Volcano

Apr 25, 1997

1h 44m

★ 5.9

The coast is toast.

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.

Genres

Science Fiction

Action

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Fox 2000 Pictures

Shuler Donner / Donner & Moritz Original Productions

Volcano Trailers

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

Rachel

Laurie Lathem

L.A. Fire Chief

Bert Kramer

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