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The Poseidon Adventure was a 1972 adventure movie based on a novel by Paul Gallico and directed by Irwin Allen and Ronald Neame . It stars Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley , Stella Stevens, Jack Albertson and Pamela Sue Martin.

The movie was nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actress for Shelley Winters. It won the award for Best Song for " The Morning AfterThe Morning After is a 1986 film which tells the story of an alcoholic woman who wakes up after a long drinking bout to find a murdered man in the bed next to her. It stars Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges and Raul Julia. The movie was written by James Hicks and" which also became a hit single for Maureen McGovernMaureen McGovern is an American singer and Broadway actress. Maureen Therese McGovern was born on July 27, 1949 in Youngstown, Ohio. Music have always played a very important part in McGovern's life. As a child, she would listen to a barbershop quartet (w.

The success of this film led to other all-star disaster films in the seventies, such as The Towering Inferno ( 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led) and EarthquakeEarthquake was the title of a 1974 film that was among several successful so called disaster movies of the era that placed an all star cast in life and death situations. Directed by Mark Robson and with a screenplay by George Fox and Mario Puzo, it starre ( 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped).

A sequel called Beyond the Poseidon Adventure had an equally star-studded cast, but was a box-office and critical failure.

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