Poseidon (2006)

Director:

Wolfgang Petersen

Writers (WGA):

Mark Protosevich (screenplay)
Paul Gallico (novel)

Release Date:

12 May 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Mayday

Plot:

On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner, Poseidon, capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for survival as they attempt to escape the sinking ship.

Plot Keywords:

Death | Propeller | Suspense | Psp | Cult Favorite

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 nominations

Cast

Josh Lucas	...	Dylan Johns
Kurt Russell	...	Robert Ramsey
Jacinda Barrett	...	Maggie James
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Richard Nelson
Emmy Rossum	...	Jennifer Ramsey
Mía Maestro	...	Elena
Mike Vogel	...	Christian
Kevin Dillon	...	Lucky Larry
Freddy Rodríguez	...	Valentin
Jimmy Bennett	...	Conor James
Stacy Ferguson	...	Gloria
Andre Braugher	...	Captain Bradford
Kirk B.R. Woller	...	Chief Officer Reynolds
Kelly McNair	...	Emily
Gabriel Jarret	...	1st Officer Chapman
David Reivers	...	John
Gordon Thomson	...	Jay
Jan Munroe	...	Nick
Caroline Lagerfelt	...	Mary
Jesse Henecke	...	Security Officer
Kimberly Patterson	...	Poker Dealer
D. Anthony Boone	...	Deejay
David Dittmer	...	Nightclub Hotty
Andy Deal	...	Wine Steward
Valerie Azlynn	...	Passenger #1
Carrie Frymer	...	Passenger #2
Beverly Overstreet	...	Passenger #3
Vincent De Paul	...	Passenger #4 (as Vincent DePaul)
Rachel Vander Woude	...	Woman on Cell
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jenae Altschwager	...	Crying girl (uncredited)
Ed Aristone	...	Bridge Officer (uncredited)
Erik Aude	...	Bouncer (uncredited)
Aliane Baquerot	...	Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Brannon Bates	...	Bridge Officer (uncredited)
Andreas Beckett	...	Andre (uncredited)
Joseph Bell	...	Young Waitor (uncredited)
Christian Eric Billings	...	Hero Passenger (uncredited)
Felix J. Boyle	...	Passanger (uncredited)
Jordi Caballero	...	Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Will Carter	...	Headwound Harry (uncredited)
Abra Chouinard	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Kate Clarke	...	Doctor Anderson (uncredited)
Ryan Cross	...	New Year's Eve Band Bass Player (uncredited)
Frederick Dechow	...	Wine Steward (uncredited)
Natasha Delahunt	...	Passenger #2077 (uncredited)
Christopher Dempsey	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Menina Fortunato	...	Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Jerald Garner	...	New Year Eve Party Passenger (uncredited)
Spencer Hawken	...	Drunk (uncredited)
Kevin Leung	...	Chef (uncredited)
Kristopher Maslardzievski	...	Young Waiter (uncredited)
David McDivitt	...	Bridge Officer (uncredited)
Bylle Michele Price	...	Captain's Table Guest (uncredited)
Austin Priester	...	Des (uncredited)
Jennifer Sciole	...	Passenger #5 (uncredited)
Gem Silver	...	Screaming Girl (uncredited)
Abbey Skinner	...	Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Christos Sourmelis	...	Healthy Bandmember (uncredited)
Juliette Tinelle	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Rich Warren	...	Nightclub Goer (uncredited)

Directed by
Wolfgang Petersen

Writing credits (WGA)
Mark Protosevich		(screenplay)
Paul Gallico		(novel)

Produced by
Sheila Allen	....	executive producer
Todd Arnow	....	co-producer
Chris Briggs	....	co-producer
Kevin Burns	....	executive producer
Mike Fleiss	....	producer
Akiva Goldsman	....	producer
Duncan Henderson	....	producer
Barbara Huber	....	associate producer
Jon Jashni	....	executive producer
Kimberly Miller	....	co-producer
Lorne Orleans	....	producer (IMAX version)
Wolfgang Petersen	....	producer
Ben Waisbren	....	executive producer (as Benjamin Waisbren)

Original Music by
Klaus Badelt

Cinematography by
John Seale

Film Editing by
Peter Honess

Casting by
Janet Hirshenson
Jane Jenkins
Michelle Lewitt		(as Michelle Lewitt Ward)

