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'Volcano' (1997 film)

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The 1997 film Volcano is about a volcano that erupts in downtown Los Angeles and the efforts to stop the lava flow:

  • Plot: A massive earthquake strikes Los Angeles, and the city's emergency management director, Mike Roark (Tommy Lee Jones), calls on geologist Dr. Amy Barnes (Anne Heche) to investigate. They discover that the earthquake was a sign of a volcano forming beneath the La Brea Tar Pits. As a second earthquake unleashes the lava, Roark and Barnes must work together to divert the flow.  


    • Inspiration: The film was inspired by the 1943 formation of the Parícutin volcano in Mexico.  


      • Cast: Also stars Don Cheadle and Keith David.  


        • Director: Mick Jackson.  
        • Writers: Jerome Armstrong and Billy Ray.  
        • Producers: Neal H. Moritz and Andrew Z. Davis.  


          • Trivia: The fictional California Institute of Geological Sciences (CIGS) was inspired by the real-life California Integrated Seismic Network (CISN). 

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