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The Poseidon Adventure
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Chief Engineer Joe: Chief here. Go ahead.
Captain Harrison: Joe, what the hell's going on down there? Is there nothing more you can do with those stabilizers?
Chief Engineer Joe: There's nothing wrong with the…
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Mike Rogo: How is she supposed to swallow that pill, when she can't even swallow water?
Nurse Gina Rowe: [patiently] They're suppositories, Mr. Rogo. You erm, don't swallow them.
Mike Rogo: Then what the hell do you do…
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Mr. Linarcos: Order Full Ahead, Captain.
Captain Harrison: I have already told you Mr. Linarcos, we don't have enough ballast yet to run at Full Ahead.
Mr. Linarcos: I suggest we talk privately. (Linarcos and the Captain…
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Robin Shelby: Why don't you shove it?
Susan Shelby: [angrily] Don't you ever say that to me again!
Robin Shelby: Shove it! Shove it! Shove it!
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Mike Rogo: You know what it means to be picked out from all the people aboard to sit at the Captain's table on New Year's Eve? Well, I'll tell ya what it means. It means that all your worries about those other women…
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Mike Rogo: This is the first trip since we got married.
Linda Rogo: Yeah, and why we didn't fly, I'll never know.
Reverend Frank Scott: Well, since the Captain put me in charge. let's make a toast.
Linda Rogo: Great.…
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Captain Harrison: It seems to be piling up those shallows... By the way, Happy New Year.
First Officer Larsen: Thank you, sir. Same to you.
Captain Harrison: [returning to the conversation] What's its speed?
First…
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Captain Harrison: [over intercom to radio room] Sparks!
Wireless Operator: Yes, sir?
Captain Harrison: Get off a Mayday!
Wireless Operator: [puzzled] Mayday, sir?…
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Linda Rogo: [dazed] Jesus Christ. What happened?
Reverend Frank Scott: We've turned over.
Mike Rogo: Linda, Linda honey, are you all right?
Linda Rogo: Hi... where the hell have you been?…
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Purser: For God's sake, Reverend, what you're doing is suicide!
Reverend Frank Scott: We're cut off from the rest of the world. They can't get to us. Maybe we can get to them. You've said enough, now get out of the way.…
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Reverend Frank Scott: Through the kitchen and go deeper and deeper in the ship till we reach the hull. That way!
Mike Rogo: Then you just kick out the bottom and we swim ashore, huh?
Linda Rogo: Or maybe you could just…
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Reverend Frank Scott: Ok Mrs. Rogo, up you go. But you'll have to take off that long gown.
Mike Rogo: Like hell she will!
Reverend Frank Scott: She can't climb in it. It's too tight.
Mike Rogo: She's got nothin' under…
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James Martin: What do I tell I tell the others?
Mike Rogo: Tell them to break out their hymn books and start singing "Nearer My God To Thee"!
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Linda Rogo: This is a bunch of crap. We're sinking and nothing's going to keep us from drowning.
Mike Rogo: Keep moving.
Manny Rosen: He's right, Mrs. Rogo, there are air pockets all over the ship.
Linda Rogo: Air…
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Belle Rosen: You see, he's swimming through the corridors and up and down these stairwells, I'm the only one here trained to do things like that!
Linda Rogo: Will you shut up?!
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Manny Rosen: Belle, be careful.
Belle Rosen: Manny, you think I'm planning to be careless? [dives in]
Mike Rogo: What the hell does he think she's doing?!
Manny Rosen: Let her go! She knows what she's doing!
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Mike Rogo: What the hell happened? You didn't pull the rope.
Reverend Frank Scott: I got trapped. Mrs. Rosen freed me.
Mike Rogo: Thanks Mrs. Rosen, if it hadn't been for you, none of us...[Scott grabs Rogo's arm, Rogo…
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Reverend Frank Scott: Mr. Rosen...look...the last thing she said to me was "Give this to Manny to give to our grandson from both of us". Your place is with the living. If you don't come with us, her death is meaningless.…
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James Martin: What kind of a policeman were you? You've done nothing but beef and complain. Always negative, always destructive. Well, now's you're chance to something positive for a change! [tauntingly] Are you…
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