Dante's Peak
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| Directed by | Roger Donaldson |
| Written by | Leslie Bohem |
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| Cinematography | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 108 minutes[3] |
| Country | United States[1][2] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $115–116 million[4][5] |
| Box office | $178.1 million[5] |
Dante's Peak is a 1997 American disaster thriller 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 extras 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.
Related pages
- Volcano – another volcano-based movie released in 1997
References
- 1 2 "Dante's Peak". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
- 1 2 "Dante's Peak (1997)". British Film Institute. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Dante's Peak (12)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
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