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Poseidon (2006)

12A 98 min  -  Action | Adventure | Drama  -   12 May 2006 (USA)
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Reviews: 606 user | 220 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com

On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner, Poseidon, capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for survival as they attempt to escape the sinking ship.

Writers:

Mark Protosevich (screenplay), Paul Gallico (novel)
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Poseidon -- On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner, Poseidon, capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for survival as they attempt to escape the sinking ship. Poseidon -- On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner, Poseidon, capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for survival as they attempt to escape the sinking ship. Poseidon -- On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner, Poseidon, capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for survival as they attempt to escape the sinking ship.
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Josh Lucas ...
Kurt Russell ...
Jacinda Barrett ...
Richard Dreyfuss ...
Emmy Rossum ...
Mía Maestro ...
Mike Vogel ...
Kevin Dillon ...
Freddy Rodríguez ...
Jimmy Bennett ...
Stacy Ferguson ...
Andre Braugher ...
Kirk B.R. Woller ...
Kelly McNair ...
Gabriel Jarret ...
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Storyline

It is New Year's Eve, and over 2,000 passengers & crew are ringing in the New Year aboard the huge cruise ship 'Poseidon' when it capsizes on the open sea in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean! A small group of survivors find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for their lives. Preferring to test the odds alone, career gambler Dylan Johns ignores captain's orders to wait below for possible rescue and sets out to find his own way to safety. What begins as a solo mission soon draws others, as Dylan is followed by a desperate father searching for his daughter and her fiancée--a young couple who hours before couldn't summon the courage to tell him they were engaged and now face much graver challenges. Along the way they are joined by a single mother and her wise-beyond-his-years son, an anxious stowaway and a despondent fellow passenger who boarded the ship not sure he wanted to live but now knows he doesn't want to die... Written by Anthony Pereyra (hypersonic91yahoo.com)  

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Plot Keywords:

Passenger | Capsize | Survival | Cruise | Escape  | See more »

Taglines:

Mayday

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense prolonged sequences of disaster and peril See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Poseidon: The IMAX Experience See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$160,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$22,155,410 (USA) (14 May 2006) (3555 Screens)

Gross:

$181,674,817 (Worldwide) (27 August 2006)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | Philippines: (cut)  | Germany:

Sound Mix:

SDDS  | DTS  | Sonics-DDP (IMAX version) | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

There was only one day of exterior filming done on the entire shoot. It was to get footage of Josh Lucas jogging that was eventually composited into the opening CG shot of the ship. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When they are trying to revive Elena after she drowned, she is only given 21 chest compressions. A lot more compressions need to be given for CPR. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Christian: When?
Jennifer Ramsey: Mmm. Today.
Christian: Yeah. When today?
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Connections

Referenced in The DiCaprio Code (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"Postales"
Written and Performed by Federico Aubele
Courtesy of ESL Music See more »