Production Design by
William Sandell

Art Direction by
Kevin Ishioka		(co-art director)
Mark W. Mansbridge		(supervising art director)
Mike Mansbridge

Set Decoration by
Robert Gould

Costume Design by
Erica Edell Phillips

Makeup Department
Chad Atkinson	....	makeup effects on-set technician: K.N.B. Effects Group
Robin Beauchesne	....	makeup artist: second unit
Howard Berger	....	makeup effects supervisor: K.N.B. Effects Group
Bridget Bergman	....	additional makeup artist
Michael Deak	....	makeup effects on-set supervisor: K.N.B. Effects Group
Alex Diaz	....	makeup effects on-set technician: K.N.B. Effects Group
Greg Funk	....	key makeup artist (as Gregory C. Funk)
Lumas D. Hamilton	....	hair stylist
Ruth Haney	....	special makeup effects artist
Edouard F. Henriques	....	makeup department head (as Edouard F. Henriques III)
Rich Knight	....	makeup lab technician: W.M. Creations
Aaron Koons	....	makeup effects lab technician
Margaux L. Lancaster	....	makeup artist
Norma Lee	....	hair department head: second unit
Dennis Liddiard	....	makeup artist: Mr. Russell
Brad Look	....	makeup artist
Harrison Lorenzana	....	makeup effects on-set technician: K.N.B. Effects Group
Sarah Mays	....	makeup artist: Josh Lucas
Mike McCarty	....	body technician: K.N.B effects group
Mike McCarty	....	makeup effects on-set technician: K.N.B. Effects Group
Lori McCoy-Bell	....	hair stylist
Ryan McDowell	....	special makeup effects lab technician
Scott McGowan	....	special makeup effects artist
Matthew W. Mungle	....	prosthetics & bodies (as Matthew Mungle)
Greg Nelson	....	makeup artist
Gregory Nicotero	....	makeup effects supervisor: K.N.B. Effects Group
Jason Pinsker	....	makeup effects on-set technician: K.N.B. Effects Group
Glenn Pulliam	....	on-set project leader: second unit, W.M. Creations
Glenn Pulliam	....	special makeup effects lab technician
Ben Rittenhouse	....	makeup effects on-set technician: K.N.B. Effects Group
Sandra Rowden	....	makeup artist (as Sandi Lynn Rowden)
Kim Santantonio	....	key hair stylist
Linda Leiter Sharp	....	hair stylist: second unit (as Linda Sharp)
Mike Smithson	....	makeup department head: second unit
Yolanda Toussieng	....	hair department head
Rebecca Wachtel	....	makeup artist: second unit
Roxy D'Alonzo	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Clinton Wayne	....	prosthetic lab technician (uncredited)

Production Management
Todd Arnow	....	unit production manager
David E. Hall	....	post-production supervisor
R.J. Mino	....	unit production manager: second unit
Mark Scoon	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Velvet Andrews-Smith	....	second second assistant director: stunt unit/dayplayer
Jeff Bilger	....	second second assistant director
Doug Coleman	....	second unit director
Basil Grillo	....	second assistant director (as Basil Bryant Grillo)
Dan Lazarovits	....	second second assistant director (as Dan 'Laz' Lazarovits)
Lucille Ouyang	....	key second assistant director: second unit
Timothy R. Price	....	second second assistant director: second unit
Brendalyn Richard	....	additional second assistant director
Rebecca Strickland	....	first assistant director: second unit
Mark Trapenberg	....	second second assistant director
Kea Watson	....	dga trainee: second unit
John R. Woodward	....	first assistant director (as John Woodward)
Dan Lazarovits	....	dga trainee (uncredited)

