Trivia for
Dante's Peak (1997) More at IMDbPro »

• The "volcanic ash" was really fine newspaper shavings.
  
  
• Most of the film's exteriors were shot in Wallace, Idaho, and Dante's Peak and surrounding scenery were then digitally added.
  
  
• A great many special effects in the movie were practical special effects, using real-world models or full-size properties and vehicles.
  
  
• All crater scenes were shot at Mt St Helens
  
  
• The dogs that played Roughy were wolf hybrids (part wolf and part Airedale Terrier).
  
  
• According to director Roger Donaldson on the DVD commentary the camera Pierce Brosnan uses when he first investigates the volcano surroundings is Brosnan's own.
  
  

• SPOILER: WILHELM SCREAM: When Paul Dreyfus (Charles Hallahan) falls into the white lava (mud flow) when the bridge tips over.
  
  

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