Dante's Peak
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| Directed by | Roger Donaldson |
| Written by | Leslie Bohem |
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| Cinematography | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $116 million |
| Box office | $178.1 million |
Dante's Peak is a 1997 American disaster movie directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Leslie Bohem, and starring Pierce Brosnan, and Linda Hamilton.
The movie is set in the fictional town of Dante's Peak in Washington state, where the inhabitants have to flee from a volcanic eruption from a long dormant stratovolcano that has suddenly woken up.
The movie was shot on location in the town of Wallace, Idaho, which stands in for the fictional town of Dante's Peak in Washington state. Many of Wallace's inhabitants played extra characters for the movie.
The movie was released on February 7, 1997, under the production of Universal Pictures and Pacific Western Productions.
It got mixed reviews from movie critics, but was an average success financially at the box office.
Related pages
[change | change source]- Volcano - another volcano-based movie released in 1997
References
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- 1997 movies
- English-language movies
- 1990s disaster movies
- 1990s American disaster movies
- 1990s English-language movies
- Universal Pictures movies
- Movies set in Washington (state)
- Movies set in California
- Movies set in Colombia
- Movies set in the 1990s
- Movies about volcanoes
- Movies about families
- Movies about fires
- Movies composed by James Newton Howard
- Movies directed by Roger Donaldson