Poseidon Sails on the Waves of Hollywood Remake

The mighty Poseidon takes to the water once again with a Hollywood remake of the classic disaster film about a luxury liner overturned by a fearsome wave. The Poseidon Adventure started the Hollywood craze with worst-thing-that-can-happen films, followed by classics such as The Towering Inferno and Earthquake.

The cast of Poseidon, opening Friday, includes Richard Dreyfuss as a suicidal architect, Josh Lucas as a gambler with a maritime background that comes in handy after the ship flips, Andre Braugher as the vessel`s captain, Emmy Rossum as Russell`s daughter and Mike Vogel as her fianc?. Stacy Fergie Ferguson of the Black Eyed Peas plays the singer in the ship`s ballroom band, though the remake does avert one disaster from the original: She doesn`t sing The Morning After.

Disaster flicks allow audiences to do something they can`t in real life, experience the worst calamities imaginable in safety and comfort.. "We`ve been watching fictional catastrophes since the Bible was written," Dreyfuss said. "That`s why they`re there. That`s what art is all about. We get to drive slowly by the traffic accident hoping to see something horrible, knowing it`s not you."

                                 

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