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SINK OR SWIM.(Poseidon)(Movie review)
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Wolfgang Petersen, the director of "Das Boot" and "The Perfect Storm," is back in the water. In "Poseidon," a remake of "The Poseidon Adventure," the German-born Petersen swamps a ship, sends rivets popping, and washes away furniture, crockery, and corpses in a foamy digital flood. What is it with this guy and the sea? Something prenatal, perhaps. I don't know that anyone was longing for a new version of the campy disaster "classic" from 1972. Real disasters have recently taken hold of our imagination--and of our movies, too. After you've seen "United 93," it's hard to regard "Poseidon" as anything more than an extremely ...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire July 26, 2006 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Daily Variety DeBruge, Peter April 27, 2006 700+ words
The original "Poseidon Adventure" was high concept...This is "The Poseidon Adventure" as retold by Wolfgang...Leading man Josh Lucas was every bit as...Waterworld ('95) 88 Poseidon Adventure ('72) 85 LOWS...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Cox, Ted November 18, 2005 700+ words
...s new version of "The Poseidon Adventure." Airing at 7 p.m. Sunday...WMAQ Channel 5, the new "Poseidon Adventure" pretty much follows the...remake? Except that the new "Poseidon Adventure" can't leave well enough...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) November 20, 2005 700+ words
...disaster flick ``The Poseidon Adventure.'' The original, you...at)dailynews.com THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE - Two stars What: Remake...the-21st-century ``Poseidon Adventure,'' tonight on NBC.
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- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) May 17, 2004 700+ words
The 1972 classic The Poseidon Adventure is still the best disaster...The top 10 are: 1 The Poseidon Adventure (1972) 2 Titanic (1997...the moneyspinner but The Poseidon Adventure, below, is the fans' favourite...
- Poseidon Adventure voted best disaster movie.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) May 17, 2004 700+ words
The 1972 classic The Poseidon Adventure is still the best disaster movie of all time, according...you spirals out of control.' The top 10 are: 1. The Poseidon Adventure (1972) 2. Titanic (1997) 3. The Towering Inferno...
- Poseidon Adventure:Mermaid pitches for the Norfolk Tides Poseidon Adventure:...
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot September 6, 2009 700+ words
...cursed by King Neptune at the Easter parade. Mermania personified, times 10. From terror on the mound to the Poseidon Adventure. The music started. They shook, shook, shook their tails. The heavens opened and let loose the worst downpour...
- NEW "POSEIDON ADVENTURE' COMES TO NBC.(Weekend)
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) November 17, 2005 700+ words
Byline: William LaRue Staff writer "The Poseidon Adventure," one of the coolest of the 1970s disaster motion pictures...shouldn't be confused with a big-budget remake of "The Poseidon Adventure" due in theaters next year.
