The Poseidon Adventure - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Poseidon Adventure"
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Timing:
1:57 (117 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Steve Broidy
Producer
Sidney Marshall
Producer
Casting
Editor
Costume Design
Paul Zastupnevich
Costume Design
Stunts
Craig Chudy
Stunts
James Winburn
Stunts
Denver Mattson
Stunts
Allen Pinson
Stunts
George Robotham
Stunts
John Daheim
Stunts
Orwin C. Harvey
Stunts
David Sharpe
Stunts
Phil Adams
Stunts
Paul Stader
Stunts
Jerry Summers
Stunts
Fred Zendar
Stunts
Chris Howell
Stunts
Lila Finn
Stunts
Carol Daniels
Stunts
Frank Orsatti
Stunts
Victor Paul
Stunts
Preston Peterson
Stunts
Eldon Burke
Stunts
Bill Catching
Stunts
Mike Donovan
Stunts
John Moio
Stunts
Doug O'Dell II
Stunts
Jerry Brutsche
Stunts
Howard Curtis
Stunts
Donna Garrett
Stunts
Janet Brady
Stunts
Russell Saunders
Stunts
Marilyn Stader
Stunts
Fred Dale
Stunts
Robert Prohaska
Stunts
Production Design
William J. Creber
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Paul Stader
Stunt Coordinator
Second Unit Director
Set Decoration
Raphael Bretton
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Edwin Butterworth
Makeup Artist
Del Acevedo
Makeup Artist
Allan Snyder
Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Theodore Soderberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Unit Production Manager
Hal Herman
Unit Production Manager
Orchestrator
Alexander Courage
Orchestrator
Second Assistant Director
Donald White
Second Assistant Director
Les Warner
Second Assistant Director
Director of Photography
Harold E. Stine
Director of Photography
Assistant Art Director
Supervising Sound Editor
Don Hall
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Teresa Brachetto
Script Supervisor
Hairstylist
Carol Pershing
Hairstylist
Ann Wadlington
Hairstylist
Sheral Ross
Hairstylist
Screenplay
Wendell Mayes
Screenplay
Novel
Paul Gallico
Novel
Key Grip
Lou Pazelli
Key Grip
Special Effects
L.B. Abbott
Special Effects
Songs
Joel Hirschhorn
Songs
Al Kasha
Songs
Gaffer
Clyde Taylor
Gaffer
Assistant Director
Norman A. Cook
Assistant Director
Production Assistant
Albert Gail
Production Assistant
Production Coordinator
Art Volpert
Production Coordinator
Scoring Mixer
Vinton Vernon
Scoring Mixer
Sound Supervisor
John A. Bonner
Sound Supervisor
Publicist
John Campbell
Publicist
Production Illustrator
Tom Cranham
Production Illustrator
Dan Goozee
Production Illustrator
What's left behind the scenes
- Paul Gallico (1897-1976) wrote the source novel while inspired by a cruise on the transatlantic liner Queen Mary. Once, during breakfast, the liner was hit by a huge wave, sending people and furniture flying to the opposite end of the dining room. Another source of inspiration for Gallico was an incident aboard the Queen Mary that occurred during World War II (1939-1945). The ship was carrying parts of the US Army to Europe when it was hit by a wave in the North Atlantic. Had the ship tilted even slightly more, it would have capsized, as happened with the Poseidon.
- The prototype for 'Poseidon' is the real British transatlantic liner Queen Mary.
- The scenes of the film were shot in order, as it was convenient considering that the main characters' clothes became increasingly dirty and torn, and they themselves sustained injuries – some according to the plot, and some not.
- Preparing for the role of a former swimmer and numerous sports achievement award winner, Shelley Winters (1920-2006) trained with an Olympic swimming team coach.
- The famous scene inside the ship as it capsizes was filmed in two stages. First, the special set was tilted to a 45-degree angle using hydraulics. Then, the cameras were turned off, and everything on the set was rearranged (what was originally on the floor was moved to the ceiling, and vice versa). After that, the actors were brought back onto the set, and it was tilted even further.
- It was previously believed that rogue waves only occurred once every 10,000 years, but a 2004 study of satellite footage showed that they occur much more frequently – several hundred every ten years.
- After the film's theatrical run, ABC paid $1 million for the right to broadcast it on television. At the time, this was the largest sum in history ever paid for the television rights to any film.
- A significant portion of the exterior shots of 'Poseidon' involved filming a model built from the original blueprints of the liner. The model is on display at the Maritime Museum in the Port of Los Angeles. The liner itself is docked in the city of Long Beach nearby.
- The start of filming was postponed twice for financial reasons.
- The scene where Gene Hackman's character saves Robin was filmed with a camera mounted on rails on a set that was slowly tilting into a large pool. When the set was halfway submerged, it was supposed to stop tilting, but it didn't due to some technical malfunction, and soon the entire crew along with the equipment were in the water. The film reel was urgently sent to the lab for development, and it turned out, fortunately, that the film hadn't gotten wet.
- According to the original script, Gene Hackman's character was supposed to assign a task to Mrs. Rosen, during which she would get trapped underwater, and he would go to rescue her. It was Hackman who noticed that his character would never assign such a thing to a woman and suggested reversing the situation. The director agreed with him, and together they subsequently convinced Shelley Winters.
- Initially, it was planned to show the sinking ship surrounded by lifeboats in the finale, but there wasn't enough money to film this scene. At the studio, they only filmed a helicopter lifting off from the ship's hull with six survivors, and this scene was filmed by pointing the camera straight up to prevent nearby buildings from appearing in the frame.
- The "Poseidon" prototype is the real British transatlantic liner Queen Mary.
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