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{{Short description|2006 American action disaster film by Wolfgang Petersen}}
{{Infobox Film|
{{distinguish|The Poseidon Adventure (2005 film){{!}}''The Poseidon Adventure'' (2005 film)}}
name=Poseidon|
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
image=Poseidon Offical Teaser.jpg|
{{Infobox film
director=[[Wolfgang Petersen]]|
| name = Poseidon
writer=[[Paul Gallico]] (novel)<br>[[Paul Attanasio]] (screenplay)<br>[[Akiva Goldsman]] (screenplay)|
| image = Poseidon (2006) film poster.jpg
producer=|
| caption = Theatrical release poster
starring=[[Kurt Russell]]<br>[[Josh Lucas]]<br>[[Jacinda Barrett]]<br>[[Richard Dreyfuss]]<br>[[Jimmy Bennett]]<br>[[Emmy Rossum]]<br>[[Mike Vogel]]<br>[[Mía Maestro]]<br>[[Andre Braugher]]||
| director = [[Wolfgang Petersen]]
music=[[Klaus Badelt]]|
| producer = {{Plainlist|
cinematography=[[John Seale]]|
* Wolfgang Petersen
editing =[[Peter Honess]]|
* [[Duncan Henderson]]
runtime=|
* [[Mike Fleiss]]
released=[[12 May]], [[2006]]|
* [[Akiva Goldsman]]
language=[[English language|English]]|
}}
budget=$160 Million|
| screenplay = [[Mark Protosevich]]
imdb_id=0409182|
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[The Poseidon Adventure (novel)|The Poseidon Adventure]]''|[[Paul Gallico]]}}
distributor=[[Warner Bros.]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Kurt Russell]]
* [[Josh Lucas]]
* [[Richard Dreyfuss]]
* [[Emmy Rossum]]
* [[Jacinda Barrett]]
* [[Mike Vogel]]
* [[Mía Maestro]]
* [[Jimmy Bennett]]
* [[Andre Braugher]]
}}<!--- per poster --->
| music = [[Klaus Badelt]]
| cinematography = [[John Seale]]
| editing = [[Peter Honess]]
| studio = {{Plainlist|
* [[Virtual Studios]]
* [[Irwin Allen Productions]]
* Next Entertainment
* Radiant Productions
* Synthesis Entertainment
}}
| distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
| runtime = 98 minutes
| released = {{Film date|2006|05|06|[[Tribeca Film Festival|Tribeca]]|2006|05|12|United States}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $160 million
| gross = $181.7 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=poseidon.htm|title=''Poseidon''|access-date=September 16, 2007|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
}}
}}


'''''Poseidon''''' is a 2006 American [[action film|action]] [[disaster film]] directed and co-produced by [[Wolfgang Petersen]]. It is the third [[film adaptation]] of [[Paul Gallico]]'s 1969 novel ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (novel)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'', and a loose [[remake]] of [[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|the 1972 film]]. It stars [[Kurt Russell]], [[Josh Lucas]] and [[Richard Dreyfuss]] with [[Emmy Rossum]], [[Jacinda Barrett]], [[Mike Vogel]], [[Mía Maestro]], [[Jimmy Bennett]] and [[Andre Braugher]] in supporting roles. It was produced and distributed by [[Warner Bros.]] in association with [[Virtual Studios]]. It had a simultaneous release in [[IMAX]] [[Film format|format]]. It was released on May 12, 2006, and it was criticized for its script but was praised for its visuals and was nominated at the [[79th Academy Awards]] for [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imdb.com/features/rto/2007/oscars|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110126185542/http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2007/oscars|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 26, 2011|title=IMDb 2006 Oscar page|access-date=January 23, 2007|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref> It grossed $181.7 million worldwide on a budget of $160 million; however, after the costs of promotion and distribution, Warner Bros. lost $70–80 million on the film, making it a [[box-office bomb]] as a result.<ref>{{cite news |first=Kate |last=Kelly |title='Poseidon' Opening Disappoints, But Foreign Sales May Save Ship |date=May 15, 2006 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB114763144442852381 |access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name="insider1" /><ref name="insider2" /><ref name="The Numbers" />
'''''Poseidon''''' is a movie [[remake]] of the classic disaster film ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'', based on the [[The Poseidon Adventure|novel]] by [[Paul Gallico]]. It was released on [[May 12]], [[2006]] and stars [[Kurt Russell]], [[Josh Lucas]], [[Jacinda Barrett]], [[Emmy Rossum]] and [[Richard Dreyfuss]]. It is directed by [[Wolfgang Petersen]] and was produced and distributed by [[Warner Bros.]], in association with Virtual Studios. The film also had a simultaneous release in the [[IMAX]] format.


==Storyline==
==Plot==
The [[Royal Mail Ship| RMS]] ''Poseidon'', a luxury ocean liner, is making a [[transatlantic crossing]]. Former [[Mayor of New York City|New York City Mayor]] and [[New York City Fire Department|firefighter]] Robert Ramsey is traveling with his daughter Jennifer and her boyfriend Christian Sanders to New York, soon to be engaged. Also on board is former Navy submariner-turned-professional gambler Dylan Johns, architect Richard Nelson, widowed Maggie James and her son Conor, stowaway Elena Morales, waiter Marco Valentine, singer Gloria, and Captain Michael Bradford.
{{spoiler}}
The movie centers on the [[S.S. Poseidon|''Poseidon'']], a luxury ocean liner, named for the Greek god of the sea, in the midst of a [[transatlantic]] crossing.


