Dante's Peak (1997)

A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside named Dante's Peak after a long dormant volcano, which has recently been named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment.

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Writer:

Leslie Bohem

Stars:

Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith

4 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pierce Brosnan	...	Harry Dalton
Linda Hamilton	...	Rachel Wando
Jamie Renée Smith	...	Lauren Wando
Jeremy Foley	...	Graham Wando
Elizabeth Hoffman	...	Ruth
Charles Hallahan	...	Paul Dreyfus
Grant Heslov	...	Greg
Kirk Trutner	...	Terry Furlong
Arabella Field	...	Nancy
Tzi Ma	...	Stan
Brian Reddy	...	Les Worrell
Lee Garlington	...	Dr. Jane Fox
Bill Bolender	...	Sheriff Turner
Carole Androsky	...	Mary Kelly (as Carol Androsky)
Peter Jason	...	Norman Gates

Storyline

Volcanologist Harry Dalton and mayor Rachel Wando of Dante's Peak try to convince the city council and the other volcanologists that the volcano right above Dante's peak is indeed dangerous. People's safety is being set against economical interests.

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Plot Keywords:

volcano | lava | mayor | lake | small town | 

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Taglines:

Whatever you do, don't look back

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for disaster related peril and gore

Details

Official Sites:

Montase Magazine [Febrian Andhika] (Indonesian) Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 February 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Danteov vrh

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$116,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

ITL 1,021,700,000 (Italy) (11 April 1997)

Gross:

$67,155,742 (USA) (6 June 1997)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Pacific Western

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

DTS DTS-Stereo Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The shirt Gregg wore on the first day of observing Dante's Peak was a graph showing the eruptions of the Cascade volcanoes in the past 4,000 years.

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Goofs

Cascade Range volcanoes do not typically erupt flowing basaltic (free-flowing) lava. They certainly do not simultaneously erupt pyroclastic and basaltic flows as depicted.

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Quotes

Greg: It's coffee time! Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee! Cappuccino, java, YES!

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Connections

Edited into Movie 43 (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Blue Moon Revisited"
Written by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Margo Timmins, Michael Timmins
Performed by Cowboy Junkies
Courtesy of the RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment

User Reviews

Volcano Plays Its Part Very Well

Yes, there are some cheesy, hollywoodish moments in this movie, but the actors bring enough charisma and presence to hold the story together. Pierce Brosnan makes a convincing scientist, whose passion and desire to protect the townspeople plays off nicely with Mayor Linda Hamilton's similar concerns.

But what I most want to say is that the volcano itself was both believable and accurate. So I want to commend the filmmakers for having enough integrity to make an entertaining film within the boundaries of scientific accuracy. And face it, you don't go to a movie like Dante's Peak to see insightful drama, or peer deep into the human psyche. The people and the volcano play off each other very nicely. It's not often you get a film with both chemistry and physics.