However, extremely acidic fluids could dissolve Grandma's legs and kill her from shock, as well as eat holes in the boat. The original score was co-composed by John Frizzell and James Newton Howard. Mirror Lake, 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of, This page was last edited on 18 April 2021, at 19:07. Set in the Pacific Northwest, Dante's Peak is a movie about a volcano named, obviously, Dante's Peak. Finally convinced that the volcano will erupt and with the National Guard unavailable until the next day, Paul gives Harry permission to put the town on alert. The film was shot on location in Wallace, Idaho. Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jeremy Foley. Ruth jumps out of the boat to help it to shore, suffering chemical burns and eventually dying. said Harry. Real-life acid tripIn 1996, volcanic blasts at Karymsky Lake in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula created a toxic chemical soup in the formerly pristine lake, according to a study published Oct. 1 in Geophysical Research Letters. As the credits roll, the camera pans over the obliterated town before turning to the stratovolcano, now reduced to a caldera. Tsunamis up to 32 feet (20 meters) high pounded the shore with each new outburst, tearing out trees. About 20 minutes in, when Paul, Greg, Terry, Stan, and Nancy arrive at Dante's Peak, Stan comments that the residents of the town must feel cozy by the mountain, and Nancy remarks "Yeah! Helens,” which portrays a slightly dramatized story about the real event. Four years later, Harry is assigned by his superior Dr. Paul Dreyfus to investigate seismic activity near Dante's Peak, Washington, a town that borders a dormant stratovolcano. The disaster epic chronicles the race to save a small town from a deadly volcanic eruption. Set in the Pacific Northwest, Dante's Peak is a movie about a volcano named, obviously, Dante's Peak. Harry and the Wandos take a Forest Service ranger's truck to continue down the mountain, and save Ruth's dog Roughy as they cross a lava flow in their path. “Dante’s Peak” is also strikingly similar to the 1981 movie “St. called to the Pacific Northwest to investigate earthy rumblings near the small Washington The "Main Titles" cue is also featured on Varèse's The Towering Inferno and Other Disaster Classics compilation album. As a town meeting takes place at the high school, the eruption begins. Taran and his colleagues will continue analyzing the chemistry of Karymsky Lake and the new hot springs, he said. The next morning, seismic readings and gas levels rise dramatically. "Now it looks just the same, but it's not back to its original state," Taran said. It has a very unusual hydrothermal chemistry that nobody has tried to understand," he said. Where Volcano blew up Los Angeles, Roger Donaldson ’s movie dumps hot lava over the Pacific Northwest. [Images: Journey to Kamchatka's Volcanoes], Around midnight on Jan. 2, 1996, one day after a powerful earthquake, Karymsky volcano exploded, spewing ash and lava high into the air. Harry and the Wandos arrive at the remains of the town. Eventually, everything was covered with a layer of mud. CAST |. 'Paul, I was there. Released on February 7, 1997, Dante's Peak is the disaster movie about a small Washington state town that is in proximity to a volcano that is believed to be dormant for some time. While exploring, they find dead trees, dead squirrels, and two people boiled to death in a hot spring. When seismic activity detected by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests the possibility that the volcano is coming to life, a team of experts come to have a look and discover, too late, that the thing's about to blow. That volcano's getting ready to explode.' Four years later, Harry is sent by his boss Dr. Paul Dreyfus to investigate volcanic activity in the town of … Mount Vesuvius, near modern-day Naples, erupted on August 24, 79 A.D., wiping out Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing 16,000 people. When scientists reached the lake, they discovered the pH had dropped from 7.5 to 3.2, in the range of grapefruit juice and vinegar, and the water's color was yellow-brown. — Artemis-9. "Karymsky, it's an unusual volcano. The scene involving the geological robot and the trapped scientist was shot inside the crater of Mount St. Helens, as evidenced by a brief appearance of Mount Adams, a dormant 12,776-foot (3,894 m) peak 35 miles (56 km) east of Mount St. Helens, as the film focuses on the scientists. Days go by showing no signs of any threat or activity. