*THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE* Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING

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00:33 The Poseidon Adventure Movie Commentary
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[@robertmcghintheorca49]

I've not seen nearly enough people reacting to this film. This is very appropriate for the film's forthcoming 50th anniversary.

[@bfdidc6604]

It actually holds up pretty well.

[@visaman]

@@trhansen3244 maybe Julie Chen Moonves?

[@ronsavage6491]

I expected to see it on the big screen this year, but so far none of the theatres that show classic movies in my area have it on their schedules.

[@justinplayfair4638]

Disney owns it now, and they're keeping it in "The Vault"...

[@datisalaee4693]

Obviously Jen's Patreon supporters are knowledgeable film buffs because Irwin Allen pretty much ushered in the whole Disaster Movie craze of the early 1970s with this movie which was then followed by "Earthquake" and "The Towering Inferno"! As it happens this was the first movie I Ever watched on Home Video when I was a kid 😲

[@BadMoonHorrors]

Actress Stella Stevens (Linda) passed away this month at the age of 84 due to Alzheimer's disease. She once told in an interview, how (after she signed for this movie) producer Irwin Allen asked her if she had read the source novel, to which she answered "No, I didn't". He then told her "Good, don't do it. Everybody hates your character from the book but we'll change that."

[@rattIe.]

Novel Linda was the spawn of satan.

[@elzar760]

My mom used to watch this movie anytime she saw it on. It really reminds me of her. Miss you mom.

[@jenmurrayxo]

🌹

[@Psergiorivera]

The scene with Rogo and Linda arguing at the beginning is EVERYTHING. Emotional, angry, funny, and the sweetest revelation at the end… “Well, first you arrest me 6 times!” “Well I had to keep you off the streets until you married me”…. That breaks my heart everytime.

[@doctorbohr1585]

Come here you lousy cop.....

[@johncampbell756]

"The ship is top heavy. It's unstable." "Surely you can't be serious." "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."

[@SuperPrince1007]

I still get chills up and down my spine when Lesley Nielsen sees the Tidal Wave coming with his binoculars and says "Oh My God". I saw this movie in the theaters as a kid and this is without a doubt one of the very best movies I ever saw. One of the best casts of any movie ever.

[@jeffcoat1959]

I almost can picture him saying, "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."

[@monty3534]

@@jeffcoat1959 I was about to say the same thing, but you beat me to it. Before he died he said: And don't call me " Shirley " !!!! 😂😂😂

[@christopherwall2121]

I'll never forget how _Freakazoid!_ parodied that scene in the opening of one episode, where what looks at first like a monster wave is actually just Freakazoid's hair. "HEY YOU GUYS IN THERE! YOU WANNA WATCH MY SHOW?"

[@marcuszaja6589]

IMHO, the movie is underrated. I especially like Ernest Borgnine as the cop. He's such a good actor and such a likable guy 😊.

[@dan_hitchman007]

The 60's to early 80's was quite a time for ensemble cast productions on the cinema and TV screens with big name stars, up and comers, and older actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood who wanted to stay relevant to a younger crowd. "The Towering Inferno," "Airport," "Earthquake," and "Meteor" were but a few big disaster epics that were popular. Roland Emmerich's homages to the all-star disaster epics of the 70's started with "ID4," which helped resurrect the genre.

[@wavydavy7489]

Plus Airplane (1980) was a parody of the genre co-starring Leslie Nielsen amongst others. He was the Poseidon's Captain in this.

[@darthroden]

In the 70s disaster films and movies about anti-heroes were huge because the 1970s were a pretty bleak time in America. It wouldn't be till 1977 when Star Wars came out that the trend began to change.

[@rogers.5153]

Fun facts: Acres, the steward that fell into the water inside the shaft, was played by Roddy McDowall, who you saw as Cornelius in Planet of the Apes. He often took small supporting roles in movies just to keep busy. He filmed his role for the Poseidon Adventure around the same time as he filmed Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, the 4th movie in the series. Also, it was very obvious that the underwater swimming scene was performed by the actual actors and not stunt doubles. I remember seeing Shelley Winters (Mrs. Rosen) on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show talking about what it was like to film that scene and the difficulties involved.

[@kenernestnation]

This film in particular started the “who will survive” motto. Allen wasn’t afraid to kill off big name players to keep you invested. Nowadays you don’t even have to see a modern day disaster film and already know who survives,the big name actors never bite the dust.

[@funbricks1]

Leo Dicaprio, Timothee Chamalet and Jennifer Lawrence ALL died in Don't Look Up (2021)

[@funbricks1]

@@BLAlley Yes but they still died in the movie

[@monty3534]

Mainly the young attractive female stars survive. The middle age women usually gets killed off. Some examples are: Shelley Winters in The Poseidon Adventure, Ava Gardner in Earthquake, Jennifer Jones in The Towering Inferno, Lee Grant and Maidie Norman both died in Airport 77.

