Dante's Peak

Dante's Peak
Directed byRoger Donaldson
Written byLeslie Bohem
Produced by
  • Gale Anne Hurd
  • Joseph Singer
Starring
CinematographyAndrzej Bartkowiak
Edited by
  • Conrad Buff IV
  • Tina Hirsch
  • Howard E. Smith
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • February 7, 1997 (1997-02-07)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$116 million
Box office$178.1 million

Dante's Peak is a 1997 American disaster movie directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Leslie Bohem, and starring Pierce Brosnan, and Linda Hamilton.

The movie is set in the fictional town of Dante's Peak in Washington state, where the inhabitants have to flee from a volcanic eruption of a long dormant stratovolcano that has suddenly woken up.

The movie was shot on location in the town of Wallace, Idaho, which stands in for the fictional town of Dante's Peak in Washington state. Many of Wallace's inhabitants played extra characters for the movie.

The movie was released on February 7, 1997, under the production of Universal Pictures and Pacific Western Productions.

It got mixed reviews from movie critics, but was an average success financially at the box office.

  • Volcano - another volcano-based movie released in 1997

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