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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Profanity Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 03/09/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 43 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Total Copies: 11 Genres: Action, Action Thriller, Disaster Film See Also: Volcano

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

Tommy Lee Jones - Mike Roark
Anne Heche - Dr. Amy Barnes
Gaby Hoffmann - Kelly Roark
Don Cheadle - Emmit Reese
Jacqueline Kim - Dr. Jaye Calder

Mick Jackson's Volcano, one of the two volcano disaster films released in 1997, comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, while a French soundtrack has also been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. English and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the original theatrical trailer. Disaster film enthusiasts will enjoy the picture and 5.1 sound, but truth be told, the =Dante's Peak collector's edition contains better supplemental materials. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide