Dante's Peak

Dante's Peak is a 1997 American disaster 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

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