Queen Mary actually sailed through weather like this during WWII. In fact, she was hit by a wave similar to this as well (though not as strong). She listed over 50 degrees and scared the living crap out of everyone on board, but she recovered and is in Long Beach today. Her captain later stated that had she listed a further five degrees she would've capsized.
"Tell the emergency services. The ship is in great danger." "The ship? What is it?" "It's a big structure that floats atop the ocean, but that's not important right now"
Arguably he was a serious actor all the way through, it's just the movies started gettting wacky around him being serious in 1980. I find it wild that his big debut was in Forbidden Planet. Robbie the Robot sort of stole the limelight from him.
Leslie Nielsen was a great actor either way, both serious and comedic. The man himself could basically play any character and put everything he had into it. May he continue to rest in peace! 💐
i remember as a kid when Hollywood was churning out disaster flicks in the 70s Towering inferno1974 Earthquake 1974 Airport 1970,75,77,the Hindenburg 1975,Rollercoaster 1977,Juggernaut 1974. etc and you had Emergency on Tv 1974..
I also remember lots of dystopian stuff. Few happy endings. Also lots of downcast endings in sci-fi films! Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. Vanishing Point, The Conversation. The Parallax View. No happy endings for you!
This captain was an alright dude. Never lost his cool, and humored an eager kid when anybody else would've screamed and thrown him out. Even makes a rain check to same kid before he asks him politely to leave. The only character in this movie who isn't a total prick and he's the first one to die.
I think out of all Movie/TV ship Captains, Captain Harrison was the best of all even tho this was just a made up movie not based on a true story like titanic he still made the best Captain ever I'm glad it was Leslie Nelson who played the part
A broach is the loss of control and unintended directional change when wind and or wave action renders the rudder ineffective. The risk is the ship will turn broadside to the waves and can capsize. And yes, it's typically when getting overtaken by a wave, there's a point where the rudder is lifted out of the water. However, winds causing excessive heeling due to being top heavy can also be considered a broach if the ship loses steering.
@@cobra02411 just reading through the comments ... i really didnt know that .... its comments like yours that i enjoy .... lol and im a lifeboat bosun offshore lol
@@drby0788Really? From the book I read about Airplane, the trio behind it had to look up his name for how obscure he was, it was only this small role of his that they were ever aware of him for.
I remember the last episode of The Golden Girls in 1992, Leslie Nielsen played Blanche's uncle. He and Dorothy fell in love and got married. They made a nice-looking couple.
Captain : is this the kitchens What is it Captain its a large room where food is prepared but that's not important right now This is the captain we need to sort out the stabilisers Surely you can't be serious I am serious and don't call me Shirley 🤣
Basically the Poseidon was an old transatlantic ship from the golden age of ocean liners, much like the Queen Mary herself, which was being retired and sent to the scrap heap in Athens. Some detail in the scene indicates that she’s technically unseaworthy but they’re doing everything to keep her afloat until she reaches her final destination. In a later scene the guy in the suit whom the captain was complaining to about the ship being top heavy got into an argument with the captain about running the ship at full speed ahead even though the captain explained the ship had no ballast due to the pump in the engine room being down and under repair, and that the ship was too unstable to run at full speed yet. But of course he was overruled at the threat of being relieved of command.....
He used to be a straight actor... Then he went gay. Seriously though, the fact he was so serious is why the Zuckers picked him, comedy delivered by someone straight-laced with perfect timing is hilarious!
I think he didn't expect the wave to breach and geared for a side impact. That all went to hell when he saw it breach when it hit some shallows (my unedgykated assessment), hence, the "Oh my God!" By then, he had no time to turn the ship into the breakwater.
If I recall, the wave is moving at 60 knots, which is almost 80 miles an hour. The Poseidon is a twin sister of the Queen Mary (In her Cunard days, she was the RMS Atlantis according to the novel), so her top speed is only a bit over 30 knots. By the time you've put the helm hard over and she's starting the turn, the wave will be on you. It didn't help that the Poseidon's stabilizers were damaged and their gyros were laggy from being out of date and needing an overhaul on top of her being topheavy with near empty fuel bunkers. In the novel the ship had been converted to a cargo/cruise liner some time ago, and mostly carried freight while offering discount cruises in the remaining 1st class cabins (the 2nd and 3rd ones were gutted to make more cargo space). In the novel, the captain is largely a composite of Linarcos and Capt. Harrison. He's a Greek, and overall it's his inexperience that damaged the Poseidon's stabilizers and his bowing to the company (the ship isn't on her last run in the book, but the freight she carries is time-sensitive and she's behind schedule) means Poseidon leaves port light on fuel because of a dockworker's strike, and he refrains from filling the empty fuel tanks with water ballast as it means they'll have to be steam cleaned before they can be filled with fuel oil again, which will delay the next scheduled voyage even further.