Art Department
Gregory P. Alcus	....	on-set dresser: second unit
Larry Bellantoni	....	construction foreman
Giovanni Bianchini	....	on-set dresser
Charles Bible	....	labor foreman
Erin Boyd	....	lead buyer (as Erin Gould)
James Clyne	....	concept artist
Robert Cole	....	propshop foreman
Donn Cross	....	paint foreman
Gary Deaton	....	construction coordinator
Darrin Denlinger	....	storyboard artist
Megan L. Diaz	....	art department assistant
Daren Dochterman	....	production illustrator
David Dunn	....	set dresser
Timothy M. Earls	....	lead set designer
Zachary Fannin	....	graphic designer
Antonio Faretta	....	paint foreman
Terry Finch	....	welding foreman
Luke Freeborn	....	assistant art director
Ramírez Gabriela	....	buyer
Martin J. Gibbons	....	welding supervisor
Lindsay Good	....	art researcher
Adrian Gorton	....	set designer
Cheryl Gould	....	lead person
Chris Grantz	....	on-set dresser
Robert Grbavac	....	painter
Lisha Hocking	....	art department coordinator
Philip Keller	....	storyboard artist
Jane Kilkenny	....	prop shop
Robert Kusler	....	tool man
Gerald Lehtola	....	art department coordinator
Kevin Loo	....	set designer
Josh Lusby	....	set designer
Brook Mansbridge	....	propmaker foreman
Harold Mauck	....	propmaker foreman
Lyle Maves	....	plasterer foreman
John McElroy	....	props
Janine McEuen	....	construction auditor
Todd McKibben	....	construction foreman
Marc Messenger	....	storyboard artist
Tom Miller	....	assistant property master
Desma Murphy	....	assistant art director
Steven O'Bannon	....	hod carrier
Lisa Penaranda	....	set decorating buyer
Walter Polan	....	propmaker
Rick Polikowski	....	propmaker
Peter Roderick	....	construction buyer
Eric Rood	....	set dresser
Dale Saiger	....	construction foreman
Neil Saiger	....	construction foreman
Steve Salazar	....	welder
Vladimir Spasojevic	....	production illustrator
Naomi Treuherz	....	supervising signwriter
Stella Vaccaro	....	set designer
Dean Wolcott	....	set designer
Chris Zimmerman	....	stand-by painter
Kevin Loo	....	model maker (uncredited)
Gary Zink	....	welding foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Derek Lee Bell	....	adr assistant
Daniel Brock	....	production sound technician
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dave Campbell)
Harry Cohen	....	sound effects designer
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	assistant sound editor
Patrick J. Foley	....	dialog editor
Gregg Frazier	....	boom operator: second unit
Michael Hertlein	....	adr editor
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue co-supevisor
Jeffrey A. Humphreys	....	sound utility
Chris Jaeger	....	foley editor
Chris Jargo	....	adr editor
David Kelson	....	production sound mixer
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Ryan Murphy	....	sound mix technician
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer (as John Reitz)
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Timothy P. Salmon	....	boom operator
Douglas J. Schulman	....	sound mixer: second unit
Ann Scibelli	....	sound effects designer
Brad Sherman	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Branden Spencer	....	first assistant sound editor (as Branden Boyce Spencer)
Wylie Stateman	....	supervising sound editor
Peter Staubli	....	sound effects editor
Peter Michael Sullivan	....	sound designer
Peter Michael Sullivan	....	sound effects editor
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Matthew E. Taylor	....	sound effects recordist
Jon Title	....	sound effects editor
Hugh Waddell	....	adr & dialogue supervisor
Tim Walston	....	sound effects editor
Thomas Whiting	....	adr editor
Wade Wilson	....	sound effects editor
Scott Wolf	....	sound effects editor
Peter Zinda	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
H. Barclay Aaris	....	special effects technician
David Amborn	....	special effects foreman
Robert M. Bell	....	special effects technician (as Robert Bell)
Horacio Blanco	....	special effects technician (as Horacio M. Blanco)
Cynthia N. Braga	....	special effects technician
Cynthia N. Braga	....	special effects technician: second unit
Chris Burton	....	special effects technician
Danny Cangemi	....	special effects coordinator: second unit
Dan Carol	....	special effects technician: second unit
Chuck Cooke	....	mechanical effects
Rich E. Cordobes	....	special effects technician
Kim Derry	....	special effects technician (as Kim Douglas Derry)