[@handfuloftrains4781]

I couldn't help myself: "Please come to the bridge." "What is it?" "It's the command center of the ship where the Captain stands, but that's not important right now."

[@TheNeonRabbit]

Shelley Winters trained with an Olympic swim coach to do the under water swim and yes, she did the stunt herself. She'd gained 35 pounds for the part and later said she was just never able to lose it.

[@krishnamurtiism]

I like that your doing different films from the usual film reactions I see. Good content.

[@e.d.2096]

I have to agree with your remark. I consider Jen an intelligent reactor. Not over the top, with smart choices. And I've mentioned this to her personally, that her insights are usually spot on. My favorite reactor.

[@dafterite]

I saw this when it first came out, when I was 12. I remember the theater crowd bursting into applause when Shelly Winters dove into the water to save the Reverend in the underwater shaft,

[@jenmurrayxo]

Must have been awesome to see in theaters!

[@Dillpicks95]

What makes this reaction even better is that it was posted on my birthday of all days. You couldn’t ask for a better birthday gift on that day than Jen reacting to this great movie.

[@matthewmarcinko9157]

Hi, Jen! "The Poseidon Adventure" was the prototype for the long series of disaster movies that were wildly popular in the 70's: You take a bunch of well known "B List" actors, inflict a disaster on them, and spend the rest of the film picking most of them off, one by one. "The Towering Inferno", "Earthquake" and quite a few other big budgets disaster films would all follow this format.

[@Jeff_Vader]

Have you seen the towering inferno? It doesn't sound like you have seen it or you don't know who the cast members are. I should add that it's the same with this one, Poseidon Adventure and Earthquake. Plenty of A-list actors.

[@goldenager59]

17:14 "On an Adventure, the women are always in heels...you know?" I know. And not a week goes by when at no point do I wish to hell that Scott - or _anyone_ - had thought to advise Linda to throw hers away before making the attempt to scale the catwalk. 25:23 😢 And, inevitably, I wind up with a sad little smile, thinking that Mike would probably hustle her along and growl, "FORGET IT! She's thrown enough clothes away already!" 🤭

[@hawkmaster381]

If Robin’s voice sounded familiar to you, it’s because the 3 Shea brothers all sounded alike. Eric’s brothers, Chris and Stephen Shea were the voices for Linus in the Charlie Brown specials. The Shea brothers often portrayed smart kids.

[@mikerhodes8454]

In 1981, I went to Universal Studios in la and they had a walking tour that took you through a replica of the engine room. It was weird to see everything upside down. It's also weird to see Leslie Nielsen (the Captain) in a serious role, which he was known for before Airplane, the Naked Gun, and the like.

[@romerjusu3804]

He's also in a movie called The Day of the Animals.

[@mikerhodes8454]

@@romerjusu3804 And the captain in Forbidden Planet.

[@HaywardEntertainment]

Ah man u got lucky

[@christopherwall2121]

​@@romerjusu3804 And he's even more over-the-top in that movie than in any of his comedy roles.

[@VictorLopez-ty2qj]

I watch this movie every New Year's Eve. The Rogo's have the best banter. Just panties, what else do I need? Is the best line ever written.

[@monty3534]

My favorite line from that movie also. " Just panties, what else do I need " ??

[@waterbeauty85]

Mad Magazine did a parody of "The Poseidon Adventure" called "The Poopside Down Adventure." The only things I remember from it are the title and a joke where the Gene Hackman character said "When I was young, my family was so poor that we used to have to burn furniture!" Then the Arthur O'Connell character asked him "For warmth?" Then Gene Hackman character answered "No. For laughs. We were poor, but we had a great sense of humor!" It's dumb, but it still makes me laugh.

[@e.d.2096]

Jen, once again I have to commend you on your reaction picks. The late 60s early 70s era of filmmaking was kind of a magical time in Hollywood. You have chosen one of the top three in disaster films(the other two are Earthquake and the Towering Inferno. ) there was also a series of films titled Airport. In which the parodoy films Airplane came from. Many of the other reactors only chose modern films. Which limits their choices. Keep up the great picks, I will be here for them all.

[@jenmurrayxo]

I'd like to see Towering Inferno too 👌

[@e.d.2096]

@@jenmurrayxo Great movie, on the other hand, Earthquake has Charlton Heston. Of course you know who he is. All of these disaster films are full of stars of that time.

[@e.d.2096]

Airport, was another disaster film from that time. It also stars Charlton Heston.

[@brom00]

@@e.d.2096 remember though, Heston wasn't in the first one but the sequel, Airport '75.

[@e.d.2096]

@@brom00 I guess I had forgotten that. It's been so long ago since I've seen these films. I just remembered Heston getting lowered into that hole in the plane.