Is this the only time Leslie Nielsen played a drama role? He was more a funny man mostly. Too bad that they didn't have an escape pole down to the ballroom. When the big wave hit, the crew could have quickly slipped down to the ballroom and helped save the passengers. But then Gene Hackman was the "star hero" of the movie.
The Captain probably would have found himself in an endless sea of inquiries and court trials. The other officers probably have had their careers stalled much like the Titanic's surviving officers did. Given the magnitude of the disaster, it would not have ended well for anyone involved.
They run like hell for port, cruise ships aren't made to push through bad weather like a true liner is. Ocean liners go through the weather, cruisers run for safety from the weather.
Totally a legend of a film with some amazing actors
Always loved watching tg8s film
Becky 🇬🇧 ❤
Queen Mary actually sailed through weather like this during WWII. In fact, she was hit by a wave similar to this as well (though not as strong). She listed over 50 degrees and scared the living crap out of everyone on board, but she recovered and is in Long Beach today. Her captain later stated that had she listed a further five degrees she would've capsized.
Author Paul Gallico was serendipitously on board Queen Mary when this event occurred-30 years later he decided to turn his experience into a novel.
"Tell the emergency services. The ship is in great danger."
"The ship? What is it?"
"It's a big structure that floats atop the ocean, but that's not important right now"
Well played friend
This is the captain. We're top heavy.
Top heavy? Surely you're joking.
No. And don't call me Shirley
Leslie Neilsen was a 100 percent serious actor until 1980
Arguably he was a serious actor all the way through, it's just the movies started gettting wacky around him being serious in 1980.
I find it wild that his big debut was in Forbidden Planet. Robbie the Robot sort of stole the limelight from him.
Surely you must be kidding.
@@CaptainColdyron222
I'm being serious, and don't call me Shirley.
He was a great actor no doubt.
would have loved to see him in the "airport" movies .... similar disasterv type films 🙂
We’re all counting on you…
"I also want to tell you this, we've got a 50-50 chance of surviving... But there's only a 10 percent chance of that".
"Who are you and how did you get on the bridge?"
"I'm a locksmith... And I'm a locksmith".
If you watch this movie without sound, the scenes with Nielson turn into comedy.
😄
S.S. Poseidon From 1934 To 1972 Fight Through A Storm To Greece
I just want to tell you all good luck, we're all counting on you.
Leslie Nielsen was a great actor either way, both serious and comedic. The man himself could basically play any character and put everything he had into it. May he continue to rest in peace! 💐
Didn't know the Poseidon Adventure was a comedy.
I now know why the Poseidon tipped over. It was Captained by Frank Drebin.🤣
i remember as a kid when Hollywood was churning out disaster flicks in the 70s Towering inferno1974 Earthquake 1974 Airport 1970,75,77,the Hindenburg 1975,Rollercoaster 1977,Juggernaut 1974. etc and you had Emergency on Tv 1974..
and METEOR!
and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure and The Swarm... the last three - duds...
I also remember lots of dystopian stuff. Few happy endings. Also lots of downcast endings in sci-fi films!
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. Vanishing Point, The Conversation. The Parallax View. No happy endings for you!
"What's for dinner tonight?"
"Steak or fish."
Dude was a good captain.
“More ballast???!!! Surely, you can’t be serious...”
“I am serious... and don’t call me Shirley.”
GlaciusTS you gotta hold your breath there GlaciusTS. You gotta hold your breath.
He is serious and dont call him surely
Captain: Master Shelby have you ever seen a grown man naked??? 🤣🤣 🤣
1:45 - Master Shelby - you ever hang around the gymnasium......
Master Shelby- you ever see a grown man naked?
Leslie Neilsen in a serious role. Wild.
Now i cant stop laughing.
He is serious
-and he nailed it. A great actor-period.
He even played straight man to the legendary Don Knotts
ua-cam.com/video/o0kd4FT2I5E/v-deo.html
@@davidoquias6061 Surely he can't be serious.