Ken Ebert	....	special effects technician: second unit
Eric Frazier	....	special effects technician
John Frazier	....	special effects supervisor (as John R. Frazier)
Armando González	....	special effects technician
Roy Goode	....	mechanical effects
Mark Hawker	....	special effects technician: second unit
Eric Hayden	....	model builder
Bruce D. Hayes	....	special effects technician
Dewaldt Hicks	....	special effects technician
Grady Holder	....	lab technician: K.N.B. EFX Group
David Anthony Jackson	....	special effects technician
Jim Jolly	....	special effects technician
Chris Jones	....	special effects technician: second unit (as Chris G. Jones)
Joe Judd	....	special effects technician (as Joseph E. Judd)
Louis Lindwall	....	special effects technician (as Lou Lindwall)
Ken Mieding	....	special effects technician
James Nagle	....	special effects technician
Jesse Orozco	....	special effects technician: second unit
Frances Pennington	....	special effects technician (as Francis Pennington)
Jason Pinsker	....	on set technician: KNB EFX Group
Dirk Rogers	....	special effects technician: K.N.B. EFX
James Rothrock	....	special effects technician
Paul Sabourin	....	special effects technician (as Paul J. Sabourin)
James D. Schwalm	....	special effects coordinator (as Jim Schwalm)
J.D. Schwalm	....	special effects technician
Lino Stavole	....	special effects technician: mold department, K.N.B Effects Group
James G. Thomas	....	special effects foreman
Lindsay Vivian	....	runner: K.N.B EFX group
Jenny Wallace	....	special effects runner
Mike Wever	....	special effects technician
Ray L. Wilkerson	....	special effects technician
John Wonser	....	special effects technician
Ross Young	....	special effects engineer
Ronald Zarro	....	special effects technician: second unit (as Ron Zarro)
Casey D. Noel	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Darrell Abney	....	digital artist
Gary Abrahamian	....	animation lead: CIS Hollywood
Ismail Acar	....	digital artist: ILM
Paul Alexiou	....	visual effects film editorial: MPC
Casey Allen	....	Inferno artist: Lola Visual Effects
Alp Altiner	....	matte painter
Alexandra Altrocchi	....	visual effects producer: Giant Killer Robots (as Alex Altrocchi Wolbach)
Maura Alvarez	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Purves Amarali	....	CG modeller: MPC
Dori Arazi	....	animation supervisor: Giant Killer Robots
Dori Arazi	....	technical director: Giant Killer Robots
Chris Armsden	....	rendering technical director: MPC
Joakim Arnesson	....	CG supervisor: ILM
Oliver Arnold	....	lighter: CIS Hollywood
Deb Asch	....	visual effects: Giant Killer Robots
Joel Ashman	....	digital compositor: Hydraulx
Matt Ashton	....	senior systems: CIS Hollywood
Jonathan Attenborough	....	lead lighting technical director: MPC (as Jon Attenborough)
Sergio Ayrosa	....	digital compositor: MPC
Andrew Baggarley	....	data wrangler
Lucy Bailey	....	research and development artist
Richard Baker	....	senior compositor: MPC
Jared Barber	....	animation previsualization
Mark Barber	....	digital compositor: MPC
Reuben Barkataki	....	roto/prep supervisor
Kevin Barnhill	....	digital artist: ILM
Tim Barter	....	roto/prep artist
David Basalla	....	lighting artist: MPC
Scott E. Baxter	....	digital compositor: Hydraulx
Oliver Shyal Beardsley	....	research & development
Kevin Bell	....	compositor: GKR
Tim Belsher	....	technical director: ILM
Jeffrey Benedict	....	digital artist: ILM
Matthew Benns	....	system support
Colin Benoit	....	lead matchmover: ILM
Patrick Bergeron	....	digital artist: ILM
Les Bernstien	....	visual effects
Nic Birmingham	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Duncan Blackman	....	location matchmover: ILM
Aron Bonar	....	digital artist: ILM
Scott Bonnenfant	....	texture artist: ILM
Christina Boon	....	digital artist
Jayni Borgaro	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Kristen Borges	....	look & lighting: Giant Killer Robots
Matt Bouchard	....	digital artist: ILM
Brigitte Bourque	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Charlie Bradbury	....	visual effects producer: MPC
Steve Braggs	....	digital artist: ILM
Paul Brannan	....	CG artist: MPC
Paul Brannan	....	CG modeller: MPC
Sam Breach	....	digital artist: ILM
Brent Breedveld	....	pre-visualization artist
Patrick Brennan	....	compositing supervisor: ILM
Marty Brenneis	....	camera engineer
Matt Brumit	....	digital artist: ILM
