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Volcano (1997) -- A volcano erupts in downtown L.A., threatening to destroy the city.
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Director:
Mick Jackson
Writers (WGA):
Jerome Armstrong (story)
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Release Date:
25 April 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Thriller | Drama more
Tagline:
The Coast Is Toast more
Plot:
A volcano erupts in downtown L.A., threatening to destroy the city. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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(6 articles)
Anne Heche's Ex Relieved He Picked Yesterday To Go To Job
 (From Movieline. 27 August 2009, 11:30 AM, PDT)

Billy Ray Goes from Fact to Fantasy with 'The Conjure Wife'
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Cast

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Tommy Lee Jones ... Mike Roark

Anne Heche ... Dr. Amy Barnes

Gaby Hoffmann ... Kelly Roark

Don Cheadle ... Emmit Reese
Jacqueline Kim ... Dr. Jaye Calder

Keith David ... Police Lieutenant Ed Fox

John Corbett ... Norman Calder
Michael Rispoli ... Gator Harris

John Carroll Lynch ... Stan Olber
Marcello Thedford ... Kevin
Laurie Lathem ... Rachel
Bert Kramer ... L.A. Fire Chief
Bo Eason ... Bud McVie

James MacDonald ... Terry Jasper (as James G. MacDonald)
Dayton Callie ... Roger Lapher
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense depiction of urban disaster and related injuries.
Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

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Most of the fire trucks used in the movie were made by the Crown Corporation, a fire apparatus maker now closed down. The Crown fire trucks in the movie can be easily recognized by the double-vertical headlights. more
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Factual errors: Los Angeles lies near the San Andreas fault and the plot is that magma rises through this fault in the city. However, the San Andreas fault is a transform boundary which means the plates move past each other - not opening and producing magma. Furthermore, the San Andreas Fault passes through Palmdale, over 35 miles to the North West from the location of the movie. more
Quotes:
Roark: I gave that woman my child, she gave me this card. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Buck Your Head more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
I had low expectations..., 29 December 2002
Author: Andrew Greenbay (huv456r@tninet.se) from Varberg, Sweden

I have to say that i had low expectations, since these flicks seldom are good. But, what the heck, my brother started the film... and it was then i started to puke. No, but seriously how could anybody in this world like this film. It was disastrously worthless. Mortal kombat rocks in comparison. Everything was so DUMB. Like when this "enormous hero of a fire-fighter" was to help this guy in the sub-way, choosing to throw him to the others and taking his own life. I MEAN WHAT!! That was like the most pathetic scene ever made. And at the end Tommy is to save his daughter and a little boy by running something like 500 metres just to push her away... WHY THE HELL DIDN'T SHE JUST WALK THIS VERY METRE. The whole flick was purely based on making "extreme-hero-scenes" which were all incredibly silly. The sentimentality really flew in this film. How the heck could Tommy Lee-Jones ever star in this crap(i'm ashamed of him). Every actor was bad, even Tommy, but the worst acting of all goes to Anne Heeche. BOY, did she act over or what!!! The only reason i managed to see to the end was because i knew i could walk out of that room being able to say "I HAVE SEEN THE WORST FILM EVER". And the tragic thing is that there are people who actually liked it(I share nothing with you, be so sure)

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