---
title: 'Volcano (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mick Jackson'
released: '1997-04-25'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/volcano-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120461/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Volcano (1997)

1997 · 100 min · Drama, Action, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Volcano is a 1997 American disaster film directed by Mick Jackson, written by Jerome Armstrong and Billy Ray, and produced by Neal H. Moritz and Andrew Z. Davis. The film stars Tommy Lee Jones in the lead role, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim, Keith David, John Corbett, Michael Rispoli, and John Carroll Lynch. It tells the story of an effort to divert the path of a dangerous lava flow through the streets of Los Angeles following the formation of a volcano at the La Brea Tar Pits. The story was inspired by the 1943 formation of the Parícutin volcano in Mexico.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mick Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mick-jackson)
- **Screenplay:** [Billy Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-ray)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alan Silvestri](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-silvestri)
- **Producer:** [Lauren Shuler Donner](https://cinepixo.com/people/lauren-shuler-donner), [Neal H. Moritz](https://cinepixo.com/people/neal-h-moritz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Theo van de Sande](https://cinepixo.com/people/theo-van-de-sande)
- **Editor:** [Don Brochu](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-brochu), [Michael Tronick](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-tronick)

## Cast

- [Gareth Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/gareth-williams)
- [Charles Perez](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-perez)
- [Robert Wisdom](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wisdom)
- [Ron Perkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-perkins)
- [Tommy Lee Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-lee-jones) as Mike Roark
- [Mark Gantt](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-gantt)
- [John Corbett](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-corbett)
- [Wayne Grace](https://cinepixo.com/people/wayne-grace)
- [Anne Heche](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-heche) as Dr. Amy Barnes
- [Keith David](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-david)
- [Alex Wexo](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-wexo)
- [Chris Myers](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-myers)
- [Richard Penn](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-penn)
- [John Carroll Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carroll-lynch)
- [Karl T. Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-t-wright)

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Official site: http://www.foxconnect.com/volcano.html
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/volcano-1997
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