it is not available to rent in the US.) The non-realistic portrayal of fire in that movie is hilarious. I so enjoy your April Fools entries.
Valerie F Kravette
2023-04-04 16:21:26 +0000 UTC