As the passengers are enjoying a New Year's Eve party, officers on the bridge see a huge [[rogue wave]] bearing down on the ship. To survive the wave, they try to steer the ship to starboard to take the wave bow-first, but she does not turn fast enough. The wave swamps and capsizes the ship, killing the bridge officers along with many passengers and crew. In the ballroom, a badly injured Captain Bradford attempts to restore order and assures the surviving passengers that help is on the way, and tries to persuade them to stay put. Unconvinced, Dylan leads Conor, Maggie, Robert, Richard, and Valentine as they make their way towards the bow, where he believes that they will have the best chance of escaping from the capsized liner.
The beginning focus on a brief introduction of the main characters as they go about their activities and business throughout the ship: Jennifer "Jen" Ramsey ([[Emmy Rossum]]) and Christian ([[Mike Vogel]]) are a young couple hoping to soon be engaged, but Robert Ramsey ([[Kurt Russell]]), Jen's father and former firefighter/mayor of New York, harbours doubts about the relationship, and Christian in particular.


As they head up, they have to cross an elevator shaft, as Nelson and Valentine are attempting to reach the upper level, the bridge they are crossing falls leading to Valentine hanging from Nelson’s leg. Dylan urges Nelson to kick Valentine off to save his own life; and Valentine falls and is impaled on the protruding cables below. They reunite with Jennifer, Christian, Elena, and gambler Lucky Larry, who had all been in the nightclub section of the ship, and who are the only survivors out of all of the occupants in the nightclub who have all been electrocuted to death by live wires. The group crosses a makeshift bridge across the lobby, where Lucky Larry gets crushed by an engine. The pressure from the water finally cracks the ballroom windows, drowning the occupants, including Captain Bradford and Gloria. With the water rising rapidly, the group escapes through an air duct and some ballast tanks, although Elena hits her head underwater and drowns as a result.
Elena ([[Mía Maestro]]) is a stowaway traveling to see her ill brother in [[New York City|New York]]. She resides in the cabin of Marco Valentin ([[Freddy Rodriguez]]), a waiter in the ship's dining room. Dylan Johns ([[Josh Lucas]]) is a smooth-talking professional gambler, and architect Richard Nelson ([[Richard Dreyfuss]]) is a distraught gay man who has recently experienced a break up with his boyfriend.


With the ship slowly sinking, the survivors make their way to a crew lounge where they find the bow section is flooded, until an explosion of the engine room lifts it out of the water. The group enters the bow thruster room and are horrified to find the thrusters still running. With their path blocked by the propellers, and knowing that the control room is submerged, Robert swims away to turn off the engine. He finds the "shut off" switch to be broken, but presses the reverse button instead, before drowning.
Later in the evening, Captain Michael Bradford ([[Andre Braugher]]) welcomes everyone to the New Year's party in the ship's ballroom, where Gloria ([[Stacy Ferguson]]) is the entertainer. On the upper level of the ballroom, Dylan and Robert are playing a game of poker with "Lucky Larry" ([[Kevin Dillon]]) and another passenger. Jen comes briefly to wish her father a happy New Year before heading downstairs to the nightclub with Christian. On the ballroom's main level, Nelson orders a five thousand dollar bottle of wine for the table, tells some of his table-mates the story of his breakup, and excuses himself to go on deck for air. Dylan, meanwhile, walking away with his winnings, bumps into a boy, Connor James ([[Jimmy Bennett]]), playing with his [[PSP]]. Dylan is introduced to Connor's mother, Maggie ([[Jacinda Barrett]]), when she comes up looking for her son. Down in the disco, Jen and Christian are dancing, and Elena manoeuvres her way through the crowded disco by herself.


With the propellers now spinning in the other direction, Dylan throws an [[acetylene]] tank into it, causing an explosion that destroys the propeller, and leaving an opening for them to escape through. The group jumps out the thruster and swims to a nearby inflatable raft, and as they are getting into the raft, the ship starts to sink. As they are paddling away, the waves push the raft farther away from the sinking liner. ''Poseidon'' flips back over, and across the water, the six survivors look on as she sinks stern-first deep into the ocean. After the survivors fire a flare, two helicopters and several ships arrive to rescue them, having tracked the location of the ''Poseidon'''s [[GPS]] beacon.
In the ballroom, the countdown to the new year ends with streamers, balloons and cheers.


