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5.9An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.
Released: 1997-04-25104 minDir: Mick JacksonScience Fiction, Action, Drama, ThrillerBudget: $90.0MBox office: $123M
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Cast
- Tommy Lee Jones as Mike Roark
- Anne Heche as Dr. Amy Barnes
- Gaby Hoffmann as Kelly Roark
- Don Cheadle as Emmit Reese
- Jacqueline Kim as Dr. Jaye Calder
- Keith David as Lt. Ed Fox
Themes
- lava
- subway
- volcano
- volcanology
- burned alive
- disaster
- los angeles, california
- disaster movie
- firemen
- absurd
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Ratings
IMDb
5.6/10
86,213 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
48%
Metacritic
54/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 688951
- Official website
- www.foxconnect.com/volcano.html
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- publication date
- 1997-04-25
- title
- Volcano
- review score
- 54/100
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1990s disaster films1997 American films1997 drama films1997 English-language films1997 films1997 thriller films20th Century Fox filmsAmerican disaster filmsAmerican thriller filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsFilms about father–daughter relationshipsFilms about firefightingFilms about firesFilms about volcanoesFilms directed by Mick JacksonFilms produced by Lauren Shuler DonnerFilms produced by Neal H. MoritzFilms scored by Alan SilvestriFilms set in CaliforniaFilms set in Los AngelesFilms shot in Los AngelesFilms with screenplays by Billy RayOriginal Film filmsRail transport films