Movie
Volcano
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-04-25
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Shuler Donner / Donner & Moritz Original Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tommy Lee Jones as Mike Roark
- Anne Heche as Dr. Amy Barnes
- Gaby Hoffmann as Kelly Roark
- Don Cheadle as Emmit Reese
- Jacqueline Kim as Dr. Jaye Calder
- Keith David as Lt. Ed Fox
- John Corbett as Norman Calder
- Michael Rispoli as Gator Harris
- John Carroll Lynch as Stan Olber
- Marcello Thedford as Kevin
- Laurie Lathem as Rachel
- Bert Kramer as L.A. Fire Chief
Crew
- Mick Jackson - Director
- Billy Ray - Screenplay
- Jerome Armstrong - Screenplay
- Jerome Armstrong - Story
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