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Dylan Johns was actually once in the navy in the United States service. Now whether he stuck it out or not, it dosen't really matter. But being on a ship for weeks should give him some idea as to the map of a cruise liner or any ship for that matter.

In the original Poseidon Adventure, the cruise liner was in route from New York to Athens. They were sailing on the Mediterranean Sea. In the remake, it never specified as to where the Poseidon was going, so the name of the ocean they were traveling on was not announced.

A different perception: Elena does tell Nelson that she hooked up with Valentin because she had no money and no other way to get to her sick brother in New York, so it seems likely we're being told indirectly that New York is the ship's destination. And Nelson mentions early in the film that he has just left his lover behind in London, having told his business associates that the lover "missed the boat" because of a supposed emergency at work, so it would seem that this particular Poseidon was sailing westward on the North Atlantic.

Additional Fact: At a few points in the movie, especially when the bow is lifting out of the water as the ship sinks a little more, we can clearly see the word Southampton written on the bow of the ship. Not only is this a port on the South coast of England, it's also the departure port of another ill-fated cruise liner on its way to New York; the Titanic.

The only reasonable explanation to this is that Lucky Larry could have been shielded from the electric shock by someone else, or could have been standing on top of something, which prevented him from being on the floor.

That and he was lucky.

Even though Chief Officer Reynolds had an idea that something wasn't quite right, the other officers were not paying attention to the radar screens because they did not expect anything would come, and they were congratulating each other on the New Year. In the opening shot for this scene, one of the officers begins to sing Auld Lang Syne and is cut off by Reynolds.

Also this is a good way of saying that no matter how advanced technology, planes, trains, automobiles, and ships get; Nature is still an unpredictable and unforgiving beast that can never be controlled.

There are actually three scenes that were in the theatrical trailer that did not come up in the 2006 theatrical release. There is a scene involving Christian and Jennifer Ramsey in the night club on New Years Eve regarding her fear of telling her father about their engagement. Another scene is an extended poker scene involving Robert Ramsey, Lucky Larry, and Dylan Johns. The final scene involves Captain Michael Bradford telling the panicked ballroom survivors that they are the lucky ones.

No. Director Wolfgang Petersen is making a science-fiction film about a school in the future, which will hit theaters sometime in 2009.

In fact, Wolfgang Petersen and the crew did not have the access to a real cruise ship because they were only upright for twenty minutes, and then it was upside down. So, in order to have something for the movie, they created a CGI ship which Josh Lucas had to run on in the beginning of the movie. They had Lucas run against a green screen, and then placed him on the cruise liner, making it look extremely realistic.

The audience members considered this movie a remake. But, director Wolfgang Petersen has clearly stated that he was not shooting for a remake, because he wanted to create something new and different.

It has been announced during Poseidon's release into theaters that Kurt Russell did indeed portray the role of a male Belle Rosen (Shelly Winters), because of something he did in the film that saved the lives of others.

No and yes. Because, you frequently hear the poker dealer saying 15 to call, 30 to call. As soon as she states "call", Kurt Russell and Josh Lucas continue to place more chips in, making an against-the-rules move known as splashing the pot. However, cruise ships and small poker businesses that are not professional could in-fact change the rules to some extent.

One of the ballast tanks, at one point during the movie, was flooded so the remaining survivors could go from one tank to the other, escaping into a safer part of the ship. However, the other tanks, even though the ship was turned upside down, could not have been flooded that much before the one behind them got flooded. This was probably a mistake made by the director.

Chief Officer Reynolds heard the wind outside blowing in a strange direction, but this seemed a little ridiculous because all of the windows were closed, and the wave was a lot farther away. There was at least five minutes before the wave struck the ship, so I do believe the line "something's off" could have been just an interesting line to say that made the audience become suspenseful.

Alternate Opinion: I think that maybe he could see that the ocean didn't look normal in the moonlight, hence the binocular shot. Also he may have felt or heard the boat vibrate or hum in a way that wasn't its normal background ambience, which the crew celebrating New Year probably wouldn't have felt as they. I'd have been surprised if he hadn't noticed something as he was Chief Officer!

Following the wave hitting the ship, a GPS locater beacon was launched to the Coast Guard. The signal alerted them of the Poseidon's position. It took them a while to find the capsized cruise liner, but they eventually did.

Earlier in the movie, Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss) discovered that all bets were off with his ex-husband. When he met Elena (Mia Maestro) he seemed to form a relationship with her. So, it is thinkable that he might have been bi-sexual.

A different opinion: Not all relationships involve a sexual component, and certainly not all those formed under danger or duress. And it's certainly possible to feel kindly towards someone without wanting to have sex with them. In the incredibly short time they spend together, none of which is private, we never see Nelson offer Elena anything other than kindness and comforting, so it seems likely that is the nature of their "relationship" -- emotional comfort in shared adversity.

The answer is yes. When the propellers are turning at full blast, Kurt Russell's character in the movie, Robert Ramsey, decides to swim an incredible length to turn them off. He makes it into the room where the emergency shut off button is located, but he runs out of air. He ends up drowning.

Captain Michael Bradford (Drowned during ballroom breach)

Gloria the Entertainer (Drowned during ballroom breach)

Chief Officer Reynolds (Drowned during capsizing of ship)

First Officer Chapman (Drowned during capsizing of ship)

Marco Valentin (Impaled by sharp object and crushed by falling elevator)

Lucky Larry (Crushed by falling engine)

Eleana Gonzalez (Impaled by underwater cement block)

Robert Ramsey (Drowned while swimming)