==Cast==
On the bridge the First Officer, Chapman ([[Gabriel Jarret]]), silences a celebratory crew, showing concern. He spots a [[freak wave|rogue wave]] nearing the ship, as does Nelson, who was about to jump overboard and then returns inside. The officer puts in an order to turn the bow to starboard in order to avoid a side-on hit, but it is too late. The wave hits the ship, rolling it completely upside-down, and, as the wave passes over the exposed keel, causes it to rise again on the opposite side, causing the ship to complete a 270-degree rotation on its beam-end before settling in an inverted position. The impact of the wave and roll of the ship sweeps people overboard, while others are incinerated to ash in flash-fires, crushed by debris, or electrocuted.
<!--- [[WP:NOTDATABASE]] - cast and order per opening tombstone stand-alone credits, roles per closing credits scroll --->
{{Cast listing|
* [[Josh Lucas]] as Dylan Johns
* [[Kurt Russell]] as Robert Ramsey
* [[Richard Dreyfuss]] as Richard Nelson
* [[Emmy Rossum]] as Jennifer Ramsey
* [[Jacinda Barrett]] as Maggie James
* [[Mike Vogel]] as Christian Sanders
* [[Mía Maestro]] as Elena Morales
* [[Kevin Dillon]] as Lucky Larry
* [[Freddy Rodriguez (actor)|Freddy Rodriguez]] as Marco Valentine
* [[Jimmy Bennett]] as Conor James
* [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]] as Gloria (credited as Stacy Ferguson)
* [[Andre Braugher]] as Captain Bradford
* [[Kirk BR Woller]] as Chief Officer Reynolds
}}


==Production==
The ship loses power upside-down, but the back-up generator kicks in, turning the power back on. In the ballroom, Maggie recovers, and immediately begins calling for Connor, who was last seen hanging on to the bolted-down piano as the ship flipped over.
Production on the film began in July 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050705005649/en/Director-Wolfgang-Petersens-Action-Adventure-Poseidon-Warner|title=Director Wolfgang Petersen's Action Adventure Poseidon, from Warner Bros. Pictures, Now in Production|website=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[Berkshire Hathaway]]|date=July 5, 2005|access-date=July 3, 2019}}</ref>


===Sets===
Meanwhile, Jennifer and Christian are in the remains of the nightclub, where everyone is in a panic. One of the spotlight girders has fallen on Christian, trapping his leg beneath it. Jen and Elena try to lift the girder off of Christian. Back in the ballroom, Maggie spots Connor on the bottom of the bolted-down piano, which is now on the "ceiling". Robert grabs a curtain, claiming to once be a fireman, and tells Connor to jump into it, which he does. The curtain acts as a safety net and Connor lands safely into it.
As with the 1972 ''The Poseidon Adventure'' film, which based many of its sets on rooms aboard the [[Royal Mail Ship|RMS]] [[RMS Queen Mary|''Queen Mary'']], the film's set designers drew inspiration for some of the spaces aboard the fictional "Poseidon" from rooms aboard [[RMS Queen Mary 2|''Queen Mary 2'']], most notably in ''Poseidon'''s ballroom, which is partly modeled on the one of ''Queen Mary 2''.


On the soundstage at [[Warner Bros. Studios Burbank|Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank]] in [[California]], two sets for each main room were built, one right-side-up and the other upside down. The upside-down ballroom was built on top of a large water tank in the soundstage so it could be flooded and drained in a matter of hours. The interior and exterior shots of the ship rolling were constructed with [[computer-generated imagery]].
In the nightclub, Jen and Elena are still trying to free Christian. Suddenly, sprinklers on the other side of the room go off, and the water hits some loose electrical wires, gruesomely electrocuting everyone it touches to death. Elena decides to go get help.


===Visual effects===
After some calm is restored in the ballroom, the captain assures the people that when the ship was hit, a signal-beacon was released and rescue teams would be on the way in several hours.
The primary [[visual effects]] were completed by [[Industrial Light & Magic]] and [[Moving Picture Company]]. ILM used the most advanced version of [[mental ray]] to photorealistically light and render the shots, and was responsible for all of the ship's exterior shots. The most complicated work was the opening shot of the ship, where the camera tours the ship's exterior. It lasts for two and a half minutes, and featured one of the most complex digital models ILM had ever created. For water simulations, proprietary software known as PhysBAM was used, created in collaboration with [[Stanford University]]. [[Harold Weed|Harold "Howie" Weed]] was the film's computer graphics modeler.


Digital interiors and water effects were created by MPC, while liquid and gaseous effects were simulated with [[Scanline VFX]] proprietary software Flowline. Other shots were done by CIS Hollywood, with water effects simulated using [[RealFlow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awn.com/articles/production/iposeidoni-making-big-cg-splash/page/1,1|title=Poseidon: Making a Big CG Splash|access-date=February 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515105055/http://www.awn.com/articles/production/iposeidoni-making-big-cg-splash/page/1,1|archive-date=May 15, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=fxguide, LLC |url=http://www.fxguide.com/article350.html |title=maya:after effects:avid - Wipe out: 'Poseidon' Fluid Simulations |publisher=fxguide |date=May 8, 2006 |access-date=June 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106072542/http://www.fxguide.com/article350.html |archive-date=January 6, 2010}}</ref>
In the ballroom, Robert fights with the captain over his desire to go search for Jen. Dylan, who opts to save himself rather than wait for help, is spotted leaving by Connor. This draws attention to Dylan, first by Maggie, and then by Robert and Nelson. After questioning and arguing, Dylan explains that they will probably be able to get out through the bow thrusters, now above the water line. Before leaving, Robert pulls Marco aside and conscripting him, as he is a staff member and can act as a guide through the ship. After the group leaves, the Captain orders the water-tight doors sealed.


