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Dante's Peak is a 1997 American disaster film directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Leslie Bohem, and starring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, and Charles Hallahan. The film is set in the fictional town of Dante's Peak where the inhabitants fight to survive a volcanic eruption from a long dormant stratovolcano that has suddenly woken up.
Dante's Peak: Directed by Roger Donaldson. With Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley. A volcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second-most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that a nearby long-dormant volcano may awaken at any moment.
- (100K)
- Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Roger Donaldson
- 1997-02-07
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Music
- Reception
In 1993, USGS volcanologist Dr. Harry Dalton and his partner, Marianne, attempt to escape Galeras's eruption in Colombia. In the escape a piece of debris kills Marianne. Four years later, Harry is assigned by his superior, Dr. Paul Dreyfus, to investigate seismic activity near Dante's Peak, Washington, a town that borders a dormant stratovolcano. H...
Charles Hallahanas Paul DreyfusGrant Heslovas GregPrincipal photography began on May 6, 1996. The film was shot on location in Wallace, Idaho. Exterior shots of the Point Dume Post Office in Malibu, California, were used as the USGS's David A. Johnston Cascades Volcano Observatory headquarters in Vancouver, Washington. The facility was named in honor of David A. Johnston, a young scientist who had...
The original score was co-composed by John Frizzell and James Newton Howard. Howard wrote the main theme (heard during the opening titles) and a number of cues, while Frizzell wrote the bulk of the score. Thirty minutes of the score was released by Varèse Sarabande; the short album length being due to high orchestra fees at the time of release. An ...
Box office
The film was released on February 7, 1997 in 2,657 theatres. It debuted at #2 at the box office behind the special edition re-release of Star Wars; it took in $18 million in its opening weekend.After eight weeks in theatres, it had grossed $67.1 million in the United States and $111.0 million overseas, for a total of $178 million worldwide.
Film critic's reception
Although it was a bigger financial success than Volcano (released two months later), Dante's Peak received mostly negative reviews compared to the generally mixed reviews of its rival. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 26% rating based on 31 reviews, compared to a 50% rating from 46 reviews for Volcano. The consensus states: "Dante's Peakworks when things are on fire, but everything else from dialogue to characters is scathingly bad."
Geologists' reception and Educational purpose
The film attracted geologists to create dedicated "information page" to reach out to students interested in science, including the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Maryland. The fact-checking on USGS's information page concluded "in many but not all respects, the movie's depiction of eruptive hazards hits close to the mark". On the other hand, two professors at the Lewis-Clark State College panned the movie for understating the negative effects of a possible false alarm. Th...
Sep 20, 2024. Dante's Peak might take some liberties with the science but the film remains an edge-of-your-seat thriller 25 years after its release. Feb 7, 2022. Volcano erupts violently and ...
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- Roger Donaldson
- PG-13
- Pierce Brosnan
Spurred by the volcano-related death of a previous lover, Dalton urges Mayor Rachel Wando to put the city on alert. Dalton's boss, Paul Dreyfus, arrives and countermands Dalton demanding scientific proof. When the proof finally arrives, Harry and Rachel must go to the volcano to rescue her two children and ex-mother-in-law.
Feb 7, 1997 · Harry Dalton. Linda Hamilton. Rachel Wando. Jamie Renée Smith. Lauren Wando. Rate Now. Leave a Review. Dante's Peak is a disaster film directed by Roger Donaldson, where Pierce Brosnan stars as a volcanologist who discovers that the dormant volcano near a small Pacific Northwest town is about to erupt. Linda Hamilton co-stars as the town's mayor.
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Feb 7, 1997 · Build 58ba259 (7948) Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a ...
