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It seems a good time to review the original movie from 1972 running 117 minutes in light of the cruse ship accident off the coast of Italy these days.Perfect disaster film in all ways.I do mean disaster.Picture a luxury line turned upside down by a rouge wave trapping a few"lucky"survivors who have to make it topside which WAS the bottom before.Small idea of the task in store.You have to care about the people in these films because who will live and who will die is the essence of your emotional involvement and this film delivers because of a "A"list cast and great writing.Leslie Nielsen as The Captain is killed off early in this film but his serious acting in the brief time shows why he was cast in the later comic classic film"Airplane".The rest of the cast yields a few surprises of who lives but the story is of heroism and sacrifice and redemption against all odds and you will be moved.A must see for all "disaster"film junkies.Trailer URL follows the pix.To his credit the great comic Red Buttons playing Martin shows again the skill of these actors.He was my favorite in this film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd03qev59Jo
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