[@rfmonii]

Thanks for the reaction video. I loved this film and remember seeing it as a kid when it was released (drive-in in the Bronx). One thing: my low-key MVP was always Shelly Winter's Mrs. Rosen. My brothers and me made fun of her weight throughout the film (don't be surprised; we were kids). But our respect level for her went to a hundred when she saved the Preacher (Gene Hackman), and we all but cried when she died in the film. To this day her death was one of hardest I've seen in movie history. And If I remember correctly, Shelly Winters got an Oscar nomination for her role. She was a great actress!

[@notjustforhackers4252]

For a long time in Hollywood it was actually illegal to make a disaster movie without Ernest Borgnine and you were required to kill him off before the end credits rolled. True Story.

[@jenmurrayxo]

😂

[@christopherwall2121]

So that's what he was doing in _The Black Hole_

[@3dbadboy1]

A few things: The music was composed by a pre-Jaws/Star Wars, etc. John Williams. He also did The Towering Inferno. It's not unusual to have a production ensemble when doing movies/tv series. The producer Irwin Allen and John Williams worked together for years on 60s TV shows like Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, etc. Many of the production crew from those shows were also in these movies. At first it was a running joke around Hollywood and it was thought that the movie would never be made. In the end, Allen completed the movie under budget and a week early. The model of the ship was 30 ft long and was an exact replica of the Queen Mary which is in Long Beach, CA. The miniature of the ship is on display in San Pedro, CA in a maritime museum. The writer of the book Paul Gallico was travelling across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary when it was struck by a giant rogue wave and almost capsized. This was the inspiration for the book.

[@ClaudioTV2005]

Also for the ending, originally, it was supposed to feature the ship sinking after the escape, but the producers felt that it was done badly, so they scrapped that scene

[@IDLERACER]

😉 The film that started that whole "Different people from different walks of life being drawn together by common peril" trend that became ubiquitous in the early to mid 70s. After "Earthquake," (1974) "The Towering Inferno" (1975) and "The Hindenburg" (1976), there finally came a film that satirized the whole genre called "The Big Bus" (1976). The fad slowed down a bit after that, although there was still "The Concord...Airport '79" to come.

[@flerbus]

airport 75,and 77 too

[@RDRussell2]

Oh wow, I had forgotten The Big Bus! Hilarious movie! But I'd say it was "Airplane!" that killed the disaster movie. "The Concorde Airport '79" tried to kill it off, but it just wasn't funny enough. Well, aside from the unintentional laughs, that is!

[@thomastimlin1724]

Really started with "Airport" in 1970...based on the novel of the same name. The other Airport sequels were movies that kept sinking in script quality

[@IDLERACER]

@@thomastimlin1724 😏 That first one wasn't exactly Shakespeare either.

[@NZBigfoot]

Then it all got a revival in the early and mid 90's :P With Dantes Peak, Twister, Backdraft, Passenger 57, Daylight, Volcaneo, Titanic etc... should be coming up on another revival for the movie genre fairly soon lol.

[@TheWebcrafter]

14:20 - ACRES (RODDY MCDOWALL). Roddy McDowall was a British and American actor. He began his acting career as a child in England, and then in the United States. He portrayed 'Cornelius' in the 1968 'Planet of the Apes' movie, and in the subsequent movies and TV series.

[@ThomasKnip]

Ooooh, one of my most favorite catastrophe classics! Thanks for watching it!

[@amwfan88]

Since I've yet to see a comment answer your question, a haberdasher is a hat maker. :) And here's some trivia about some of the other actors: Pamela Sue Martin, who portrayed Susan, went on to star as Nancy Drew in the '70s TV show. Red Buttons, who was Mr. Martin, had a long career which included his own variety show, but if you've ever seen the original Pete's Dragon, he was the bumbling sidekick to the movie's main villain. Rogo was played by Ernest Borgnine, who most millennials probably know as the voice of Mermaidman from SpongeBob. He also had a VERY long career, and was acting right up until his death in 2012 (he was 95 years old).

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

Excellent as always, Jen. I grew up with this one. I think it's the first Gene Hackman film I ever saw. Also, it features one of my favorite character actors in Ernest Borgnine. I've seen him in so many things I've lost count. I always think of this film and Escape from New York whenever I think of him.

[@THOMMGB]

And McHale's Navy.

[@AlanCanon2222]

@@THOMMGB And Walt Disney's The Black Hole

[@THOMMGB]

@@AlanCanon2222 And Ice Station Zebra

[@AlanCanon2222]

@@THOMMGB yes, one of three great Super Panavision/MGM Camera 65 "Cinerama" science fiction films of 1968. What were the other two?

[@THOMMGB]

@@AlanCanon2222 2001: A Space Odyssey comes to mind. I'm not sure what the third science fiction one is, but I think you'll let me know.