Top heavy. That explains a lot.
Voice in speaker: captain, engine room calling
*captain picks up the phone*
Voice on phone: no, the black phone
There's not enough clips of this movie on UA-cam.
More like there’s not enough clips of intrepid
internet archive should have it for free
This captain was an alright dude. Never lost his cool, and humored an eager kid when anybody else would've screamed and thrown him out. Even makes a rain check to same kid before he asks him politely to leave. The only character in this movie who isn't a total prick and he's the first one to die.
Theomite I find it odd that the captain refers to robin as master Shelby, and not as robin. Maybe he was being gentleman.
He only chastised Robin for being out in dangerous conditions.
Master Robin, ever been in a Turkish prison?
Douglas Lally Wrong actor.
I think out of all Movie/TV ship Captains, Captain Harrison was the best of all even tho this was just a made up movie not based on a true story like titanic he still made the best Captain ever I'm glad it was Leslie Nelson who played the part
1978
'That last one almost broached us'. Broaching is when a wave hits a vessel from behind, the vessel slides down the front of the wave and gets flipped.
A broach is the loss of control and unintended directional change when wind and or wave action renders the rudder ineffective. The risk is the ship will turn broadside to the waves and can capsize.
And yes, it's typically when getting overtaken by a wave, there's a point where the rudder is lifted out of the water. However, winds causing excessive heeling due to being top heavy can also be considered a broach if the ship loses steering.
@@cobra02411 just reading through the comments ... i really didnt know that .... its comments like yours that i enjoy .... lol and im a lifeboat bosun offshore lol
I saw this movie at the Colonial theatre in 1972, loved it .
wow wish i was there .... as i am now .... i was 1 then ... so you would had your hands full lol
Just when I thought this film couldn't be any better, I find out that Leslie Neilsen was in it.
He was a popular dramatic actor during this time. Airplane was his first comedy
@@drby0788Really? From the book I read about Airplane, the trio behind it had to look up his name for how obscure he was, it was only this small role of his that they were ever aware of him for.
Engine room, what's that?
It's a big room where the engines sit, but that's not important right now.
27 September 1994:
MS Estonia Completed In Port Of Tallinn.This Is Hour 00:48am At 28 September 1994 He's Go To Stockholm
1:55 Captain Andresson Says: "The Visor!"
Yikes. You don't understand the gag...
I remember the last episode of The Golden Girls in 1992, Leslie Nielsen played Blanche's uncle. He and Dorothy fell in love and got married. They made a nice-looking couple.
Captain Harrison then had the lasagna for dinner that night.
That's funny, my husband never has lasagna at home ...
Ever been on a bridge before?
No sir! I've never even been on a ship before!
Ever seen a grown man naked?
NO, I beleive he had the fish
Leslie Nielsen is absolutely hilarious as usual.
Would you care to repeat yourself, he's standing right here....Good I hope he heard me!
That is nice :)👍
This was Leslie Nielsen‘s set up for comedy from this point on.
lol
Mr. Shelby do you like movies about gladiators?
Roger,
The ship really can't be going down can it.
Don't call me Shirley!
My Linda
Captain : is this the kitchens
What is it
Captain its a large room where food is prepared but that's not important right now
This is the captain we need to sort out the stabilisers
Surely you can't be serious
I am serious and don't call me Shirley 🤣
I'm actually ashamed of myself. I don't remember seeing this part, just from the party/capsize on. I didn't know about them being top heavy.
Same here.
Basically the Poseidon was an old transatlantic ship from the golden age of ocean liners, much like the Queen Mary herself, which was being retired and sent to the scrap heap in Athens. Some detail in the scene indicates that she’s technically unseaworthy but they’re doing everything to keep her afloat until she reaches her final destination. In a later scene the guy in the suit whom the captain was complaining to about the ship being top heavy got into an argument with the captain about running the ship at full speed ahead even though the captain explained the ship had no ballast due to the pump in the engine room being down and under repair, and that the ship was too unstable to run at full speed yet. But of course he was overruled at the threat of being relieved of command.....
All we asked for was safe passage for myself and the old man and the droids and we never bargained for this...
Master Shelby, have you ever been in a... in a turkish prison?
that kid looks like dream
Lucky no one called him Shirley in this film.
They did however forget to turn his microphone off when he went to the lavatory.
And stop calling me Shirley..
Are you really serious
You should get the capsize scene please
Movieclips has it.