David C. Bryant	....	senior cgi artist
Stuart Bullen	....	roto artist
Andrew Bunday	....	rendering technical director: MPC
Nick Cannon	....	head of technology: MPC
Jon Capleton	....	lead matchmover
Tom Carrick	....	crowd simulation technical director: MPC
John Cassella	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
John Cassella	....	lead effects artist: CIS Hollywood
Lanny Cermak	....	matchmover: ILM
Marco Checa Garcia	....	digital compositor: MPC
Dave Child	....	lighting artist: MPC
Pamela J. Choy	....	computer graphics modeler: ILM
Evangelos Christopoulos	....	digital effects artist: MPC
Evangelos Christopoulos	....	effects technical director: MPC
Rhys Claringbull	....	CG modeller: MPC
Richard Clot	....	model stagehand: ILM
Isabel Cody	....	CG modeller: MPC
Tim Coleman	....	character technical director
Zachary Cole	....	digital artist: ILM
Brian Connor	....	digital compositor: ILM
Pat Conran	....	digital effects supervisor: ILM (as Patrick Conran)
Keith Cooper	....	digital artist
Dan Cox	....	compositor: Giant Killer Robots
Catherine Craig	....	digital model painter
Catherine Craig	....	texture artist: ILM
Doug Creel	....	digital effects artist: MPC
Nick Crew	....	visual effects
Brandon Criswell	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Neil Culley	....	digital compositor: MPC
Haslina Dasley	....	lighting artist: MPC
Craig Davies	....	software programmer: MPC
Rupert Davies	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Luan Davis	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Chris Dawson	....	miniatures motion control camera operator
Tom Daws	....	Inferno artist: CIS Hollywood
Jacques Dell	....	compositor: IMAX Corporation
Bernie Demolski	....	model stagehand: ILM
Wes Denton	....	model shop production assistant: model department
Lindy DeQuattro	....	CG supervisor: ILM (as Lindy De Quattro)
Amit Desai	....	render wrangler
Ciaran Devine	....	CG supervisor: MPC
Adrian De Wet	....	compositing supervisor: MPC
Andrew Dickinson	....	digital artist: ILM
Sylvan Dieckmann	....	research & development: MPC
Sylvan Dieckmann	....	shading supervisor: MPC
Gavin Digby	....	digital compositor: MPC
Mark Dinicola	....	digital intermediate color assistant
Gus Dizon	....	texture artist: ILM
Roy L. Downey	....	pyrotechnician
Giovanni Dulay	....	model maker
Robert Durnin	....	lighting artist: MPC
Janet L. Earl	....	visual effects coordinator (as Janet Earl)
Jonathan East	....	render wrangler: MPC
Sam Edwards	....	Inferno artist: ILM
Yasmine El-Ghamrawy	....	digital compositor: MPC (as Yasmine Elghamrawy)
Janeen Elliott	....	digital compositor: ILM
Michael Elson	....	visual effects production supervisor: MPC
Eddie Englander	....	digital artist: Imax DMR (Imax version)
Raul Essig	....	digital artist: ILM
James D. Etherington	....	digital compositor: MPC (as James Etherington)
Katharine Evans	....	paint/rotoscope artist: Giant Killer Robots (as Katharine 'Kat' Evans)
Nancy Evans	....	paint and roto artist: CIS Hollywood
Katherine Farrar	....	visual effects coordinator: ILM
Ronald Fedkiw	....	fluid simulation engineer
Andy Feery	....	lighting artist: MPC
Jason Fleming	....	digital compositor: Giant Killer Robots
Niall Flinn	....	digital effects artist: MPC
Donald Fly	....	general manager: CIS Hollywood
Tim Fortenberry	....	digital artist: ILM
Matt Foster	....	roto/prep artist
Janet Freedland	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Mathias Frodin	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Joe Fulmer	....	model stagehand: ILM
Ryan Galloway	....	digital artist: ILM
Thomas Ganshorn	....	research & development: Scanline
Amy Garback	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Rene Garcia	....	computer graphics modeler: ILM
Julia Gaudette	....	visual effects production manager: CIS Hollywood
Larry Gaynor	....	senior paint and roto artist: CIS Hollywood
Willi Geiger	....	CG supervisor: ILM
Tau Gerber	....	visual effects: Giant Killer Robots
Greg Gladstone	....	visual effects supervisor: Giant Killer Robots
Michael Gleason	....	visual effects editor
Henry Goecke	....	modeler: CIS Hollywood
Julien Goldsbrough	....	digital compositor: MPC (as Julian Goldborough)
Richard Gomes	....	visual effects artist: MPC
Lisa Gonzalez	....	CG modeler: MPC (as Lisa Gonzales)
Dylan Gottlieb	....	lead modeler: Giant Killer Robots
Justin Graham	....	rotoscope artist: ILM
Jeff Grebe	....	digital artist: ILM