[@pleutron]

I seen this when I was a kid in the '80's. The only factoid that I always remembered about it, is that Shelley Winters gained weight to play Belle, the "big old lady". There are numerous actors that I remember in this, like Shelly Winters and Ernest Borgnine. The "gift" of growing up glued to the TV is recognizing A LOT of actors/actresses that most normal people don't 😋 One of the things that I enjoy about YT film reactors is when they've seen so many movies that they too start recognizing actors 😄

[@mildredpierce4506]

When I saw this the first time, I felt like I was drowning. When I watched it again many years later, the same scenes had me drowning again. I need to wear an air tank or scuba gear when I watch the premier tomorrow 😂😂😂

[@lukefallon8276]

What a crazy coincidence! Me and my friend were talking about all those 1970s disaster movies. We thought no one would react to those. I guess we were wrong. Good choice too. It's a lot of fun seeing someone discover these forgotten gems. Can't wait to see your reaction to Towering Inferno.

[@laurenceholloway2359]

Fun Fact: This was also one of John William's early theatrical film scores.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Love John Williams!!

[@shainewhite2781]

One of the greatest disaster action adventure films ever made. Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelly Winters, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Leslie Neilsen, Stella Stevens, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin and Arthur O'Connell star as survivors of a capsized ocean liner rty to fight to survive. Nominated for 7 Oscars Winning Best Visual Effects and Best Original Song, Morning After. Ronald Neame directed the film , while on Irwin Allen directed the action scenes for the film. Allen directed several films prior to this, The Lost World 1960, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea 1961 then later filmed the Oscar winning epic The Towering Inferno in 1974, The Swarm(killer bees attacking Dallas Texas) in 1978, and When Time Ran Out in 1980. Both films received 0% on RT, as it's implied that both films killed the disaster genre.

[@TheWebcrafter]

1:49 - ERNEST BORGNINE. Ernest Borgnine was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He also portrayed 'Cabbie' in 'Escape from New York' and 'Dominic Santini' in TV series, Airwolf.

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

3:42 Mark! That song, or one of hers anyway, topped the music charts for awhile and I think it got nominated for awards. 🤔

[@robertsnyder6270]

I loved this movie growing up a fun fact. A lot of the outside ship was filmed on the Queen Mary docked in Long Beach.

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

8:55 Mark! Hehe. Because of some people's ignorance of such matters, stunts were frequently explained in television specials so that those people would know that people didn't really die! Except when a stunt went wrong, of course, and that just added to the confusion! I remember the special that explained the stunts for this movie. 😊 The very first movie about RMS Titanic was a silent movie. A wash tub was used to make the ice and model ship collide. But anyway, at the premiere, they had one of the survivors, and after the movie, reporters asked her what she thought of it. She was very upset that the camera crew didn't put their camera down long enough to help save some people! It looked like a documentary to her! One of the first two movies had a train move towards the camera, and another had a gun fired at a camera. Audiences flinched at both! 😅

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

21:16 Mark! On a boat big enough to have a "head" it may as well be a small ship! (By the way, "poop deck" does not mean that it is the deck for pooping from over the edge, as comedies have implied!) Aboard a luxury liner, the "bathroom" is where the baths are! 😊

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

9:06 Mark! Oh yeah! They call it "capsizing"! In one of the more recent movies about Pearl Harbor, we see the name "USS Oklahoma" rotate from upside right to upside down as the battleship capsizes and the contents are thrown around like laundry as we witness it! The USS Utah also capsized!

[@chrisbiebel6205]

You might not realize this but you've seen the actor who played Acres before on this channel. He was in Planet of the Apes. He played Cornelius, the male chimp. He also ended up in 3 of the 4 sequel movies in the series (Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, and Battle for Planet of the Apes) as well as a Planet of the Apes TV series. Roddy McDowall is one of those famous actors with a long, distinguished career. You can always tell him by his voice.

[@haveanicedave1551]

Fright Night, Overboard, Class of 1984

[@dunringill1747]

This classic is filled with a lot of recognizable stars from the day. It's been a while since I've seen this but I put "The Poseidon Adventure" in very high regard among disaster movies.

[@jerrypeacock2234]

Kept waiting for Leslie Nielsen to say,, and don't call me Shirley

[@tonkatrucker]

"Captain! ... there's a big wave coming toward us!!!" "Surely, you must be joking.." "I'm not sir, and stop calling me Shirley"

[@seanbumstead1250]

I have seen this movie around 40-50 times great movie

[@richarddowns7162]

I was 12 or 13 and didn't see this in the theater. I DID read Mad Magazine every month. They always did a spoof of a wildly popular current movie in each issue. I will ALWAYS remember reading " The Poop Side Down Adventure " with snickering Jr High school boy glee, cause right there in print was the word POOP.

[@richarddowns7162]

Wow! This memory made me search, and somebody digitized the whole spoof from Mad and has it here. Dang, that was some artwork for a cheap humor magazine! Each character is perfect in "cartoon" form. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnbWaYeZobhoeac

[@michaelgiebey7007]

What vitamins? These are m+m's.

