Movie connections for
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

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Followed by

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)

Version of

The Poseidon Adventure (2005) (TV)
Poseidon (2006)

Edited into

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
 -  several shots of the engine room and all of the exterior explosion shots are all from "The Poseidon Adventure"

References

Titanic (1953)
 -  Mike Rogo suggests if things get worse to start singing "Nearer my God to Thee".

Referenced in

Inside 'The Swarm' (1978) (TV)
 -  mentioned once
Men of Respect (1991)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Castle of Fu-Manchu (#4.23)" (1992)
 -  "And now back to the Posidon Adventure"
Nunsense (1993) (TV)
 -  When the Rev. Mother Superior sniffs Rush, she pretends to be Shelley Winters in The Poseidon Adventure
"The Simpsons: Whacking Day (#4.20)" (1993)
 -  "I played Panicky Idiot #2 in The Poseidon Adventure"
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Swimming with Sharks (1994)
"Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge: (#1.4)" (1994)
 -  Alan says he watched in his hotel room dubbed in French.
Daylight (1996)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Deadly Mantis (#9.4)" (1997)
 -  Servo (singing) There's got to be a morning after...
"Friends: The One Without the Ski Trip (#3.17)" (1997)
 -  Mentioned by name
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Titanic (1997)
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Space Mutiny (#9.20)" (1997)
 -  Mike: There's the cast of The Poseidon Adventure coming the other way.
"Dawson's Creek: Hurricane (#1.5)" (1998)
 -  Reference to the movie
"Father Ted: Speed 3 (#3.3)" (1998)
 -  Father Ted and some priests talk about it and then watch it.
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gorgo (#10.9)" (1998)
 -  Crow makes a reference to Shelley Winters' famous swim in this film.
"Pokémon: Pokémon Shipwreck (#1.16)" (1998)
 -  The episode is very much like this movie, in which Ash and his freinds are trapped in a capsized ship
Free Enterprise (1998)
"South Park: The Succubus (#3.3)" (1999)
 -  A character sings the theme tune to this movie several times.
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (#11.3)" (1999)
 -  Servo: (describing an Ernest Borgnine film)...Ernest also leads a bunch of people out of a huge capsized ocean liner...
Intrepid (2000)
 -  a capsizing ship
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
 -  referenced as part of the documentary
Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
Cult Culture: The Poseidon Adventure (2003) (TV)
"Garth Marenghi's Darkplace: The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth (#1.6)" (2004)
 -  One of the great tragedies listed by Garth at the start.
"High Chaparall: (#2.5)" (2004)
 -  Mentioned by name
"Angel: Time Bomb (#5.19)" (2004)
 -  Gunn: "This place just went Poseidon on my ass. I don't know which way is up."
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004) (TV)
 -  mentioned once
"Saturday Night Live: Ben Affleck/Nelly (#30.1)" (2004)
 -  The song from the Poseidon Adventure is heard at the end of 'The Escalator'
Bollywood and Vine (2004) (V)
 -  character compares himself and another character with Gene Hackman and Carol Lynley in Poseidon
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
 -  One character says what's happenning is like in the Poseidon Adventure.
Ride the Wild Side (2005) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"Little Britain: (#3.4)" (2005)
 -  Travel agent tells a lady he can get her on the ship where they filmed the movie
One, Two, Many (2008)
 -  mentioned in dialogue
"Moonlight: Click (#1.14)" (2008)
 -  Mick recalls telling a reporter about an adventure aboard a ship, the reporter wrote a book about it, eventually becoming the movie.

Featured in

Adventures of the Queen (1975) (TV)
 -  Stock footage and unused special effects footage of the miniature oceanliner were used in this TV-movie.
Unsichtbare Gegner (1977)
 -  Scenes from "The Poseidon Adventure" are shown on a television set.
Precious Images (1986)
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)
 -  shown in a montage
Beyond Titanic (1998) (TV)
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000) (V)
 -  footage is shown from this film
Chump Change (2000)
 -  A script writer goes to see "The Poseidon Adventure" and gets re-energized as to what movie-making is all about.
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)
The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002) (TV)
"I Love the '70s" (2003)

Spoofed in

"The Sonny and Cher Show: (#2.5)" (1976)
 -  spoofed in "The Towering Poseidon Quake Port Hinden Jaws Follies '78"
Airplane! (1980)
Dead End (1985)
 -  Ernist Borgnine zombie in upside down room
"The Simpsons: The Wettest Stories Ever Told (#17.18)" (2006)
 -  The third story in the episode is a direct spoof of the 1972 film.

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