The Poseidon Adventure

They are informed that they were the only survivors. On release, the film was compared with the 1941 novel No Bed for Bacon, which also features Shakespeare writing his plays. However, they eventually reach the propeller shaft, where outside rescuers cut through the hull to extract them. At the conclusion of the play, the Queen applauds the abilities of both writer and "actor," but orders that Viola rejoin her husband, who is about to move to America. En route, several perish, including Frank Scott himself. By the time Will realizes that Viola and Thomas are the same person, she is promised in marriage to a lord approved of by Queen Elizabeth herself (portrayed by Judi Dench). But the couple find themselves unable to avoid a clandestine affair and even risk the wrath of the law against women being on stage by having Viola play "Juliet" in Shakespeare's play, by now renamed Romeo and Juliet. Trapped in the hull of the ship, a preacher, Frank Scott (Hackman), led a small group of often unwilling followers towards the bottom of the ship, trying to avoid the rising water level, and other such harzards. Shakespeare meets Viola de Lesseps (played by Gwyneth Paltrow), who lives in the same house as Kent, and promptly falls in love with her, which inspires him to begin writing his play again.

Poseidon are faced with almost certain death as their immense 81,000 ton passenger liner capsizes and begins to sink. At a fake audition of a play that he has not yet written a word of, "Romeo and Ethel, the Sea Pirate's Daughter", he admires the talent of a new actor, Thomas Kent, who promptly runs away. On New Year's Eve, passengers aboard the S.S. This is however consistent with the style of Shakespeare's plays, which often featured anachronisms. The general premise of the film follows that of the book. It should be noted that the movie is entirely fictional, and indeed often inconsistent with the historical record (for instance, the colonization of North America by the English did not begin until 1584 and Romeo and Juliet was largely written by 1596 or 1597).
. Most of the film's major plot devices are also taken from Shakespeare.

The film is currently being remade, and is scheduled to be released in 2006, directed by Wolfgang Petersen. In this dramatic comedy/romance, William Shakespeare is portrayed as a young, struggling playwright, plagued by money shortages, problems with women, and writer's block. Some of the characters and their lines are references to lines and characters in real Shakespeare plays -- implying that these inspire the film's Shakespeare later in life. A sequel called Beyond the Poseidon Adventure had an equally star-studded cast, but was a box-office and critical failure. Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 motion picture. The success of this film led to other all-star disaster films in the seventies, such as The Towering Inferno (1974) and Earthquake (1974). BAFTA Award for Best Production Design - Martin Childs. A huge box office success, it was the top grossing film of 1973. BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design - Sandy Powell.

Parts of the movie were filmed aboard the RMS Queen Mary. BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - Stephen Warbeck. A renegade priest attempts to lead a small group of survivors to safety. BAFTA Award for Best Sound - Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester, Peter Glossop, John Downer. On New Year's Eve, it is overturned by a wave caused by an earthquake, trapping all inside. Academy Award for Sound - Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester, Peter Glossop. Poseidon, a luxury liner from the golden age of travel, on its final voyage before the scrapyard. BAFTA Award for Best Make Up/Hair - Lisa Westcott.

The plot centered around the S.S. Academy Award for Makeup - Lisa Westcott & Veronica Brebner. It won the Academy Award for Best Song for "The Morning After" which also became a hit single for Maureen McGovern. Academy Award for Film Editing - David Gamble. The Poseidon Adventure was a 1972 adventure movie based on a novel by Paul Gallico. BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenply - Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard. Academy Award for Sound - (Theodore Soderberg & Herman Lewis. BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography - Richard Greatrex.

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song - Motion Picture - (Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn) for the song "The Morning After". Academy Award for Best Cinematography - Richard Greatrex. Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - Motion Picture - (John Williams). Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture - Judi Dench. Academy Award for Original Music Score - (John Williams). BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Tom Wilkinson. Kress). Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture - Geoffrey Rush.

Academy Award for Film Editing - (Harold F. BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Geoffrey Rush. Academy Award for Costume Design - (Paul Zastupnevich). Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush. Academy Award for Best Cinematography - (Harold E. Stine). BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role - Joseph Fiennes. Academy Award for Best Art Direction - (William J. Creber & Raphael Bretton). BAFTA Award for Best Actress - Gwyneth Paltrow.

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - (Shelley Winters). Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture - John Madden. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - (Shelley Winters). DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures - John Madden. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama. BAFTA David Lean Award for Direction - John Madden. Academy Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects - (L.B. Abbott & A.D. Flowers). Academy Award for Directing - John Madden.

Academy Award for Best Original Song - (Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn) for the song "The Morning After". BAFTA Award for Best Editing - David Gamble. BAFTA Award for Best Actor - (Gene Hackman). Academy Award for Original Music Score - Stephen Warbeck. Leslie Nielsen: Captain Harrison. Academy Award for Costume Design - Sandy Powell. Arthur O'Connell: Chaplain John. Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Martin Childs & Jill Quertier.

Pamela Sue Martin: Susan Shelby. Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay - Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard. Jack Albertson: Manny Rosen. Golden Globe Award Best Screenplay - Comedy/Musical Film - Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard. Shelley Winters: Belle Rosen. Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay - Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard. Stella Stevens: Linda Rogo. BAFTA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Judi Dench.

Roddy McDowall: Acres. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - Judi Dench. Carol Lynley: Nonnie Parry. Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy - Gwyneth Paltrow. Red Buttons: James Martin. Academy Award for Best Actress - Gwyneth Paltrow. Mike Rogo. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.

Lt. BAFTA Award for Best Picture. Ernest Borgnine: Det. Academy Award for Best Picture. Frank Scott. Ben Affleck: Ned Alleyn. Gene Hackman: Rev. Imelda Staunton: Nurse.

Simon Callow: Tilney, Master of the Revels. Martin Clunes: Richard Burbage. Colin Firth: Lord Wessex. Judi Dench: Queen Elizabeth.

Tom Wilkinson: Hugh Fennyman. Geoffrey Rush: Philip Henslowe. Gwyneth Paltrow: Viola De Lesseps. Joseph Fiennes: William Shakespeare.