[@thomascanfield9165]

I once met Eric Shea who played the boy Robin Shelby back when I used to live in California. He’s became an electrician and was doing work for his brother Chris ( also a boy actor, known for voicing Linus in the 60’s Peanuts movies). Nice guys! I hadn’t seen TPA for years and got quite a surprise when I rewatched it. He failed to mention he played such a pivotal role !

[@csmelen]

I love Irwin Allen disaster movies. Be sure to check out Earthquake, and my personal favorite, The Towering Inferno which has an all star cast including Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Ya I'd like to see Towering Inferno 👌

[@csmelen]

@@jenmurrayxo You won't be disappointed Jen. Looking forward to your reaction.

[@ashbysmith1723]

I've spent all afternoon watching your videos. A great way to spend a day!!!

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks Ashby!

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

Leslie is the captain, too, in "Forbidden Planet" and in a space opera parody movie that pokes fun at "Dark Star", "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Star Trek", and others. He is also "Mister McGoo"! He's in the second half of the "Scary Movie" franchise. He's in Westerns. The television series "Police Squad" begat the "Naked Gun" movies! If i recall right, this movie has actor Eric Shea, who played a boy genius in movies for Walt Disney. The sexy actress plays "Nancy Drew" in a series about that character and "The Hardy Boys"! I hope that you enjoyed this movie! It has a sequel called "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure" with Shirley Jones in it. A salvage team discovers more survivors! In the rival remakes that came out much later, one at movie theaters and one on a premium service channel, they combined both story plots rather than make separate movies. In those movies, cruise ships, rather than ocean liners are the victims. Ocean liners are made tougher. One of the remakes has the singer known as "Fergie" in it. Her character and the captain hug each other as they die! In this movie, I thought the ship was longer than RMS Queen Mary, but it is that ship! So I was wrong for decades about my toy ship! 😐

[@markcarpenter6020]

In the novel the entire group that went to the front survived and where rescued. So the ending is very bittersweet when the group we are following is rescued.

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

2:07 Mark! As well as ocean voyages! (Cruises don't cross oceans as they "hug" coast lines.) 🤗

[@brabbit736]

Mr and Mrs. Rosen always break my heart the most ❤️

[@jeffreyweitzman6463]

Your right about having blown peoples minds in the 70's - Irwin Allen who was behind this was a genius of this type of genre, he was also producer of The Towering Inferno the other film you mentioned. 2 massive budget movies that even now without all the advantages of todays visual cgi and other forms of effects technology, still hold up for what they achieved with visual spectacle and scale back in that era.

[@curtismartin2866]

HE'S the CAPTAIN?! Surely, you can't be serious? Yep, that's Leslie Nielsen in the only kind of role he played up until that fateful flight to Chicago. He's full onn serious here but just to be safe, don't call him Shirley (and I'd stay away from the fish at the buffet).

[@jenmurrayxo]

😂

[@ericjanssen394]

“And Gene Hackman, I know him from Superman!” But not Jack Albertson from “Willy Wonka”?

[@jenmurrayxo]

2:26

[@ericjanssen394]

@@jenmurrayxo Good. As long as you’ve seen it, and could spot it. 😊

[@curtismartin2866]

Fun Fact: Jen, your generation is probably more familiar with Ernest Borgnine as Mermaid Man. 😁

[@MposTitanic]

All stunts were real so the stunt where guy falls on the glass lamp is acted by Terrie(played by Ernie smth) who was Susans dance partner

[@karimhicks8376]

Yes, the HEAD is in reference to a bathroom, in naval terms. A submarine is called a boat, the surface you walk on in the DECK. BOW in the front of a vessel, extra.

[@chetstevens4583]

Shelley Winters gained 35 pounds to play career busybody Belle Rosen. Winters spent the rest of her career never being able to return to her original weight. Her character was a former competitive swimmer, and part of Winters’ creative process entailed training with an Olympic coach. The script called for Winters to sacrifice her life so that her fellow co-stars could live. Gene Hackman argued that his hippie-dippy priest would never have sent a grandmother to do God’s work, and director Ronald Neame agreed. Hackman suggested that Winters rescue his character, a modification the actress voiced objection to. But it was Hackman’s reversal, coupled with Winters performing her own stunts, that earned her a final Oscar nom.

[@1MahaDas]

Wow! It's been such a long time since I've seen all these older actors: Red Buttons, Stella Stevens, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowell et al! Such a throwback to another era!

[@phillipblades6784]

I remember as a kid after watching this on tv, walking around the house with a mirror. I was pretending to be on the Poseidon. The ceiling in the mirror, was the floor.