==Soundtrack==
Back in the nightclub, Elena is horrified by all the bodies, but keeps on walking. As she tries to climb a girder, an arm suddenly grabs her from under a pile of corpses. The arm belongs to Lucky Larry, who has survived.
The soundtrack was released on May 9, 2006, and includes music composed by [[Klaus Badelt]], as well as songs performed by [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]], who played the character Gloria in the film, and by [[Federico Aubele]].


{{tracklist
Making their way to the Disco, the group travels through the fiery kitchen and climbs a deck via a service elevator shaft. In the shaft, the group uses a bench as a makeshift bridge and Dylan, Connor, Maggie, and Robert made it safely to the other side. However, as Marco tries to help Nelson, the elevator cab suspended above them begins to shake loose causing their makeshift bridge to fall and Marco is left dangling and clinging to Nelson's legs. In order for Nelson to save himself, he has to kick Marco off, who falls all the way to the "top" of the shaft where he's impaled on metal debris and then crushed by the falling elevator. The group recovers and heads on.
| extra_column = Performed by
| title1 = Won't Let You Fall
| extra1 = [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]]
| length1 = 4:39
| title2 = Bailamos
| extra2 = [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]]
| length2 = 3:10
| title3 = Postales
| extra3 = [[Federico Aubele]]
| length3 = 4:09
| title4 = The Poseidon
| extra4 = [[Klaus Badelt]]
| length4 = 3:19
| title5 = The Wave
| extra5 = Klaus Badelt
| length5 = 4:37
| title6 = A Map and a Plan
| extra6 = Klaus Badelt
| length6 = 2:30
| title7 = Fire Dive
| extra7 = Klaus Badelt
| length7 = 2:48
| title8 = Claustrophobia
| extra8 = Klaus Badelt
| length8 = 7:09
| title9 = Drowning
| extra9 = Klaus Badelt
| length9 = 3:05
| title10 = Don't Look Down
| extra10 = Klaus Badelt
| length10 = 3:44
| title11 = Escape
| extra11 = Klaus Badelt
| length11 = 2:42
}}


''[[Be Without You|Be Without You (Moto Blanco Vocal Mix)]]'' (8:44) by [[Mary J. Blige]] is played in the film but was not included on the soundtrack.
In the nightclub, Elena, Jennifer, and "Lucky Larry" manage to get the girder off of Christian just as the other group arrives from the ballroom.


==Reception==
The assemblage then heads through the passenger corridors and into the main atrium, where the fallen elevator is their only bridge to the other side. After most get across successfully, a large piece of machinery torn loose from its moorings falls through the floor above, striking the bridge, with Lucky Larry on it, followed by a waterfall of fuel which ignites into a stream of flame. Without the elevator tracks to cross, Dylan grabs a nearby fire hose, dives into the water, swims across, and climbs up to where the others are, making a rope bridge. With Jen and her father alone on the one side of the atrium, she shows him the engagement ring, to which he offers little surprise. The two, using a piece of broken brass railing, slide across the fire hose bridge together.
=== Box office ===
It grossed $22,155,410 on its opening weekend, for an average of $6,232 from 3,555 theaters, finishing in second place behind ''[[Mission: Impossible III]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 15, 2006 |title=''Poseidon sinks at US box office'' |url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1775152,00.html |access-date=September 16, 2007 |publisher=[[Guardian Unlimited]]}}</ref> It eventually earned $60,674,817 in the United States and $121,000,000 in foreign markets, for a total gross of $181,674,817.<ref name="BOM" /> After all costs were factored in, ''Poseidon'' lost approximately $70–80 million for [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros]].<ref name="insider1">{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/surprising-box-office-flops-throughout-history-2020-6|title=20 films no one expected to lose money at the box office|first=Zoë |last=Ettinger|work=Insider |date=June 15, 2020 |access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name="insider2">{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisinsider.com/movie-flops-over-the-years-2018-2#1978-sextette-1|title=The biggest box office flop from the year you were born|first=Gabbi |last=Shaw|work=Business Insider |date=February 27, 2017 |access-date=June 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name="The Numbers">{{cite web|title=Biggest Money Losers, Based on Absolute Loss on Worldwide Earnings |work=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/budgets/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231165040/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/budgets |archive-date=31 December 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== Critical response ===
On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Poseidon'' has a score of 33% based on 204 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The consensus reads: "This remake of ''The Poseidon Adventure'' delivers dazzling special effects. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that any of the budget was left over to devote to the script".<ref>{{cite web |title=Poseidon (2006) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/poseidon |access-date=May 31, 2024 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], which assesses films on a score out of 100, ''Poseidon'' has a rating of 50 based on 36 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=Poseidon |website=[[Metacritic]] |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/poseidon |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave it an average grade "B" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20}}</ref>


[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' wrote, "Petersen's heart isn't in it. He is too wise a director to think this is first-rate material, and too good a director to turn it into enjoyable trash."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Poseidon movie review & film summary (2006) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/poseidon-2006 |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |language=en}}</ref> Brian Lowry of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "Wolfgang Petersen's large-scale liner moves reasonably well, though anyone with the faintest memory of its 1972 predecessor will wonder where most of the plot went, and the dialogue is so stilted it can honestly be said the less the better."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowry |first=Brian |date=2006-05-07 |title=Poseidon |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/poseidon-1200516471/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
Back in the ballroom, the glass of the exterior windows starts cracking, and the rivets pop out, spraying water into the room. It doesn't take long for people to notice and start panicking and looking for an exit, but the corridors beyond the water-tight doors are flooded. The Captain and Gloria calmly hug each other just before all the windows shatter and water comes pouring in, drowning everyone. The screams of those trapped in the ballroom are heard by the survivors in the atrium, and the group heads off once more, realizing the water is on the way. The flaming lake in the bottom of the atrium begins to rise quickly.


