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Patrick Walsh
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From: Christchurch, New Zealand
Registered: Jul 2006

posted June 04, 2012 03:43 AM

i must dig out my 16mm print and give it a run, also got a behinds the scenes doco on it on 16mm somewhere!, A great film and the effects in it are the best!

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David Kilderry
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posted June 04, 2012 11:15 PM

Did I tell you about the time I chatted to both Stella Stevens and Carol Lynley about The Poseidon Adventure? Did I mention they both signed my Poseidon Adventure poster?

The 400ft Super 8 is one of the best Ken put out.

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Chris Fries
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posted June 05, 2012 06:02 PM

That is so cool, David. They are both very nice ladies. Carol Lynley told me story about Irwin Allen's original idea for a sequel. The six survivors are sent to Vienna to take part in the official inquiry regarding the Poseidon disaster. They take a train to get there. The train crashes in a tunnel and the survivors have to find a way out. Quite a different story compared to what became "Beyond The Poseidon Adventure".

Patrick, you have a 16mm print?! Is it scope? Flat? Faded? How much do you want for it? [Smile]

Here is a video of my "Poseidon Adventure" collection.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LgHwtdaFFw

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Tom A. Pennock
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posted June 19, 2012 05:11 PM

Hi Mark Barton:

You sold the 16mm print of "The Poseidon Adventure" to me here in the States on late Fugi. I continue to treasure it. I have the Blu Ray but like real film the best!

How are you doing? Let me know.

Best, Tom Pennock

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Paul Adsett
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posted June 21, 2012 07:38 PM

Still the best two things about The Poseidon Adventure !... [Big Grin]

[ June 22, 2012, 09:54 AM: Message edited by: Paul Adsett ]

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
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posted June 22, 2012 01:29 AM

I AGREE !!!

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Graham Ritchie
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posted June 25, 2013 02:29 AM

Came across this neat photo of the "SS Poseidon" model that was used in the 1972 movie. Its on display at the Los Angles Maratime Museum...anyone been there?

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David M. Ballew
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From: Burbank, CA USA
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posted June 25, 2013 04:50 AM

My buddy Mike and I both love puns, the more tragic the better.

Some years ago when the Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park, California, closed its doors, I made several farewell visits. Mike, being a native of Southern California, had been there many times himself. In a phone conversation, he asked me what I thought of the old place.

“I love it,” I told him, “but they do have some fairly ancient displays in there. They’ve got a diorama of The Poseidon Adventure that looks like it’s been there since 1972.”

“Yeah,” he deadpanned, “I guess you could say they don’t have a lot of turnover.”

The game was on! “Don’t get me wrong, Mike. I loved it. You might even say it turned my world upside down.”

“You sound like you really flipped over it.”

We were both laughing like fools at this point. Then I told him,

“Yeah, but they really should have depicted that scene right after Stella Stevens dies, when Ernest Borgnine starts weeping and bawling his eyes out. Ask me why.”

I sensed a certain hesitance on his end. “Why?”

“Mike... there’s got to be a mourning actor.”

True story.

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Paul Adsett
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posted June 25, 2013 08:37 PM

Fabulous story David! I fell off my chair laughing! [Big Grin]

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Graham Ritchie
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posted June 25, 2013 11:47 PM

The penny just dropped.....very good David [Big Grin]

Graham.

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Janice Glesser
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posted June 26, 2013 12:31 AM

David....all I can say, as I raise my glass... "Bottoms up!".

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Graham Ritchie
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posted January 22, 2019 01:10 AM

I picked up a LP from 1974 this week and to my surprise, there it was "The Morning After" ,anyway I thought why not up-load it to you-tube....so here it is....ah! memories. [Wink]

https://youtu.be/v0kuhAvu4dY

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Martin Dew
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posted January 22, 2019 06:41 AM

What a movie. The Blu-ray is a nice transfer, plus I finally found a 400ft last year with very good colour and OB. I wonder if good scope 16mm prints still exist?

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