[@David-eo8if]

“Hold onto your butts” my new favorite sayin’! 😅

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

27:26 Mark! It's a "ship"! Not counting toys, models, and pictures, boats don't carry ships, but ships carry boats! A lifeboat is to a ship as a spare tire is to a car or truck. 😊

[@toastwatches7878]

Roddy McDowall, who played Acres, also played Cornelius in the original Planet of the Apes. It's actually his birthday today.

[@CaesiusX]

I was obsessed with _Roddy McDowall_ as a kid. If I saw his name in the TV guide, I made sure to watch whatever it was.

[@toastwatches7878]

@@CaesiusX Same! He was my first favorite actor.

[@CaesiusX]

@@toastwatches7878 Well met kindred spirit! 🙋🏼‍♂️

[@visaman]

Caligula.

[@CaesiusX]

@@visaman I'm afraid you're thinking of _Malcolm McDowell._ Another absolute fav!¹ 🤩 Although, _Roddy McDowall_ was Gaius in 1963's _Cleopatra._ 📽️ ··•●✺●•·· ¹ ─ I always try to watch everything he's in too. 😎👍

[@videogeekin]

Saw this in 1972 when it premiered, I was 11 years old.

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

6:11 Mark? Ahem. Quote: In British English, a haberdasher is a business or person who sells small articles for sewing, dressmaking and knitting, such as buttons, ribbons, ... End quote!

[@gregschultz8639]

The Author Paul Gallico wrote this book based off of a real incident with the RMS Queen Mary (which this ship is modeled after/filmed aboard; and you can visit it in California). In 1942 when she was serving as a troop transport, she was in rough weather, got struck by a rogue wave and NEARLY capsized. She completed the rest of her voyage leaning to one side.

[@laurabailey1054]

I saw this movie in the theatre with my mum when I was 6. It was rated pg at the time. The stunts were done mostly by the actors portraying the characters. There were very few if any stunt doubles in this movie. There are only 3 actors left from the cast, Pamela Sue Anderson (Susan), Eric Shea (Robin) and Gene Hackman (Reverend Scott).

[@spacedinosaur8733]

Ernest Borgnine also was in Disney's Sci-fi Classic 'The Black Hole' & 80's hit T.V. Show Airwolf! Leslie Nielson, still well known for being a serious drama actor before 'The Day of the Animals' & 'Airplane' Soo many great actors!

[@dtaylor939]

"Towering Inferno" is a great movie. You'll love that.

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

I haven’t seen this movie since I was a kid! So many solid actors getting to shine in this. I really like the way they handled Shelley Winters’ character. She was the woman who was overweight. Today they would completely ignore that or even praise it, although it’s an obvious detriment to a climb to safety. This movie unflatteringly commented on it a couple of times, but the character shrugged it off as people of that era would have. Over time they established her as a sympathetic human being who deserved to live as much as anyone. She proved beneficial and basically saved the reverend and everyone else’s life as she was the best swimmer. She ended up having a heart attack(believable given the situation) but died sympathetically and with someone mourning her.

[@christopheryochum3602]

Jen!!! My compliments on your shovel. I can't believe you dug this up. I saw this in a theater when I was a kid. Nobody's reacted to it...nobody's heard of it, really. Looking forward to seeing it again with one of my favorite reactors!!! :)

[@jenmurrayxo]

😎👍

[@andrewbrendan1579]

Had to see this video! I saw "The Poseidon Adventure" on Christmas Day, 1972, when I was 11. I didn't so much watch the movie as live the movie. I'm still fascinated by it and now have shelves of books about ocean liners. Jen, you wondered about the ship remaining afloat after being hit by the wave. This may be one of those suspension-of-disbelief situations, at least for the movie, though some ships actually have remained afloat upside-down. The 1969 novel has a lot of back story: the R.M.S. Atlantis, a thousand-foot, three class transatlantic liner, had been sold to become the S.S. Poseidon. Much of her Second- and Third-Class accommodations were removed to increase the cargo capacity. The Poseidon was what might be called a cargo liner. When the wave hit, the ship's cargo spaces were nearly empty; the fuel tanks were nearly empty; the ballast tanks were completely empty and much of her supplies were probably used up as the liner was nearing the end of a voyage of stopping at different ports. When she was hit by the wave she went over because of being top-heavy and stayed afloat because so much air was trapped in the hull. A liner of that period was about 1/3 underwater hull. Too boilers and dynamos fell out through the smokestacks. Paul Gallico had spoken with engineers to learn how there could be a situation in which an upside-down liner could stay afloat. Is "The Poseidon Adventure" a true story? Not quite. Paul Gallico was aboar the Queen Mary in 1937 when the liner took a major roll to one side in heavy seas. He wound up across one of the dining room windows with nothing between him and the ocean but glass. He wondered what would have happened if the ship hadn't righted itself and that was the beginning of "The Poseidon Adventure". I can't prove it, but I think much of the 1969 novel (the movie is quite different) was based on the 1966 Heraklion disaster in which a former British liner then under the Greek flag and with a mythological name was mismanaged and met with disaster on the Mediterranean Sea. Paul Gallico lived on the Riviera, maybe at that time, and liked to travel on ships so he might have been very aware of the Heraklion's loss and used elements of the disaster for his novel. Another ocean liner movie you might watch is "The Last Voyage" from 1960. Part of the movie was clearly based on real people who had been on the sinking Andrea Doria in 1956. An unusual turn is how the movie was filmed aboard the liner Ile de France which was the main rescue ship for those aboard the Andrea Doria. The Ile de France had been rented from a scrapping firm and was partially blown-up and sunk for "The Last Voyage". You're watching a real liner sinking by the bow. It's a great documentation of one of the most famous transatlantic liners. Portions of the "The Last Voyage" can be seen on You Tube.