The film was also nominated for the [[Golden Raspberry Award]] for [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel#Worst Remake or Rip-off (2006-2007)|Worst Remake or Ripoff]], losing to ''[[Little Man (2006 film)|Little Man]]''. However, it was commended for its realistic use of CGI in the capsizing scenes<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.variety.com/VR1117943708.html | title=Pic rocks the Warners boat | date=May 21, 2006 | access-date=August 22, 2009 | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | first=Pamela | last=McClintock}}</ref> and nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects]], losing to ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]''.
Robert finds a shaft which he thinks might lead up to the next level. Despite Elena's [[claustrophobia]], everyone makes their way into the duct, with the water now rushing into the corridor behind them. Once Robert reaches the grille at the end of the shaft, he finds it screwed shut from the outside, his fingers too big to manipulate the screw loose. To make matters worse, Nelson slips, trapping Elena and a drowning Dylan underneath him, but he manages to free himself in the nick of time. Using his small hands, and Elena's crucifix as a screwdriver, Connor releases the grille, allowing everyone to climb out of the rapidly filling duct.


==Home media==
They eventually find themselves in a ballast tank, with the only mode of exit being through the sealed portal into the next tank beyond, and only flooding the tank will open the portal. The tank is flooded, the vent opens, and the bunch swims through. Beyond that point, they head through flooded corridors towards a set of stairs. However, Elena gets caught on loose wires, and while trying to free herself, she hits her head. Dylan swims back to attempt her rescue, but it is too late. With Nelson distraught over her death, the group ties Elena's cross back on her, puts her body in the water, and moves on. The remaining ballast tanks continue to fill one by one, bringing the ship closer to sinking.
''Poseidon'' was released to [[DVD]] on August 22, 2006, in both single-disc and double-disc editions as well as [[Fullscreen (aspect ratio)|Full-Screen]] and [[Widescreen]] formats and contains a behind-the-scenes featurette and the theatrical trailer. The 2-disc special edition expands on two bonus features, and also includes the documentaries ''Poseidon: Upside Down: A Unique Set Design Chronicle''; ''A Shipmate's Diary'', which covers a film school intern's experience on the set; and a [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]] documentary which explores rogue waves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/poseidon.html|title=''Poseidon''|access-date=September 16, 2007|publisher=DVD Active}}</ref> Domestic DVD sales for ''Poseidon'' were $27,196,438.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/POSDN-DVD.php|title=''Poseidon DVD''|access-date=September 10, 2008|publisher=The Numbers}}</ref>


==See also==
Beyond the stairs, the path to the bow thrusters is found to run into more water, as the ship is sinking by the bow. Discouraged, the survivors regroup and try to think of another way out when suddenly the engine room explodes, blowing out the stern decks below, and causing the ship to tilt towards the rear. This forces the water within the ship to shift, draining towards the stern, and thus clearing the way to the bow thrusters. Before they all head off, though, Maggie notices that after the wave of water, Connor has gone missing. She and Dylan search for him while the others secure an exit, and find him trapped behind a screen in an area rapidly filling with water. He is rescued by Dylan, and the trio rapidly swim towards the other four, who have made it into the bow thruster room.
* [[List of films set around New Year]]


