Dante's Peak
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Film poster for Dante's Peak
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| Directed by | Roger Donaldson |
| Produced by |
Gale Anne Hurd Joseph Singer |
| Written by | Leslie Bohem |
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| Music by |
James Newton Howard John Frizzell |
| Cinematography | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
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Pacific Western Productions
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
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109 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $116 million |
| Box office | $178.1 million |
| Dante's Peak: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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| Soundtrack album by John Frizzell & James Newton Howard | |
| Released | February 4, 1997 |
| Label | Varese Sarabande |
Dante's Peak is a 1997 American dramatic disaster thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Elizabeth Hoffman, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley and Grant Heslov, the film was set in the fictional town of Dante's Peak where in the town must survive the volcano's eruption and its dangers. It was released in February 7, 1997 under the production of Sony, Universal Pictures and Pacific Western.
Dr. Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan), a volcanologist of the United States Geological Survey, and his partner, Marianne (Walker Brandt), are studying volcanic activity in Colombia when the volcano erupts. As they try to escape, Marianne is killed by a volcanic bomb. Harry mourns her death, believing it could have been prevented by evacuating sooner.
Four years later, Harry is assigned by his boss Dr. Paul Dreyfus (Charles Hallahan) to investigate seismic activity at Dante's Peak, Washington, a small town situated near a dormant stratovolcano in the Cascades. Harry arrives as the town is celebrating its founding, and meets the town's mayor, Rachel Wando (Linda Hamilton), and her two children Graham (Jeremy Foley) and Lauren (Jamie Renée Smith). Rachel offers to take Harry up the volcano while visiting her former mother in-law Ruth (Elizabeth Hoffman). There, they find dead wildlife and two dead bathers in the hot springs, boiled alive. Believing the excessive heat is a result of volcanic activity, Harry asks Paul to bring a team to study the mountain further. The team arrives with additional equipment, but they do not corroborate Harry's fears and suggest there is little concern. Regardless, Harry tries to convince Rachel to prepare the town for a possible disaster, while falling into a budding relationship with her.
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