Volcano (1997)
- Starring:
- Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mick Jackson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Category:
- Action / Adventure
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Disaster visits jaded L.A. in the form of an underground volcano, not the big earthquake all the citizens expect. Shot on the largest set ever constructed in the U.S., in nearby Torrance, California, Volcano is a big-budget, special-effects-laden disaster movie with a standard plot. Tommy Lee Jones plays Mike Roark, a by-the-book emergency management director who is spending the weekend with his daughter, Kelly (Gaby Hoffmann), when the previously-unknown volcano blows. Sassy, brainy scientist Dr. Amy Barnes (Ann Heche) is the first to warn of the threat, which begins by sucking one of her co-workers into a steaming fissure. As the lava starts to spurt in red-hot fireballs, Kelly is injured, and Mike sends her to the hospital in order to attend to his duties, rescue citizens, and run the city's emergency response. Eventually, Roark and Barnes team up to battle the eruption while sparks of romantic attraction fly. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 103 mins
Complete Cast:
- Tommy Lee Jones - Mike Roark
- Gaby Hoffmann - Kelly Roark
- Jacqueline Kim - Dr. Jaye Calder
- John Corbett - Norman Calder
- John Carroll Lynch - Stan Olber
- Anne Heche - Dr. Amy Barnes
- Don Cheadle - Emmit Reese
- Keith David - Lt. Ed Fox
- Michael Rispoli - Gator Harris
- Director(s):
- Mick Jackson
- Writer(s):
- Billy Ray, Michael Benson, Jerome Armstrong
- Producer(s):
- Neal H. Moritz, Andrew Z. Davis
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Profanity, Violence)
- Categories:
- Action / Adventure
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