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Bookmark this pageDante's Peak (1997)
Director: Roger Donaldson
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From Time Out Film Guide
The first of 1997's two volcano movies acquits itself well in the spectacle department, but its colourless characters, dwarfed from the outset by a computer-generated peak, finally get lost among the deadly emissions. There's a familiar feel to the film's Jaws-like set-up, with Brosnan's intuitive volcanologist predicting imminent catastrophe while local councillors insist there's no need for panic. As an exercise in disaster-movie logistics, this is on a par with Twister, although the jaw-dropping SFX are far more varied and genuinely terrifying.Author: NF
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- Posted on Apr 16 2009 15:30 I THINK THIS STUPID MOVIE IS FKIN RETarteD Jk.. i thought it was really sad when there grandmaw died:(
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Cast & crew
Director: Roger Donaldson
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd, Joseph M Singer
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley, Elizabeth Hoffman, Charles Hallahan full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 108 mins
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