[@AneudiD78]

In a natural disaster: 80% of the people panic, 10% do nothing while the last 10% take action.

[@DavidNSweeney]

Movie suggestion "Backdraft" (1991) about two firefighter brothers up against a vicious arsonist. Stars Donald Sutherland, Kurt Russell, Robert DeNiro

[@CaesiusX]

Fantastic film. Sadly, with so much to choose from, it is one of those titles that tends to be forgotten, despite the quality. Would be great for reactors IMO. Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I seem to recall this was when folks started taking _Ron Howard_ a bit more seriously as a director.

[@jenmurrayxo]

I keep putting this on polls but it never wins lol, def want to see it!

[@SubZeroCommander]

Brings back old childhood memories again, one of the 1st films that left an impression on me. Thanks for the reaction!

[@jeffdetmer4681]

Great cast. The gruff ex cop ?Rogo? was played by the great Ernest Borgnine. He was in over 100 feature films and 3 TV shows. Most popular of which was a show called McHales Navy. He won an Oscar for his lead actor performance in the movie Marty. He died in 2012 I think at 95 yrs. old. He was still doing worky right up until about 2000. The work he did in the 1990s was voice over stuff for animated productions in film and TV.

[@shawnbridges8703]

The low-key MVP is the kid, the would not have made it without him. The Worst is the suit that made the Captain go full speed ahead without taking on the full amount of ballast. He was the worst!

[@Mwoods2272]

I watched this movie many times as a kid because I was in love with Nancy Drew.

[@jenmurrayxo]

** Make sure you LIKE the video 👍 to let me know I should watch more movies from the 70's!!!! ***

[@stevensauer8539]

"It's not safe to go full steam when we're top-heavy. We could capsize!" "Capsize? Surely you're not serious." "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley."

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

14:28 Mark! Roddy makes for an excellent Ape Scientist! 👌 He was good to Lassie! Black Beauty or National Velvet, one of those horses. The one with Elizabeth Taylor as the girl who loves her horse! 🤔

[@Ian-xx1xb]

If you're going to disaster, disaster all the way well Jen they did that for sure 😬 . I'm a rubbish swimmer too Jen but together maybe we would be ... Was going to say great but more like a spindly mess arms and legs everywhere trying to figure this swimming lark out 😂 . Always sad seeing people die but you do love a disaster movie 🍿 , you notice how in old movies everyone shouts lol . Cheers for the fun time as always Jen 💖

[@olafweyer859]

These real life special effects are so much better than today's. This is raw. I grew up with these movies. The last disaster movie that gripped me was Dante's Peak, they used a mix of miniatures and computer graphics, that still worked.

[@newlam7958]

I saw this movie with my mom when I was 9 years old when it came out in 1972. It was pretty much the beginning of disaster movies of the early 1970's. Then came Towering Inferno, Airport 75 and Earthquake.

[@bighuge1060]

Whenever I think of this movie, the image of Ernest Borgnine leaning out over the fire (seen at 25:32) comes to mind. I absolutely love that shot.

[@bighuge1060]

Also, in case it hasn't been mentioned in the comments elsewhere, the score to this movie was composed by John Williams. He also scored The Towering Inferno and Earthquake; two other big disaster movies of the 1970s. I especially like how his score for the Poseidon Adventure is not showy but adds the right sense of atmosphere to the visuals.

[@foglight11]

When VCRs were first invented, this was the first movie my dad rented for us to watch and I was enthralled. I watch it every few years. I am really happy you've chosen to watch it.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

Great reaction, Jen. The early to mid '70s was the time for disaster films, apart from this, other ones were; 'Beyond The Poseidon Adventure', The Towering Inferno', 'Airport', 'Airport '75', Airport '77', 'The Concorde, Airport '79', and others.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Definitely would like to see more! 👍

[@GregInHouston2]

I agree. Except for Beyond The Poseidon Adventure, they are good movies.

