The Poseidon Adventure Page #4

-Glad to.

-Thank you.

Thank you, Acres.

-Oh, by the way, happy New Year!

-Thank you, sir.

Where you two heading?

Oh, Napoli, Roma, Venezia--

And don't forget Torino.

lt's the first vacation

we've had since we got married.

And why we didn't fly,

l'll never know.

Well, since l'm in charge,

l'm gonna propose a toast.

Great. What will we drink to?

To love.

Hear, hear.

To love.

To love.

-To love, dummy.

-Oh.

Tell me, sir, just what

does a purser do?

ln spite of what you may have heard,

he really runs the ship.

Not the captain, the purser.

You see, the Poseidon

isn't really a ship.

lt's a hotel with a bow

and a stern stuck on. . .

. . .and l'm the hotel manager.

Susan, would you like to dance?

-Hello, Susan?

-Hey, Sis!

l was just asking

if you'd like to dance.

Yes, l'd like to.

That's a frightening target, sir,

and getting closer.

Seismographic station, Athens, sir.

This is Captain Harrison,

S. S. Poseidon.

Can you give me any further reading

on that seaquake near Crete?

This is Athens. Epicenter 1 30 miles

northwest of Crete.

Duration 42 seconds.

One aftershock, 3. 6 on the Richter

scale, duration 1 0 seconds.

First reports indicate a major

bottom displacement...

...and heavy swell conditions

building to the northeast, over.

This is the Poseidon. Thank you

for the information. Out.

-Are we all battened down?

-Tight as a button, sir.

Ladies and gentlemen,

your attention, please.

lt is exactly 50 seconds to midnight.

Will you all please stand

and fill your glasses?

Mr. Martin, don't be

by yourself tonight.

Come, stand next to me.

Come on.

Ladies and gentlemen, silence.

Quiet, quiet, please.

Ten seconds, nine. . .

. . .eight, seven. . .

. . .six, five. . .

. . .four, three, two, one.

Happy New Year!

-Happy New Year!

-Happy New Year!

lt seems to be piling up

in those shallows.

-By the way, happy New Year.

-Thank you, sir, same to you.

-What's its speed?

-Sixty knots, sir.

lt must be mountainous.

-Lookout, see anything?

-Nothing, sir.

-Radar target port bow. Keep watch.

-Yes, sir.

Get my binoculars.

Captain.

Lookout.

-What is it, lookout?

-On the port bow--

I never saw anything like it. An

enormous wall of water coming at us.

Oh, my God.

-Hard left!

-Hard left, sir.

Close all watertight doors!

Sound boat stations.

What the hell is happening?

-Sparks.

-Yes, sir.

Send a mayday.

-Mayday, sir?

-Yes, l said, mayday, mayday.

Mayday, mayday, mayday.

This is S. S. Poseidon calling.

Manny! Manny!

Manny! Manny! No, Manny!

Manny!

Hold on, Linda!

-Manny.

-Belle.

-What?

-Belle.

Oh, Manny!

-Are you all right?

-l think so.

-You're not hurt?

-No, l don't think so.

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