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare. Roger Donaldson. The consensus states: "Dante's Peak works when things are on fire, but everything else from dialogue to characters is scathingly bad. Thirty minutes of the score was released by Varèse Sarabande; the short album length being due to high orchestra fees at the time of release. Despite mostly negative reviews, it was a box office success and has since gained a cult following among disaster film aficionados. Still, Harry tries to convince Rachel to prepare for a disaster, while developing a relationship with her and the children. Helens,” which portrays a slightly dramatized story about the real event. Dante's Peak is a 1997 American disaster thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Leslie Bohem, and starring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, and Charles Hallahan. Despite the complexity of its visual effects, Dante's Peak was not nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects that year, as it faced stiff competition from The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Starship Troopers, and Titanic, the eventual winner of the award. Much of the ejected material collapsed back into the lake, stewing into a fetid mix of sodium, sulfate, calcium and magnesium. 'Nothing much happened?' Extensive special effects surrounding certain aspects of the film, such as the lava and pyroclastic flows, were created by Digital Domain, Banned from the Ranch Entertainment, and CIS Hollywood. In 1997, two volcano movies were released with big-name actors, Volcano and Dante's Peak. Production was completed on August 31, 1996. The disaster epic chronicles the race to save a small town from a deadly volcanic eruption. In the ensuing chaos, Harry and Rachel go to retrieve the children, only to find they have gone to get Ruth, who refused to leave her home. A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment. Volcanic gases belching from the lake bottom can't acidify an entire lake in a matter of hours, debunkers have shown. Howard wrote the main theme (heard during the opening titles) and a number of cues, while Frizzell wrote the bulk of the score. At its foot is a town, also named Dante's Peak. Dante's Peak is a 1997 Disaster Movie directed by Roger Donaldson, about a volcano set in the Pacific Northwest named, obviously, Dante's Peak. DIRECTOR |. A small volcanic crater formed near the outlet of Karymsky River on the northern lake rim. Harry arrives and meets with Mayor Rachel Wando along with her children Graham and Lauren. Here's what happened: The lake water steamed and boiled as superheated gas and lava broke through vents beneath the surface. Do both score relatively well? IE 11 is not supported. 'I know it was hard for you up there, Harry,' he said, 'but you mustn't get excited. Marilyn Leubner as a babysitter who watches over Graham and Lauren. Harry and the Wandos are freed from the mine, reunited with Harry's team, and airlifted out by helicopter. At its foot is a town, also named Dante's Peak. During the Seventies boom, the films were blighted by bloated plots and casts of past-it actors (think Earthquake or Meteor). Nothing much happened.' Original article on LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet. Were there glaringly obvious problems with both plotlines? Directed by Roger Donaldson. The contents of the CD release can also be found on the region 1 DVD, and Blu-ray on an alternate audio track during the 'Creating a Volcano' documentary. Dante's peak is more factually grounded than the Tommy Lee Jones similar disaster movie "Volcano", which came out in roughly the same time as this movie and went way too "silly" with it's premise and approach. With no way out of town, Harry and the Wandos reach a mine, where Graham stowed away earlier. The eruption decimated the lake's ecosystem, killing off thousands of fish and trees. Karymsky Lake nestles in the long-dormant Academy Nauk caldera, a hole in the Earth left behind when a massive eruption emptied out a magma chamber. Dante’s Peak is a standard action thriller that only wants to make you feel. Follow us @OAPlanet, Facebook and Google+. Just like Pompeii." Principal photography began on May 6, 1996. When Harry goes to say goodbye to Rachel, they discover the town's water supply has been contaminated with sulfur dioxide. Grandma's death by acid is a highlight of the 1997 camp classic "Dante's Peak." The 1996 eruption of Karymsky volcano was preceded by a magnitude-7.1 earthquake. Plot. The fictional town of ‘Dante’s Peak’ is Wallace, in the Bitteroot Mountains, part of the Western Rockies in Idaho. The pH has returned to 7.54, measured during a 2012 research expedition by Taran and his colleagues. I would definitely recommend Dante's Peak to anyone who wants to watch a decent action packed disaster flick. Hours later, Terry notices that the beacon has been activated and the USGS dispatches search and rescue teams. Paul advises against Harry putting