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The inspiration for the 2006 Warner Bros. film, Poseidon, Paul Gallicos The Poseidon Adventure is an intense and dramatic story about a gigantic ocean liner and its unimaginable final journey. When a rogue wave capsizes the luxury cruise ship, a small group of survivors find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for their lives. As the unstable vessel rapidly fills with water each must draw on skills and strengths they didnt even know they possessed, fighting against time for their own survival and for each other.