What are you doing New Year’s, New Year’s Eve? New Year’s Eve is a night of celebrations and reflection, but not everyone enjoys heading out for an evening of revelry. A lot of us will spend the evening ushering in…
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Five Fun Facts About “The Poseidon Adventure”
My personal favorite “disaster film” is 1972’s The Poseidon Adventure. This ensemble drama whose cast includes Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, Shelley Winters, and Stella Stevens (among many others), was adapted from Paul Gallico’s novel of the same name….
Read more →’70s Flashback: “The Poseidon Adventure” Is Anything But A Disaster
“There’s got to be a morning after. If we can hold on through the night…” Released in 1972, The Poseidon Adventure helped launch the disaster film genre that dominated the decade. It was a brilliant idea really, bring together an…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: The Poseidon Adventure
Because December 31st is crucial to its plot, The Poseidon Adventure was an obvious choice for our last Create-A-Caption of 2018. A New Year’s Eve party on a luxury ocean liner is literally turned upside-down when a tidal wave capsizes…
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As any regular MovieFanFare reader can tell you, we are more than a bit obsessed with 1970s disaster films around these parts. A personal favorite is 1972’s epic The Poseidon Adventure, a film that truly has it all. So much…
Read more →Poll: What’s Your Favorite Gene Hackman Performance?
A true everyman, the great Gene Hackman had a career spanning over 50 years before he retired from acting in 2004 to focus on writing novels. His impressive legacy features iconic roles such as Popeye Doyle in The French Connection,…
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