THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972)
It’s not just an adventure, it’s a disaster! Gene Hackman yells at God and hot pants get their moment in movie history. I’ve always felt Stella Stevens deserved a special nod for having to crawl, climb, and swim through this movie dressed in nothing but panties, a men’s dinner shirt, and heels the size of The Towering Inferno. Legendary for so many reasons (deserved and undeserved), other special awards go to Irwin Allen, Nonnie’s dead brother, and Gene Hackman’s hair piece for staying put under extraordinary duress. Shelley Winters‘ OTHER most memorable underwater scene (along with the haunting The Night Of The Hunter). Roddy McDowell special mention award.
Ernest Borgnine discusses starring in “The Poseidon Adventure”
The Poseidon Adventure (Amazon – DVD)
Thats a great selection and the inclusion of Airport 75 is genius.
Guess you don’t watch a lot of foreign cinema 😉 I can name a number of bonkytits pictures that leave most of these in the dust. Week End (1967), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Diabel (1974), The Laughing Woman (1969), Last Year at Marienbad (1961), anything by Lars von Trier… And how come Zabriskie Point (1970) didn’t make this list? Classic.
You forgot the award in Magnolia: The Tom Cruise Award for the presence of the incomparably self-important Tom Cruise. I know… it’s so obvious it’s redundant…