US (2006): Action/Adventure/Drama/Thriller
It is New Year's Eve, and over 2,000 passengers amd crew are ringing in the New Year aboard the huge cruise ship Poseidon on the open sea. At midnight, without warning, a huge wave hundreds of feet high - a rogue wave - slams into the Poseidon and rolls it upside down. Most of the passengers and crew are killed outright, but several hundred remain alive in the ballroom, where the party was being held. Realizing their only hope of rescue lies at the surface of the water - where the ship's hull is now - a handful of survivors, led by Dylan (Josh Lucas) and Robert (Kurt Russell) start to make their way past falling debris, flash fires, and the ever-present threat of flooding - to the ship's propeller shafts. Will they succeed - or will they join the hundreds left behind who perished as the ballroom's windows gave way under the water pressure & drowned?
Adapted by Mark Protosevich from Paul Gallico's novel; directed by Wolfgang Petersen. Also features Richard Dreyfuss, Jacinda Barrett and Emmy Rossum. (Warner Bros. - Web site)
1 nomination
· Achievement in Visual Effects 2006: Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier