Volcano
Volcano theatrical poster
Directed by	Mick Jackson
Produced by	Stokely Chaffin Martha Cotton Andrew Z. Davis Neal H. Moritz
Written by	Jerome Armstrong Billy Ray
Starring	Tommy Lee Jones Anne Heche Don Cheadle Gaby Hoffmann Keith David
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	Theo van de Sande
Editing by	Don Brochu Michael Tronick
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	April 25, 1997
Running time	104 min
Language	English
Budget	$95,000,000 (estimated)[1]
IMDb profile

Volcano is a disaster action film starring Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, and Don Cheadle. It was directed by Mick Jackson, and was released in the United States on April 25, 1997, just months after the release of Dante's Peak, another film about a volcano with a similar plot. Geologists consider Volcano to be scientifically inaccurate compared to Dante's Peak. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 405 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (510 × 755 pixel, file size: 70 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is of a film poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the film... Mick Jackson (born 4 October 1943, Aveley, England) is a British film and television director, television producer, and author. ... For the musician, see Tommy Lee. ... Anne Celeste Heche (IPA: ) (born May 25, 1969) is an American actress, director and screenwriter. ... Don Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ... Gabrielle Mary Hoffmann (born January 8, 1982 in NYC, USA) is an American actress. ... Keith David (born June 4, 1956) is an American film, television, and voice actor. ... Alan Silvestri (b. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Look up Action film in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the musician, see Tommy Lee. ... Anne Celeste Heche (IPA: ) (born May 25, 1969) is an American actress, director and screenwriter. ... Don Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ... Mick Jackson (born 4 October 1943, Aveley, England) is a British film and television director, television producer, and author. ... is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Dantes Peak is a 1997 action-adventure film starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. ... For other uses, see Volcano (disambiguation). ... The Geologist by Carl Spitzweg A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth and planets of the solar system (see planetary geology). ...

Taglines:

• The Coast Is Toast
• There are at least 1,500 active volcanoes that we know about...and at least one that we don't. Welcome to Los Angeles
• It's hotter than hell

Plot

Tommy Lee Jones stars as Mike Roark, a divorced Los Angeles emergency official who takes charge when a volcano grows out of the La Brea Tar Pits. A river of lava flows down Wilshire Boulevard, through the Metro Red Line subway tunnel, and creates a fountain of lava next to the Beverly Center shopping mall in Beverly Hills. The lava destroys one subway train in the Red Line, kills the Metro chairman by melting him, burns cars, firemen, homes, and fire trucks, and burns down the Los Angeles Art Museum. For the musician, see Tommy Lee. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... For other uses, see Volcano (disambiguation). ... La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles Countys Miracle Mile District. ... Look up lava, Aa, pahoehoe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile District, looking east toward Downtown Los Angeles Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood, looking east toward the Millionaires Mile Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west arterial roads in Los Angeles, California. ... This article is about the present transit agency. ... Diagram of the Metro Red Line. ... The Beverly Center is a shopping center in Los Angeles, California, United States. ... “Beverly Hills” redirects here. ...

In spite of placing himself and his teenage daughter in danger, Mike decides to save the city by diverting the river of lava (with the help of demolition teams) into the concrete channel of Ballona Creek, which allows the lava to flow safely into the Pacific Ocean. But there's a problem. San Vicente Boulevard does not slope down like Mike is thinking. It slopes the opposite direction and the lava will not flow into the creek; it will instead flow the opposite direction; right into the thousands of patients at Cedars Sinai Hospital. So Mike orders the demolition team to plant charges in both the street and the Beverly Center but as they do; the lava hits a block on the Red Line subway and a massive geyser of lava erupts out of San Vicente Boulevard, threatening the Beverly Center and its occupants. Moments later, when all the charges are planted, they are fired one by one and a new building just across from the Beverly Center comes crashing down just as Mike Roark saves his daughter Kelly and a little boy named Tommy. Moments later, the lava hits the Pacific Ocean, bringing to an end Mt. Wilshire's reign of terror. The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... San Vicente Boulevard is a major east-west throughfare located in the western portion of the Los Angeles, California Metropolitan Area. ... Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world famous hospital located in Los Angeles. ...

Cast

• 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

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Production

The premise for the movie is loosely based on the appearance of Parícutin, a volcano which emerged from a farmer's field in Mexico. The depiction of the behavior of volcanoes and lava in the rest of the movie, however, is for entertainment rather than scientific accuracy. Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin, commonly also accented Paricutín or spelled unaccented as Paricutin) is a volcano in the Mexican state of Michoacán, close to a lava-covered village of the same name. ...

Filming Locations

California, USA

• Beverly Center and Los Angeles County Emergency Operations Center - Los Angeles, California

• Mojave Desert, California

• Torrance, California

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Reception

Giving the film 1.5/4 stars, Roger Ebert writes "This is a surprisingly cheesy disaster epic"^[2]. While Mike LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle says, "It can't make us care",^[3] and Marc Savlov of the Austin Chronicle describes the film as "an embarrassment, albeit one of the so-bad-it's-kinda-good variety" giving it 1.5/5 stars.^[4] Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ... Todays San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. ... The Austin Chronicle is an alternative weekly newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States. ...

On RottenTomatoes.com Volcano has a "freshness" of 35% classifying it as "rotten".^[5] Rotten Tomatoes (http://www. ...

Box office

DVD cover for the film

Volcano was released to 2,774 screens on April 25, 1997 and grossed $14.58 million on its opening weekend. Domestically the film grossed $47.47 million and $72.6 million at the foreign box office, bringing its world wide total to about $120.1 million. These totals were significantly lower than the $178 million world wide gross of Volcano's competitor with a similar plot Dante's Peak which opened in February 1997, just two months prior to Volcano. Comparing the two films, Marc Savlov says, "While Dante's Peak at least offered some sort of glimpse into the geological workings of volcanoes and the men and women who study them, Volcano dispenses entirely with the intellect and goes straight for the guts".^[4] Image File history File links Volcano_DVD.jpg Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Volcano_DVD.jpg Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Dantes Peak is a 1997 action-adventure film starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. ...

Awards and Nominations

Volcano was nominated for, but did not win, the 1997 Razzie Award for Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property. The 18th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 22, 1998 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognise the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1997. ... Razzie Award The Raspberry Awards or Razzies, first awarded in 1981, were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to counterpoint the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. ...

Home video

Volcano was released on VHS on May 26, 1998. The film was subsequently released on DVD on March 9, 1999. Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard. ... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ...

Factual Errors

• During Stan's "Train Run" with the train driver, the ambient temperature is shown to be sufficient to melt the metal and plastic in the train, along with Stan's shoes. Any temperature this hot should kill Stan, by burning his lungs.

• Eruptions with the amount of lava shown in the movie do not produce a lot of ashfall.

• Helicopters should not be able to fly through the heavily ash-ridden atmosphere without shutting down (due to clogged engine air filters) and crashing. Likewise, cars and trucks would be unable to run more than a few minutes.

See also

• Dante's Peak

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References

External links

• Details about the movie special effects http://www.vfxhq.com/1997/volcano.html
• http://imdb.com/title/tt0120461/ [Volcano] at Internet Movie Database