==References==
In the bow thruster room, Nelson, spotting the hatch that gives access to the propeller shaft, opens it, only to get blown back by wind caused by the still-active propellers. Christian proposes blocking the propellers with debris, but Robert points out that the blades are turning the wrong way, and need to be either stopped manually or turning in the other direction in order to create suction. The two argue about who should make the hundred and fifty foot swim to the flooded control room. Robert agrees that Christian should go, as his lungs have a greater capacity. However, after Christian says goodbye to Jen, he turns to find that Robert has already swum off. Dylan, Maggie, and Connor arrive and are told what has transpired. Meanwhile, Robert arrives at the control room only to find the emergency engine stop button broken. He frantically searches for another button as he starts running out of air. He freezes knowing he's going to die just as he sees the propeller reverse button and presses it with his last breath.
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==External links==
In the bow thruster room, it is noticed that the blades are now turning the other way. Dylan moves to throw a pressurized tank into the shaft, but the tank gets caught crosswise in the narrow door frame, held in place by the strong suction of air. He manages to kick it through, causing an explosion that blows out the propellers on both sides of the ship. The remaining survivors pick their way through the shaft, jump into the ocean, and swim for a nearby lifeboat that was inflated upon the capsizing. As they clamber in, in an ironic twist of fate, the "Poseidon" rights itself just before sinking. Jennifer urges everyone to paddle the life raft away from the backwash, which threatens to drown them. After escape, Dylan fires off a flare gun, and after wait of unknown time, a pair of [[SH-60 Seahawk]] helicopters arrive to pick the six survivors from the water.
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==Sets==
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[[Image:Pos-2.jpg|thumb|left|205px|The set of the ballroom for ''Poseidon''.]] [[Image:BritanniaRestaurant2.jpg|thumb|left|170px|The Britannia Restaurant on board ''Queen Mary 2''.]]
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Like the film ''[[The Poseidon Adventure]]'' based many of its sets on rooms aboard the [[RMS Queen Mary|RMS ''Queen Mary'']], the set designers for the 2006 movie ''Poseidon'' drew inspiration for some of the spaces on board the fictional ''Poseidon'' from rooms aboard the [[RMS Queen Mary 2|RMS ''Queen Mary 2'']], most notably in the ''Poseidon'''s ballroom, which is modeled on the main dining room of the ''Queen Mary 2''.
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On the soundstage, at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, separate sets for each main room were built - one "right-side-up" and the other "up-side-down." The "upside-down" ballroom set was built on top of a large water tank in the sound stage so that it could be filled with water and drained in a matter of hours. The interior (and exterior) shots of the ship rolling were constructed using [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]].
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==Cast==
*[[Josh Lucas]] - Dylan Johns
*[[Jacinda Barrett]] - Maggie James
*[[Kurt Russell]] - Robert Ramsey
*[[Richard Dreyfuss]] - Richard Nelson
*[[Jimmy Bennett]] - Conor James
*[[Emmy Rossum]] - Jennifer Ramsey
*[[Mike Vogel]] - Christian
*[[Mía Maestro]] - Elena Gonzalez
*[[Andre Braugher]] - Captain Michael Bradford
*[[Stacy Ferguson]] - Gloria (as Fergie)
*[[Kevin Dillon (actor)|Kevin Dillon]] - Lucky Larry
*[[Freddy Rodríguez]] - Marco Valentin
*[[Kirk B.R. Woller]] - Chief Officer Reynolds
*[[Kelly McNair]] - Emily
*[[Gabriel Jarret]] - First Officer Chapman

==Trivia==
*According to ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', the [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] ''Poseidon'' is 218 feet longer than the ''[[RMS Titanic|Titanic]]'', which would make it 1100½ feet long, 31½ feet shorter than the ''[[RMS Queen Mary 2|Queen Mary 2]]''.{{fact}}
*The [[Draupner wave]] was a [[freak wave|rogue wave]] that occurred on [[January 1st]], [[1995]].
*Many members of the cast and crew came down with minor infections due to being in dirty water for so many hours a day.
*[[Carol Lynley]], [[Red Buttons]] and [[Pamela Sue Martin]], three stars of the original film, attended the premiere in May, 2006.
*The ship on the official poster bears a striking resemblance to a Vista Class ship, such as [[P&O Cruises|P&O's]] ''[[Arcadia (cruise ship)|Arcadia]]'' and [[Cunard Line|Cunard's]] ''[[MS Queen Victoria|Queen Victoria]]''.
*In the scene depicting the approaching wave, a full moon is shown just above the horizon. In the preceding scene, passengers are shown counting down to midnight for New Year's Eve. Fimmakers forgot that a full moon rises early in the evening, around sunset -- not at midnight.

==Reaction==

With a reported $160 million budget, ''Poseidon'' received mixed to negative reviews with critics (with the exception of [[Entertainment Weekly]] ), and opened with a disappointing $22.2 million on its opening weekend of [[May 12]], in second place behind the reigning leader, ''[[Mission: Impossible III]]''.<ref>[http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1775152,00.html]</ref> Warner Brothers president-chief operating officer Alan Horn called the results, "very, very disappointing." The movie was however commended for its realistic use of CGI effects in the capsizing scenes.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/VR1117943708.html]</ref> As of [[August 14]], ''Poseidon'' has taken in roughly $60.6 million at the domestic and $181 million at the worldwide box office. In the Netherlands, the film debuted at #2 and remained there for two weeks, with [[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]] being #1 for four consecutive weeks. In total, the film has grossed a total of [[Euro|€]] 1.178.357 in the Netherlands.<ref>[http://www.sneakpoint.nl/boxoffice.php Boxoffice NL]</ref>

==DVD release==

Poseidon was released on DVD August 22nd, 2006 in both a single disc and double disc edition. The single disc edition has a behind the scenes feature and the theatrical trailer. The double disc edition features both the theatrical trailer, the behind the scenes feature, and also has the documentary, Poseidon: Upside Down: A Unique Set Design Chronicle documentary, A Shipmate's Diary which covers a film school intern's experience on the set, and a History Channel documentary that explores rogue waves.[http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/poseidon.html]

==See also==
* [[2006 in film]]
* [[Queen Mary 2]]
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://poseidonmovie.warnerbros.com/''Poseidon'' official site]
*{{imdb title|id=0409182|title=Poseidon}}
*[http://wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/poseidon/?lid=UK/Poseidon UK Site ]
*[http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/poseidon ''Poseidon'' Teaser Trailer]
*[http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/poseidon/showestreel/ ''Poseidon'' ShoWest Reel]
*[http://www.freezedriedmovies.com/features.php?id=46 The ''Poseidon'' Journals] for behind the scenes reports from nine different major online outlets.
*{{rotten-tomatoes|id=poseidon|title=Poseidon}}
*{{metacritic film|id=poseidon|title=Poseidon}}
*[http://www.am-ende-des-tages.de/g/060711-poseidon-premiere/ ''Poseidon Premiere in Berlin''] AEDT.de
*[http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=4322 Review: ''Poseidon''] at The-Trades.com
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Latest revision as of 12:49, 29 December 2024

Not to be confused with The Poseidon Adventure (2005 film).