Stop calling him Shirley!!!!
Omg I never realised Leslie Nielsen was in this hahaha
"That last one almost "proached(sp)" us."
What does that mean?
LOL. I didn't know that Leslie Nielsen played a role in this movie.
There's no way I'd board a vessel that Leslie Nielsen is captain of.
@@philipleworthy7871 lololol
He used to be a straight actor... Then he went gay. Seriously though, the fact he was so serious is why the Zuckers picked him, comedy delivered by someone straight-laced with perfect timing is hilarious!
That includes C deck, see to it!
1:48....I FIND IT THRILLING...DONT YOU??
Leslie Nelson was a great Captain Harrison he knew how to fight to keep the ship in order except he had to deal with that bastard Mr Laragos
But for the love of everything dear, don't call him Shirley!
It's Linarcos.
I haven't seen anything like this since the Anita Bryant concert.
Lololol
ideat
Many of these scenes were filmed on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. Camera work made it look like the bridge was listing to and fro.
Edward Lovette I believe the same technique was used in the original Star Trek
Geez KAREN... no one knew...
0:51
Shirley he must be joking.
He's not joking.
And don't call me Shirley.
When the wave was first spotted by radar, the ship had plenty of time to turn away from it.
I think he didn't expect the wave to breach and geared for a side impact. That all went to hell when he saw it breach when it hit some shallows (my unedgykated assessment), hence, the "Oh my God!" By then, he had no time to turn the ship into the breakwater.
Its best to turn so your facing the wave. Anything else and you'll risk capsizing.
but then you have no movie
If I recall, the wave is moving at 60 knots, which is almost 80 miles an hour. The Poseidon is a twin sister of the Queen Mary (In her Cunard days, she was the RMS Atlantis according to the novel), so her top speed is only a bit over 30 knots.
By the time you've put the helm hard over and she's starting the turn, the wave will be on you.
It didn't help that the Poseidon's stabilizers were damaged and their gyros were laggy from being out of date and needing an overhaul on top of her being topheavy with near empty fuel bunkers. In the novel the ship had been converted to a cargo/cruise liner some time ago, and mostly carried freight while offering discount cruises in the remaining 1st class cabins (the 2nd and 3rd ones were gutted to make more cargo space).
In the novel, the captain is largely a composite of Linarcos and Capt. Harrison. He's a Greek, and overall it's his inexperience that damaged the Poseidon's stabilizers and his bowing to the company (the ship isn't on her last run in the book, but the freight she carries is time-sensitive and she's behind schedule) means Poseidon leaves port light on fuel because of a dockworker's strike, and he refrains from filling the empty fuel tanks with water ballast as it means they'll have to be steam cleaned before they can be filled with fuel oil again, which will delay the next scheduled voyage even further.
@@Shipwright1918 FINALLY! A worthy post.
com firme da ora
What in the world did the captain think lookout wanted??
A blanket!!
FULL MOVIE MY ARSE LOL
"And don't call me shirley".
Is this the only time Leslie Nielsen played a drama role? He was more a funny man mostly. Too bad that they didn't have an escape pole down to the ballroom. When the big wave hit, the crew could have quickly slipped down to the ballroom and helped save the passengers. But then Gene Hackman was the "star hero" of the movie.
Airplane! was a big change from his normal roles. Tom Hanks in reverse.
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LeslieNielsenSyndrome
He was also in Forbidden Planet in 1956
He was also in tales of tomorrow episodes
He was in a lot of serious roles. Then had a second career doing awesome comedy roles.
He was never originally a 'funny man'.
He started out and starred in several straight played roles until he appeared in Airplane.
What if the captain and crew had ran to the ball room before the wave hit?
It can’t be there was a scene when water came in the bridge and they all fell and drowned.
What if u had not sent a post...
The Captain probably would have found himself in an endless sea of inquiries and court trials. The other officers probably have had their careers stalled much like the Titanic's surviving officers did. Given the magnitude of the disaster, it would not have ended well for anyone involved.
Then they could have had a last dance.
I am waiting for leslie nielsens punchline!
I bet cruise ships have this kind of weather. I wonder how real cruise ships handle weather and waves like this?
THIS ISNT A CRUISE
It’s bumpy that’s for sure
They run like hell for port, cruise ships aren't made to push through bad weather like a true liner is. Ocean liners go through the weather, cruisers run for safety from the weather.