Supervolcano (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Tony Mitchell

Writer:

Edward Canfor-Dumas (writer)

Release Date:

10 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action | Thriller

Tagline:

It's under Yellowstone. And it's overdue.

Plot:

A volcano in Yellowstone Park suddenly erupts.

Plot Keywords:

Volcano | Fictional Documentary | Geyser | National Park | Disaster

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Michael Riley	...	Richard 'Rick' Lieberman
Gary Lewis	...	Jock Galvin
Shaun Johnston	...	Matt
Adrian Holmes	...	Dave
Jennifer Copping	...	Nancy
Rebecca Jenkins	...	Wendy Reiss
Tom McBeath	...	Michael Eldridge
Robert Wisden	...	Kenneth Wylie
Susan Duerden	...	Fiona Lieberman
Jane McLean	...	Maggie Chin
Sam Charles	...	William Lieberman
Kevin McNulty	...	Joe Foster
Emy Aneke	...	Lt. Johnson
Garwin Sanford	...	Bob Mann (as Garwin Sandford)
Shelagh Mitchell	...	Mother

Also Known As:

Supervulcano (Italy)
Supervulkan (Germany)

Runtime:

120 min (2 parts)

Country:

UK | Germany | Italy | Japan | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | UK:12 | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Big Blast Productions

Quotes:

Kenneth Wylie: It's volcanic ash, you can't go out there!
Richard 'Rick' Lieberman: When Mt. Vesuvius erupted, the people of Pompeii stayed in their homes, how do we know that Ken?
Kenneth Wylie: Because they were buried in volcanic ash.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Screenwipe: (#2.3)" (2006)

Surprisingly Good - the movie that "10.5" desperately wanted to be

I waited over a week to see this with not very high expectations - I was expecting a half- documentary, half-dramatized kind of thing. The Yellowstone SuperVolcano was something I had wanted to see a movie made about for years, this is finally it. Way better than that lame, horrible cliché-wracked turkey called "10.5" that NBC cranked out last year.

Although I had some gripes, I was overall impressed, specifically with the acting. This had cinema-quality performances that made it all the more believable. I was surprised by the magnitude of the visual effects, given that this was a TV movie. They were also of superb cinema quality.

The one thing I wanted to see which, alas, did not present itself, was the mass detonation of the entire Yellowstone region and the expulsion of a vast ocean of lava, as this is how I had pictured the Yellowstone super-eruption, and the actual geology of the area does show such immense layers of lava flows that come from a single eruption. This did not detract from my enjoyment of this film, though.

A surprisingly good production for television. 8/10.