NATURE OF DISASTER

TYPES of disaster shown in the movie

 According to occurrence

 According to duration

 According to extent of damage

 According to predictability

Volcano is a 1997 disaster film directed by Mick

Jackson and produced by Andrew Z. Davis, Neal H.
Moritz and Lauren Shuler Donner. The storyline was
conceived from a screenplay written by Jerome
Armstrong and Billy Ray. The film stars veteran
actors Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, and Don
Cheadle. Jones is cast as the head of a crisis
agency called the Office of Emergency Management
(O.E.M.) which has complete authority in the event
of an emergency or natural disaster. His character
attempts to divert the path of a dangerous lava flow
through the streets of Los Angeles following the
formation of a volcano.
A joint collective effort to commit to the film's
production was made by the film studios of 20th
Century Fox, Moritz Original and Shuler
Donner/Donner Productions. It was commercially
distributed by 20th Century Fox. Although the film
used extensive special effects, it failed to receive
any award nominations from mainstream motion
picture organizations for its production merits.
Volcano explores civil viewpoints, such as
awareness, evacuation and crisis prevention.
Volcano premiered in theaters nationwide in the
United States on April 25, 1997 grossing
$49,323,468 in domestic ticket receipts. It earned an
additional $73,500,000 in business through
international release to top out at a combined
$122,823,468 in gross revenue. Taking into account
its $90 million budget, the film was technically
considered a moderate financial success after its
theatrical run. It was however, met with mixed critical
reviews before its initial screening in cinemas,
generally due to some weak dialogue and its lack of
scientific accuracy. Dante's Peak, another
action/disaster film about a volcano that opened two
months earlier, tried a hand at showing some of this
accuracy.