the town on false alarm. Karymsky Lake, with the peak of Karymsky volcano steaming in the background. "Before the eruption, the lake was absolutely clear and after it was like an acidic hot spring," Taran told LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet. Harry instructs Paul to bring a USGS team to monitor the volcano, but their initial survey finds no indications of volcanic activity. On a consistent basis, the digital effects shots of DANTE'S PEAK are extremely convincing, even with the background plate jumping all over the place. Principal photography began on May 6, 1996. [10], The film is also a popular film viewing and discussion in science classes in the United States. Later that afternoon, the lake followed, with a strong underwater eruption. Now, it turns out there is also some truth behind the fictional volcanic chemistry. The initial view that they first used was a model that they built and superimposed behind the town, via the miracle of movie magic. A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment. As they leave, a lahar created by the melting glacier breaks the upstream dam. - Dante's Peak (The actual volcano) - 0:06:47; 0:25:30 - What was visualized for the actual view of Dante's Peak (the volcano) varied throughout the movie. With Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley. The scene itself was actually filmed on the tarmac of Van Nuys Airport, while the Mount Adams image was composited in later. Exterior shots of the Point Dume Post Office in Malibu, California, were used as the USGS's David A. Johnston Cascades Volcano Observatory headquarters in Vancouver, Washington. The films “Volcano” and “Dante’s Peak” are both Hollywood films created in 1997 and are similarly about the eruption of volcanoes that were either undiscovered or deemed inactive. The film was released on February 7, 1997, under the production of Universal Pictures and Pacific Western Productions. on location in Wallace, Idaho with a large hill just southeast of the town digitally altered to look like a volcano. When he goes back for it, aftershocks cause rocks and debris to fall. Both men are escorted away by a helicopter. 'We have a problem. Brian Reddy as Les Worrell, a member of the USGS. The film is set in the fictional town of Dante's Peak where the inhabitants fight to survive a volcanic eruption from a long dormant stratovolcano that has suddenly woken up. Walker Brandt as Marianne, the former fiancée who was killed during the Galeras tragedy. Dreyfus stopped smiling. Harry retrieves a distress radiobeacon from the USGS equipment and learns that the volcano is due for one last eruption. The film was released on February 7, 1997 in 2,657 theatres. "There was around 30 (million) to 40 million tons of pyroclastic material and juvenile material erupted into the air, and this material was saturated with acidic fluids," said Yuri Taran, a senior researcher at the Institute of Geophysics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and lead author of the new study. That is hot enough to immediately set on fire any object the lava comes into contact with. “ Dante's Peak ” is also strikingly similar to the 1981 movie “St. Death and destructionBut unlike "Dante's Peak," the acidity didn't kill the thousands of salmon living in Karymsky Lake, Taran said. Kirk Trutner as Terry Furlong, a member of the USGS. Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. One of the brace of volcano movies to hit the screen in ’97. Dante's Peak is #6 along with Volcano. In the movie, volcanic gases quickly turn a placid lake into an acidic death trap as a family escapes burning-hot lava by boat, aided by a volcanologist played by Pierce Brosnan. [5] After eight weeks in theatres, it had grossed $67.1 million in the United States and $111.0 million overseas, for a total of $178 million worldwide. The five flee across the lake in a motorboat, but the lake has become acidic due to sulfur-rich gases from the volcano, destroying the motor and eating away at the boat. While the rest of the team makes it across, Paul and their van fails to clear the bridge before it is washed away by the flood, throwing Paul overboard to death. Just as they reach Ruth and the children, a lava flow engulfs Ruth's cabin and destroys the vehicles both parties used to get there. [3] The computer-generated imagery was mostly coordinated and supervised by Patrick McClung, Roy Arbogast, Lori J. Nelson, Richard Stutsman, and Dean Miller. Dante's Peak (1997) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Parents need to know that Dante's Peak is a 1997 disaster movie about a small town called Dante's Peak that sits at the foot of a dormant volcano of the same name. The water is clear. 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