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Overview
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Release Date:
25 April 1997 (USA)
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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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1 win
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1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
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(From FilmJunk. 4 December 2009, 6:20 AM, PST)
Anne Heche's Ex Relieved He Picked Yesterday To Go To Job
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This movie was such a disaster, you couldn't look away.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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.
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Runtime:
104 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M |
Netherlands:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Germany:16 (w) |
Norway:15 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:12 |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #35122) |
Iceland:12
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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.
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Goofs:
Factual errors: Eruptions that produce lots of flowing lava don't produce heavy ashfall.
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Quotes:
Kelly Roark:
[in the car] I wanna go home. Roark: We're going to the safest place in town, baby, I promise.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Family Guy: Brian's Got a Brand New Bag (#8.4)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Buck Your Head
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This movie is a disaster within a disaster film. It is full of great action scenes, which are only meaningful if you throw away all sense of reality. Let's see, word to the wise, lava burns you; steam burns you. You can't stand next to lava. Diverting a minor lava flow is difficult, let alone a significant one. Scares me to think that some might actually believe what they saw in this movie.
Even worse is the significant amount of talent that went into making this film. I mean the acting is actually very good. The effects are above average. Hard to believe somebody read the scripts for this and allowed all this talent to be wasted. I guess my suggestion would be that if this movie is about to start on TV ... look away! It is like a train wreck: it is so awful that once you know what is coming, you just have to watch. Look away and spend your time on more meaningful content.