MUMBAI: In continuity of the Book Adaptation Festival, this week, Star Movies Select HD will be showcasing The Poseidon Adventure, an action-adventure disaster film, directed by Ronald Neame. Airing on 25 September at 3 pm, the classic is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Paul Gallic.

The film gained the stature of being a modern classic and the foremost disaster movies everyone is a fan of. Set on a retiring ocean liner making its last voyage, The Poseidon Adventure tells the story of a New Year’s Eve celebration that gets interrupted by the sinking of a ship. The film is a high stakes story of survival and it’s no surprise why it’s such a success.

Taglined 'Hell, upside down', the film was the second-biggest-grossing blockbuster at the time of its release in 1972 and introduced several elements to the disaster formula that would become standard in later films in the genre. A cult classic like no other, the film brought forth a number of death defying stunts and scenes that were way beyond its time and still applauded its tale of survival