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Beyond The Poseidon Adventure
''Beyond the Poseidon Adventure'' is a 1979 American action-adventure disaster film and a sequel to '' The Poseidon Adventure'' (1972) directed by Irwin Allen and starring Michael Caine and Sally Field. It was a critical and commercial box office flop, as the only Allen disaster film to receive no Academy Award nominations. Its box office receipts were only 20% of its estimated $10 million budget. Plot The film picks up directly after the events of the previous film. The capsized luxury liner S.S. ''Poseidon'' is still afloat after six survivors have been rescued by the French Coast Guard. Tugboat captain Mike Turner spots the rescue helicopter and subsequently finds the shipwreck. Accompanied by second mate Wilbur and passenger Celeste Whitman, he heads out to claim salvage rights, as the tugboat ''Jenny'' lost her cargo in the same tsunami that capsized the ''Poseidon''. They are soon followed by Dr. Stefan Svevo and his crew, who claim to be Greek Orthodox medics who rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mort Künstler
Mort Künstler (born August 28, 1927) is an American artist known for his illustrative paintings of historical events, especially of the American Civil War. He was a child prodigy, who, with encouragement from his parents, became a skilled artist by the time he was twelve. Today he is considered the "best-known and most respected historical artist in the country." Künstler began his career in the 1950s as a freelance artist, illustrating paperback book covers and men's adventure magazines. In 1965 he was commissioned by ''National Geographic'' to create what became his first historic painting. He also created posters for movies such as ''The Poseidon Adventure'' and ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.'' And by the 1970s he was painting covers for ''Newsweek,'' ''Reader's Digest,'' and other magazines, with the bulk of his work during that period in advertising art. While many of his early magazine illustrations were for public entertainment, Künstler eventually began creatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
