The Poseidon Adventure is an Academy Award-winning disaster film released in 1972 based on a novel of the same name, that spawned a sequel and two remakes.
References[]
- The film was parodied in the 1993 Muppet Trading Cards set as The Pigseidon Adventure with Kermit the Frog as Captain C. Cruise, Fozzie Bear as Al Wett, Gonzo as Harry Cane, and Miss Piggy as Stormy Waters. The art also appeared as a poster in the Commissary on Muppets Tonight, and also in the queuing area of Muppet*Vision 3D.
- The 2006 remake Poseidon was reviewed by Statler and Waldorf in From the Balcony, followed by a parody of what the movie might have been like as a musical.
- Pepe the King Prawn describes the Muppets' next (fictitious) movie as The Poseidon Adventure meets The Towering Inferno in the Empire podcast #16 from June 15, 2012.
Connections[]
- Peter Boyle played Frank Mazzetti in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
- Red Buttons played James Martin in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- Michael Caine played Captain Mike Turner in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
- Fergie played Gloria in Poseidon (2006)
- Sally Field played Celeste Whitman in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
- Shirley Jones played Nurse Gina Rowe in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
- Leslie Nielsen played Captain Harrison in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- Slim Pickens played Dewey "Tex" Hopkins in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
- Emmy Rossum played Jennifer Ramsey in Poseidon (2006)
- Telly Savalas played Dr. Stefan Svevo in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
- Gordon Thomson played Jay in Poseidon (2006)
- Jack Warden played Harold Meredith in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
- John Williams scored The Poseidon Adventure (1972)