The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 American disaster movie directed by Ronald Neame , produced by Irwin Allen , and is based Paul Gallico ‘s eponymous 1969 novel . It features anensemble cast , including five Academy Award winners: Gene Hackman , Ernest Borgnine , Jack Albertson , Shelley Winters , and Red Buttons . Parts of the movie were filmed aboard the RMS Queen Mary . The plot centers on the fictional SS Poseidonan old luxury liner on her final trip from New York City to Athens before being sent to the scrapyard. On New Year’s Eve , she is overturned by a tsunami . Passengers and crew are trapped inside, and a rebellious preacher attempts to lead a small group of survivors to safety.
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Die Hard
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Stephen E. de Souza and Jeb Stuart . It follows off-duty New York City Police Department officerJohn McClane ( Bruce Willis ) as he takes was group of highly Organized criminals led by Hans Gruber ( Alan Rickman ), Who perform a heist in a Los Angeles skyscraper under the way of a terrorist attack using hostages, including McClane ‘s wife Holly ( Bonnie Bedelia ), to keep the police at bay.
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