LA is hot!
Added 1/17/2010
Ive watched this movie at least 20 times since I got it as a gift from my mom, it's awesome! I already love the tar pits, but the thought of hot magma shooting out of it is pretty darn exciting. Non stop destruction, nature is kicking butt in the city of Angels!
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Los Angeles. It is perhaps best known as the entertainment capital of the world--a sun-kissed golden metropolis of glitz and glamour. To others it represents something very different. Millions more recognize The City of Angels as the unwilling epicenter of virtually every natural disaster--including earthquakes, firestorms and mudslides. Now the city which has become almost a byword for disaster is about to experience its most cataclysmic event ever, one that will ultimately test its ability to survive. A vent in the earth's crust has unleashed an incredible force of nature. Volcano is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche are at there best. This action-packed movie has great action, effects, and a decent story.
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Dante's Peak is better
Added 10/10/2009
Anne Heche almost single-handly ruins this movie with her horrible over acting. Tom Lee Jones shows his one dimensional acting style and the rest of the cast submits mediocre performances as well. About the only thing done well was the lava, and I was rooting for it envelope Anne Heche and Tom Lee Jones in a fiery death. Unfortunately, they survive. This movie also trys to force a "we are the world" kind of theme, but showing how confronting lava can *gasp* bring people together in the force of adversity. A contrived plot device that could have definitely been left out. I think Dante's Peak captured a more realistic tone - when the eruption comes its pretty much everyone for themselves! If you do watch this movie, just watch it to root for the lava to destroy LA.
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The Coast is Toast
Added 10/8/2009
This is a story about an earthquake that triggers the eruption of a hidden volcano under downtown L.A. and threatens to destroy the entire city and bring it to ruins. The main characters are Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche. This movie is packed full of jaw-dropping special effects and will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Volcano arises in Los Angeles on Wilshire Blvd.
Added 9/27/2009
It is morning in Los Angeles and Hollywood and we are treated to the sites of a few landmarks and lifestyles going on in the city as we have sound clips of radio and television news programs.
At 9: 13am, an Earthquake strikes. The epicenter is in Palmdale, California.
At McArthur Park in Los Angeles, two construction men are steamed to death by sulfur gas rising up.
The next morning, another strong earthquake ratles from Palmdale to Los Angeles.
On Wilshire Blvd, a geyser of steam shoots out of every manhole.
At La Brea Tar Pits, smoke, ash and fireballs shoot in the air. Molten lava spills out onto Wilshire Blvd.
A metro Red Line subway train is stuck in the tunnel.
Fast-paced high adrenaline movie about a volcano suddenly forming and erupting out of McArthur Park.
Cast includes: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffman, Jacqueline Kim, Keith David, John Corbett, James MacDonald.
Real recognizable newsreporters: Larry Carroll, Harvey Levin, Rick Garcia, Warren Olney, Steve Edwards, Takayuki Yamauchi,Frank Buckley, Kerry Kilbride, Dorothy Lucey, Angie crouch, Shepard Smith and many more.
Running time: 1:43.
Special Features are only the theatrical trailer and bios of selected cast members.
Option of language in English or French. Option of subtitles in English & Spanish.
Of course, this movie is fantasy about a volcano and lava terrorizing Los Angeles because in real-life their is no volcano caldera at La Brea Tar Pits nor McArthur Park.
However, it is true that earthquakes do happen in Palmdale and Los Angeles, Califronia. McArthur Park was indeed a swampland at one time until top soil and trees were brought in. A concrete bottom was made after construction of the Metro Red Line which runs underneath the park. The water comes from natural springs.
As of 2009, The Metro Red Line Subway route for "Subway to the Sea" is being excavated along Wilshire Blvd. They promise any tar and prehistoric bones will be carefully removed, especially at Curson Ave. & Wilshire.
As of 2009, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa would like the Subway to the Sea to be completed by 2019.
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The Towering Inferno/ Volcano
Added 12/30/2009
The Towering Inferno is a great classic, I had on VHS and I want it on dvd. I love this movie. Volcano was great too, I love disaster moives from the 1970's
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Desaster film lover
Added 8/10/2008
If you like desaster films this double header is a block buster. Both films are A1.
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All-star trashy fun!
Added 7/28/2008
While Volcano is trashy fun with an emphasis on special effects, I definitely bought this double feature for The Towering Inferno. It rates alongside The Poseidon Adventure as one of the great disaster films of all time, and still holds up well today. The cast is top notch, from top billed stars including Steve McQueen and Paul Newman, to campy cameos from the likes of Fred Astaire, and names which have grown in either stature or infamy as the years have passed... O.J. Simpson, and Susan Flannery who found late stardom as the matriarch of The Bold and The Beautiful. The pre-CGI special effects are good, and while there is much fun to be had guessing which of the big stars will live or die, there's also plenty of tangible suspense in the situations and set pieces of the inferno itself. Top this off with garish Seventies decor and fashion, and Richard Chamberlain's OTT bad guy, and you have a fantastic couple of hours entertainment. This film is just begging for a remake!
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