1972 · 1h 57m · Action, Adventure, Drama
The Poseidon Adventure
Directed byRonald Neame
IMDb
7.1
54.8K votes
Metacritic
70
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
critics
Box office
$125M
26.6x its $4.7M budget
Released Dec 13, 1972 by 20th Century Studios
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Critics (Metacritic)70
Audience (IMDb x 10)71
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Ronald Neame
- Music
- John Williams
- Cinematography
- Harold E. Stine
- Editing
- Harold F. Kress
- Producers
- Irwin Allen
9 nominations, 2 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Production Design · Academy Awards 1973Art Direction: William Creber; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
- NominatedBest Cinematography · Academy Awards 1973Harold E. Stine
- NominatedBest Film Editing · Academy Awards 1973Harold F. Kress
- WonBest Original Song · Academy Awards 1973Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1973Shelley Winters
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1973John Williams
- NominatedBest Costume Design · Academy Awards 1973Paul Zastupnevich
- NominatedBest Sound · Academy Awards 1973Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis
- WonSpecial Achievement Award (Visual Effects) · Academy Awards 1973L. B. Abbott, A. D. Flowers
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