Main Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim
Release Year: 1997
Country: US
Run Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
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
William Cruse - Art Director, Scott Ritenour - Art Director, Don Woodruff - Art Director, Tom Retta - Art Director, Scott Stuber - Associate Producer, Dianne Crittenden - Casting, Mic Rodgers - Coordinator, Michael Fottrell - Co-producer, Stokely Chaffin - Co-producer, Kirsten Everberg - Costume Designer, Michele Panelli-Venetis - First Assistant Director, Mick Jackson - Director, Don Brochu - Editor, Michael Tronick - Editor, Lauren Shuler-Donner - Executive Producer, Alan Silvestri - Composer (Music Score), Jackson de Govia - Production Designer, Theo Van de Sande - Cinematographer, David Drzewiecki - Cinematographer, Andrew Z. Davis - Producer, Neal H. Moritz - Producer, K.C. Fox - Set Designer, Les Gobruegge - Set Designer, Patricia Klawonn - Set Designer, Richard J. Lawrence - Set Designer, Richard Reynolds - Set Designer, Dianne I. Wager - Set Designer, Beverly Eagen - Set Designer, Marty Bresin - Special Effects, Clay Pinney - Special Effects, VIFX - Special Effects, Digiscope - Special Effects, The Digital Magic Co. - Special Effects, Light Matters - Special Effects, P.O.P. Film - Special Effects, Stirber Visual Network - Special Effects, David Kelson - Sound Mixer, Jim Tanenbaum - Sound/Sound Designer, James M. Halty - Stunts, Chuck Picerni, Jr. - Stunts, David Drzewiecki - Supervisor/Manager, Jerome Armstrong - Screen Story, Billy Ray - Screenwriter, Jerome Armstrong - Screenwriter, Michael Benson - Second Unit Camera