Poseidon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWolfgang Petersen
Screenplay byMark Protosevich
Based onThe Poseidon Adventure
by Paul Gallico
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn Seale
Edited byPeter Honess
Music byKlaus Badelt
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • May 6, 2006 (2006-05-06) (Tribeca)
  • May 12, 2006 (2006-05-12) (United States)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$160 million
Box office$181.7 million[1]

Poseidon is a 2006 American action disaster film directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen. It is the third film adaptation of Paul Gallico's 1969 novel The Poseidon Adventure, and a loose remake of the 1972 film. It stars Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas and Richard Dreyfuss with Emmy Rossum, Jacinda Barrett, Mike Vogel, Mía Maestro, Jimmy Bennett and Andre Braugher in supporting roles. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. in association with Virtual Studios. It had a simultaneous release in IMAX format. It was released on May 12, 2006, and it was criticized for its script but was praised for its visuals and was nominated at the 79th Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects.[2] It grossed $181.7 million worldwide on a budget of $160 million; however, after the costs of promotion and distribution, Warner Bros. lost $70–80 million on the film, making it a box-office bomb as a result.[3][4][5][6]

Plot

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The RMS Poseidon, a luxury ocean liner, is making a transatlantic crossing. Former New York City Mayor and firefighter Robert Ramsey is traveling with his daughter Jennifer and her boyfriend Christian Sanders to New York, soon to be engaged. Also on board is former Navy submariner-turned-professional gambler Dylan Johns, architect Richard Nelson, widowed Maggie James and her son Conor, stowaway Elena Morales, waiter Marco Valentine, singer Gloria, and Captain Michael Bradford.

As the passengers are enjoying a New Year's Eve party, officers on the bridge see a huge rogue wave bearing down on the ship. To survive the wave, they try to steer the ship to starboard to take the wave bow-first, but she does not turn fast enough. The wave swamps and capsizes the ship, killing the bridge officers along with many passengers and crew. In the ballroom, a badly injured Captain Bradford attempts to restore order and assures the surviving passengers that help is on the way, and tries to persuade them to stay put. Unconvinced, Dylan leads Conor, Maggie, Robert, Richard, and Valentine as they make their way towards the bow, where he believes that they will have the best chance of escaping from the capsized liner.

As they head up, they have to cross an elevator shaft, as Nelson and Valentine are attempting to reach the upper level, the bridge they are crossing falls leading to Valentine hanging from Nelson’s leg. Dylan urges Nelson to kick Valentine off to save his own life; and Valentine falls and is impaled on the protruding cables below. They reunite with Jennifer, Christian, Elena, and gambler Lucky Larry, who had all been in the nightclub section of the ship, and who are the only survivors out of all of the occupants in the nightclub who have all been electrocuted to death by live wires. The group crosses a makeshift bridge across the lobby, where Lucky Larry gets crushed by an engine. The pressure from the water finally cracks the ballroom windows, drowning the occupants, including Captain Bradford and Gloria. With the water rising rapidly, the group escapes through an air duct and some ballast tanks, although Elena hits her head underwater and drowns as a result.

With the ship slowly sinking, the survivors make their way to a crew lounge where they find the bow section is flooded, until an explosion of the engine room lifts it out of the water. The group enters the bow thruster room and are horrified to find the thrusters still running. With their path blocked by the propellers, and knowing that the control room is submerged, Robert swims away to turn off the engine. He finds the "shut off" switch to be broken, but presses the reverse button instead, before drowning.

With the propellers now spinning in the other direction, Dylan throws an acetylene tank into it, causing an explosion that destroys the propeller, and leaving an opening for them to escape through. The group jumps out the thruster and swims to a nearby inflatable raft, and as they are getting into the raft, the ship starts to sink. As they are paddling away, the waves push the raft farther away from the sinking liner. Poseidon flips back over, and across the water, the six survivors look on as she sinks stern-first deep into the ocean. After the survivors fire a flare, two helicopters and several ships arrive to rescue them, having tracked the location of the Poseidon's GPS beacon.

Cast

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Production

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Production on the film began in July 2005.[7]

Sets

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As with the 1972 The Poseidon Adventure film, which based many of its sets on rooms aboard the RMS Queen Mary, the film's set designers drew inspiration for some of the spaces aboard the fictional "Poseidon" from rooms aboard Queen Mary 2, most notably in Poseidon's ballroom, which is partly modeled on the one of Queen Mary 2.

On the soundstage at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank in California, two sets for each main room were built, one right-side-up and the other upside down. The upside-down ballroom was built on top of a large water tank in the soundstage so it could be flooded and drained in a matter of hours. The interior and exterior shots of the ship rolling were constructed with computer-generated imagery.

