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Volcano

  • 1997
  • K-12
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
79K
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POPULARITY
3,853
396
Volcano (1997)
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A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city.A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city.A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city.

  • Director
    • Mick Jackson
  • Writers
    • Jerome Armstrong
    • Billy Ray
  • Stars
    • Tommy Lee Jones
    • Anne Heche
    • Gaby Hoffmann
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    79K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,853
    396
    • Director
      • Mick Jackson
    • Writers
      • Jerome Armstrong
      • Billy Ray
    • Stars
      • Tommy Lee Jones
      • Anne Heche
      • Gaby Hoffmann
    • 246User reviews
    • 87Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Anne Heche and Tommy Lee Jones in Volcano (1997)
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    Tommy Lee Jones
    Tommy Lee Jones
    • Mike Roark
    Anne Heche
    Anne Heche
    • Dr. Amy Barnes
    Gaby Hoffmann
    Gaby Hoffmann
    • Kelly Roark
    Don Cheadle
    Don Cheadle
    • Emmit Reese
    Jacqueline Kim
    Jacqueline Kim
    • Dr. Jaye Calder
    Keith David
    Keith David
    • Lt. Ed Fox
    John Corbett
    John Corbett
    • Norman Calder
    Michael Rispoli
    Michael Rispoli
    • Gator Harris
    John Carroll Lynch
    John Carroll Lynch
    • Stan Olber
    Marcello Thedford
    Marcello Thedford
    • Kevin
    Laurie Lathem
    Laurie Lathem
    • Rachel
    Bert Kramer
    Bert Kramer
    • Fire Chief
    Bo Eason
    • Bud McVie
    James MacDonald
    James MacDonald
    • Terry Jasper
    • (as James G. MacDonald)
    Dayton Callie
    Dayton Callie
    • Roger Lapher
    Michael Cutt
    Michael Cutt
    • Armstrong
    Kevin Bourland
    • Bob Davis
    Valente Rodriguez
    Valente Rodriguez
    • Train Driver
    • Director
      • Mick Jackson
    • Writers
      • Jerome Armstrong
      • Billy Ray
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      (at around 23 mins) Rachel mentions an incident in Paricutin. She's referring to the 1,500 foot (457.2 meters) volcano that emerged over a few months in 1942 in Paricutin, Michoacan, Mexico.
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 13 mins) The water dropped from the helicopters would have most likely vaporized by the heat before it could actually hit the lava.
    • Quotes

      Amy: Sometimes magma can find one of those fissures and rise up through it.

      Roark: What's magma?

      Rachel: Lava.

      Roark: Lava? Right here in L.A?

      Amy: It is one of the possibilities.

      Roark: We have a history of that here in the downtown area?

      Rachel: Paricutin... 1943, a Mexican farmer sees smoke coming out of the middle of his cornfield. A week later there's a volcano a thousand feet high. There's no history of anything until it happens. Then there is.

    • Alternate versions
      To attract more viewers the German theatrical version was cut to receive a "Not under 12" rating. The German video release contains the complete version and is rated "Not under 16".
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Volcano/Shiloh/Romy and Michele's High School Reunion/Female Perversions/A Brother's Kiss (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      I Love L.A.
      Written and Performed by Randy Newman
      Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
      By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews246

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    5/10
    It shud have been named Lava/Magma, wreaking havoc inside n outside the gutter.
    I first saw this with my friends in Regal theater, South Mumbai in 1997.

    Those times there were no trailers or YouTube or any reviews. Enjoyed it a bit then but aft revisiting it, i found it to b lame.

    The film doesnt have any tension or suspense. It has the same lava stuff going on again n again. The best part is, the film's name is Volcano but we dont get to see any mountain bursting. At times, the lava looked too fake. Even the plan and the strategy to contain/pool the lava and later divert the lava's direction is a big lol.

    Anne Heche's character is a scientist but the character does stupid stuff.

    The only good thing is the way Stan Olber (John Carroll Lynch) saves the driver. The jumping into the lava flow n throwing the driver to safety is epic.
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    • Mar 31, 2021

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 7, 1997 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Tulivuori
    • Filming locations
      • Whole Foods Market - 4520 Sepulveda Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA(Beverly Hills looting)
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions
      • Moritz Original
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $90,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $49,323,468
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,581,740
      • Apr 27, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $122,823,468
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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