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. 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. The film was released on February 7, 1997, under the production of Universal Pictures and Pacific Western Productions. Despite mostly negative reviews, it was a box office success and has since gained a cult following among disaster film aficionados. It is the third film collaboration between Gale Anne Hurd and Hamilton, who both previously worked in the first two Terminator films.
| Director | Roger Donaldson |
| Produced by | Gale Anne Hurd, Joseph Singer |
| Writer(s) | Leslie Bohem |
| Starring | Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan |
| Music | James Newton Howard, John Frizzell |
| Cinematography | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
| Edited by | Conrad Buff IV, Tina Hirsch, Howard E. Smith |
| Production, company | Pacific Western Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Released | February 07, 1997 |
| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $116 million |
| Box office | $178.1 million |
| Netflix ID | 1151375 |
About Dante's Peak
A vulcanologist discovers that the titular long dormant volcano may erupt at any moment in a countryside town that was recently called the second most desirable place to live in America.
Achievement of Dante's Peak
The movie was filmed between Mount Baker National Forest, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Agua Dulce, California, and Wallace, Idaho.
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Latest information about Dante's Peak updated on July 28 2021.
