La tour infernale

Irwin Allen struck upon a goldmine when he bought the rights to a book called The Poseidon Adventure and turned it into a big, sweaty hulk of a movie. The flick turned out to be a huge hit, with audiences if not necessarily with critics, and it even earned an impressive eight Oscar nominations.

Immediately after his sea-faring success, Allen leaped upon a new concept. It turned out that the book he so desperately wanted to buy was already owned by Warner Bros. So, like any canny producer,... (suite)