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The coast is toast. - Volcano
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Title: Volcano

Release Date: 25 Apr 1997

Runtime: 1h 44m

Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Thriller

Director: 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Shuler Donner / Donner & Moritz Original Productions, Fox

Production Companies: 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Shuler Donner / Donner & Moritz Original Productions, Fox

Overview: An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.

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Average Vote: 5.924 (1534 votes)

Cast

  • Mike Roark: Tommy Lee Jones
  • Dr. Amy Barnes: Anne Heche
  • Kelly Roark: Gaby Hoffmann
  • Emmit Reese: Don Cheadle
  • Dr. Jaye Calder: Jacqueline Kim
  • Lt. Ed Fox: Keith David
  • Norman Calder: John Corbett
  • Gator Harris: Michael Rispoli
  • Stan Olber: John Carroll Lynch
  • Kevin: Marcello Thedford
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