Visual effects

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The primary visual effects were completed by Industrial Light & Magic and Moving Picture Company. ILM used the most advanced version of mental ray to photorealistically light and render the shots, and was responsible for all of the ship's exterior shots. The most complicated work was the opening shot of the ship, where the camera tours the ship's exterior. It lasts for two and a half minutes, and featured one of the most complex digital models ILM had ever created. For water simulations, proprietary software known as PhysBAM was used, created in collaboration with Stanford University. Harold "Howie" Weed was the film's computer graphics modeler.

Digital interiors and water effects were created by MPC, while liquid and gaseous effects were simulated with Scanline VFX proprietary software Flowline. Other shots were done by CIS Hollywood, with water effects simulated using RealFlow.[8][9]

Soundtrack

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The soundtrack was released on May 9, 2006, and includes music composed by Klaus Badelt, as well as songs performed by Fergie, who played the character Gloria in the film, and by Federico Aubele.

No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."Won't Let You Fall"Fergie4:39
2."Bailamos"Fergie3:10
3."Postales"Federico Aubele4:09
4."The Poseidon"Klaus Badelt3:19
5."The Wave"Klaus Badelt4:37
6."A Map and a Plan"Klaus Badelt2:30
7."Fire Dive"Klaus Badelt2:48
8."Claustrophobia"Klaus Badelt7:09
9."Drowning"Klaus Badelt3:05
10."Don't Look Down"Klaus Badelt3:44
11."Escape"Klaus Badelt2:42

Be Without You (Moto Blanco Vocal Mix) (8:44) by Mary J. Blige is played in the film but was not included on the soundtrack.

Reception

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Box office

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It grossed $22,155,410 on its opening weekend, for an average of $6,232 from 3,555 theaters, finishing in second place behind Mission: Impossible III.[10] It eventually earned $60,674,817 in the United States and $121,000,000 in foreign markets, for a total gross of $181,674,817.[1] After all costs were factored in, Poseidon lost approximately $70–80 million for Warner Bros.[4][5][6]

Critical response

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Poseidon has a score of 33% based on 204 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The consensus reads: "This remake of The Poseidon Adventure delivers dazzling special effects. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that any of the budget was left over to devote to the script".[11] On Metacritic, which assesses films on a score out of 100, Poseidon has a rating of 50 based on 36 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[12] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it an average grade "B" on an A+ to F scale.[13]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "Petersen's heart isn't in it. He is too wise a director to think this is first-rate material, and too good a director to turn it into enjoyable trash."[14] Brian Lowry of Variety wrote, "Wolfgang Petersen's large-scale liner moves reasonably well, though anyone with the faintest memory of its 1972 predecessor will wonder where most of the plot went, and the dialogue is so stilted it can honestly be said the less the better."[15]

The film was also nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Remake or Ripoff, losing to Little Man. However, it was commended for its realistic use of CGI in the capsizing scenes[16] and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, losing to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Home media

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Poseidon was released to DVD on August 22, 2006, in both single-disc and double-disc editions as well as Full-Screen and Widescreen formats and contains a behind-the-scenes featurette and the theatrical trailer. The 2-disc special edition expands on two bonus features, and also includes the documentaries Poseidon: Upside Down: A Unique Set Design Chronicle; A Shipmate's Diary, which covers a film school intern's experience on the set; and a History Channel documentary which explores rogue waves.[17] Domestic DVD sales for Poseidon were $27,196,438.[18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Poseidon". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
  2. ^ "IMDb 2006 Oscar page". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on January 26, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ Kelly, Kate (May 15, 2006). "'Poseidon' Opening Disappoints, But Foreign Sales May Save Ship". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Ettinger, Zoë (June 15, 2020). "20 films no one expected to lose money at the box office". Insider. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Shaw, Gabbi (February 27, 2017). "The biggest box office flop from the year you were born". Business Insider. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Biggest Money Losers, Based on Absolute Loss on Worldwide Earnings". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020.
  7. ^ "Director Wolfgang Petersen's Action Adventure Poseidon, from Warner Bros. Pictures, Now in Production". Business Wire. Berkshire Hathaway. July 5, 2005. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  8. ^ "Poseidon: Making a Big CG Splash". Archived from the original on May 15, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
  9. ^ fxguide, LLC (May 8, 2006). "maya:after effects:avid - Wipe out: 'Poseidon' Fluid Simulations". fxguide. Archived from the original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  10. ^ "Poseidon sinks at US box office". Guardian Unlimited. May 15, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
  11. ^ "Poseidon (2006)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  12. ^ "Poseidon". Metacritic. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  13. ^ "Cinemascore". Archived from the original on December 20, 2018.
  14. ^ Ebert, Roger. "Poseidon movie review & film summary (2006) | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  15. ^ Lowry, Brian (May 7, 2006). "Poseidon". Variety. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  16. ^ McClintock, Pamela (May 21, 2006). "Pic rocks the Warners boat". Variety. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
  17. ^ "Poseidon". DVD Active. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
  18. ^ "Poseidon DVD". The Numbers. Retrieved September 10, 2008.
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