[@e.d.2096]

Hi Adam, Airport 75,wasn't that the one with Charlton Heston? I thought that he was in the first film, but I was mistaken, Dean Martin was in that one. Anyway I suggested The Andromeda Strain to Jen. I would consider it falls in the disaster movie category. But I still think its an excellent Sci Fi she should check out.I will keep you updated on the Facebook situation. Talk with you soon.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

@@e.d.2096 Hi Eric, Sorry for the delay in replying, I had an early night last night and have had a busy day today before the Bank holiday here in the UK tomorrow for the funeral of our past Queen, Queen Elizabeth II. To answer your question, yes, 'Airport '75' was the one with Charlton Heston in it, he was also in 'Earthquake' which was another disaster film and 'Skyjacked' too.

[@e.d.2096]

@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. No worries Adam, please continue on with your life .I really don't want to feel like a disruption. We all have things that we have do and take care of. You by any means don't seem like a person that at least wouldn't reply back. Plus I wasn't pacing the floor waiting for a response. It's was just an inquiry about a role Heston had in a movie forty some odd years ago. I thought it was Airport 75. To me that one was the most memorable, because of scene were he's being lowered into the hole in the plane. Anyway sorry for being so long winded. My sister is looking into installing Facebook on my tablet tonight. It's probably a better way to connect. Please get some rest and respond when you would like. Be safe and enjoy the rest of your day.

[@nathanisaac8172]

The Poseidon Adventure was based off of the real life ship the RMS Queen Mary. The ship was known for being unstable in rough weather. On one occasion it was hit by a rogue wave and nearly capsized. It would have if it had rolled just a couple degrees more then it did.

[@Yensid02617146]

The exterior shots were filmed on the Queen Mary.

[@mildredpierce4506]

The 70s was full of disaster movies: Earthquake, the Towering Inferno, the Airport* series. I’m sure I may have forgotten some. The movies were full of well known celebrities. *Like many people, I originally thought that Airplane was based on the Airport series. It wasn’t. It was based on a 1950s movie called Zero Hour.

[@Ladco77]

I saw Earthquake when it first came out - in SENSURROUND!

[@cdpaulette7952]

Poseidon temple overlooks the sea 🌊 where this happened. Greek island…😮 God bless Mrs. Rosen … Great movie 🎥 best effects ever..

[@MightyJonE]

This movie’s story is all upside down! 😃When Leslie Nielsen appeared, I had Naked Gun/Airplane flashbacks so I couldn’t take his lines seriously 🤣

[@shawnmiller4781]

Shirley you can’t be serious

[@monty3534]

Leslie Nielsen is serious, and don't call him " Shirley " !!!! 😂😂

[@tofersiefken]

I watched this movie multiple times during childhood and through my teens. It was on television annually and my family would sit with a big bowl of popcorn and watch the television movie of the week. Great performances and the set pieces were so realistic for the era.

[@canadianscratcher7834]

@12:22 Carol Lynley and Red Buttons actually disliked one another immensely. They refused to have anything to do with one another unless they were filming. But actually years later they became good friends.

[@jeffwerth2707]

Low key MVP - the kid - it was HIS idea to go to the prop room. The captain was played by Leslie Nielson - the doctor in "Airplane" [just don't call him Shirley] along with the Naked Gun movies. A haberdasher is a hat maker - mostly those top hats that a magician would pull a rabbit from and such

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

29:33 Mark! 2.6K Thumbs Up! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! ☺️ Notes: The song, "Don't Rock The Boat, Baby!" got a lot of air time back then, probably because of this movie. It might be serendipity. You may as well see the sequel and the remakes! I think it inspired the horror movie or thriller movie about a salvage team that finds a different type of distressed ship. 🤔 It inspired an episode of "Doctor Who" replete with an obese couple. 😊

[@xander66644]

Leslie Nelson, the captain of the ship, is the doctor in the "Airplane" spoof. He is also Lt. Frank Drebin in the "Naked Gun" trilogy detective spoof movies. ....Actually, I don't think you saw the Naked Gun trilogy. You may love it a lot!

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hi Jen hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤

[@jimwillride]

Love it! Adventure preparedness includes wearing shorts under the ball gown. You rule Jen!

[@jenmurrayxo]

Lol I'm learning so many good tips from movies 😂

[@e.d.2096]

@@jenmurrayxo Also knowing how to use a hollow Reed,when being hunted by dogs!

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

​@@e.d.2096Dr No reference??

[@e.d.2096]

@@jeffreyjeziorski1480 Watch her Dr. No reaction (007) they use hollow reeds to escape capture. How's that for reference?

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

@@e.d.2096 The first use of the word Spectre in a Bond Film. Honeychild Ryder coming from the sea like Venus de Milo. Attack of the killer tarantula. Kimonos! So many kimonos! The killer ventilator shaft. All day, all night, Maryanne. The only Bond film where our hero sings. Beware the flamethrower, Quarrel.

[@davidnorman4786]

Ah.. the first PG movie that I ever saw. At age 7. My parents were cool. I absolutely loved this when I first saw it.