Volcano is a 1997 American 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 features Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, and Don Cheadle. Jones is cast as the head of the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management (LAC OEM), 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 at the La Brea Tar Pits.
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. Volcano explores civil viewpoints, such as awareness, evacuation and crisis prevention. Although the film used extensive special effects, it failed to receive any award nominations from mainstream motion picture organizations for its production merits.
Volcano premiered in theaters nationwide in the United States on April 25, 1997 grossing $49,323,468 in domestic ticket receipts, on a $90 million budget. It earned an additional $73.5 million in business through international release to top out at a combined $122,823,468 in gross revenue. Despite its release and recognition, Dante's Peak (which was released 2 months before) gained more commercial success than Volcano. It was also met with mixed critical reviews before its initial screening in cinemas. The Region 1 code widescreen edition of the film featuring special features was released on DVD in the United States on March 9, 1999.
Skywalker Sound provided Post Production Sound Effects Services: Christopher Boyes was Sound Supervision/Designer and an uncredited Supervising Sound Editor with Tom Bellfort and John A. Larsen. Dennie Thorpe & Jana Vance did foley, edited by Bruce Lacey, Marian Wilde and Sandina Bailo-Lape. Tom Myers did Additional Sound Design, and Matthew Wood did Assistant Sound Design.
Storyline[]
When a massive earthquake rocks the city of Los Angeles, Emergency Management department head Mike Roark (Tommy Lee Jones) returns from his vacation to help with the city's response. After geologist Dr. Amy Barnes (Anne Heche) warns that a volcano may be forming in sewer tunnels, another severe earthquake unleashes the lava flowing underfoot, threatening to destroy the whole city. As the fiery molten rock runs through the streets, Roark and Barnes must figure out how to divert it.
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Sound Effects Used[]
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 6
- Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl
- Goofy Holler? ("YAAAAAH!" part only; likely confused with similar sounds)
- Hollywoodedge, Baby Crying Slowly PE144001
- Hollywoodedge, Car Alarm Rapid Highp PE075001
- Hollywoodedge, Cats Two Meowing Clos PE022401
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110401
- Hollywoodedge, Machine Gun Silence PE1010701
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Squeaks Raspy FS015704
- Hollywoodedge, Police Wailer Siren PE080801/Siren Police Wailer TE041801
- Hollywoodedge, Police Whooper Siren CT062001
- Hollywoodedge, Telephone-Cell-Old-Ring PREM11-1955
- Hollywoodedge, Telephone Rings Bell PE170801
- Jurassic Park, Velociraptor - Roar
- LEGO Pick-Up Minikit SFX? (A condensed version from Akazukin Chacha may've been heard when a lava bomb lands on the floor.)
- Looney Tunes Explosion Sound 3
- SKYWALKER, ALARM - AIRCRAFT WARNING SIGNAL
- SKYWALKER, ALARM - REPUBLIC SIREN?
- SKYWALKER BIG METAL SQUEAKING 02
- SKYWALKER, BUBBLES - DEEP, GURGLING BUBBLES (debut)
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - BULLET OR RICOCHET SHINGS
- SKYWALKER CAR CRUSHING SLOWLY WITH METAL SQUEAKING (Heard as Engine 17 scrapes to a stop on the road)
- SKYWALKER, CAR - HORN HONKING
- SKYWALKER, CAR - TRUCK TIRES SQUEALING
- SKYWALKER, CAR - TRUCK TIRES SQUEALING 03
- SKYWALKER, CAR - TUCKER ARMORED CAR: PASS BY
- SKYWALKER, CAR - VARIOUS TIRE SCREECHING
- SKYWALKER, COMPUTER - BEEPING
- SKYWALKER CONCRETE BREAKING SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER COUGAR GROWL 01 (May be confused with similar sounds.)
- SKYWALKER, CROWD - SCREAM IN PANIC
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - BIG VARIOUS SPARKINGS
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE (Heard once mixed with a higher-pitched version of SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED POW SOUND.)
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SINGLE SPARK CHIRP 02
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 01
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 07 (Including many variants)
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 10 / SKYWALKER FIRE ROARING SOUND
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 16
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 19
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 20/WB FIRE HISS/WHOOSH SOUND
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH (Mostly used for water impacts)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - CRACKLING EXPLOSION, LARGE 01
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - THE EXPLODING POP 01 (Used once for an off-screen explosion.)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - EXPLOSIVE RICOCHET, HIGH RICCO, EXPLOSION ACCENT
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE EXPLOSION
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE EXPLOSION, LOUD, HYPER-REALISTIC
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE INFERNO ROARING (various pitches)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - NEARBY HEAVY EXPLOSION
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - SHORT, MASSIVE BLAST (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - TANK FIRE
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - THERMAL DETONATOR: CHARGE 01
- SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 02
- SKYWALKER, FOOTSTEP - DINOSAUR FOOTSTEPS (Mainly used for the burned palm trees falling over.)
- SKYWALKER GLASS, SMASH - LARGE WINDOW CRASH
- SKYWALKER, GROUND CRUMBLING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER GROUND SMASHING SOUND
- SKYWALKER HAWK SCREECHING SOUND
- SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED CLUSTERING BIG BOULDER CRACKLE SOUND
- SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED POW SOUND
- SKYWALKER, HISS - MECHANICAL EJECT HISS (Cut-short variant only.)
- SKYWALKER, JET - ARTOO'S ROCKET THRUSTERS
- SKYWALKER LASER BLAST SOUND
- SKYWALKER, LAVA - SINGLE SPLASH
- SKYWALKER METAL CRASHING SOUND
- SKYWALKER, METAL - HEAVY, ECHOEY CLANG
- SKYWALKER, METAL - LID CLANGING 01 (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, METAL - LID CLANGING 02 (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, METAL - LID ON MANHOLE HIT (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, METAL - RESOUNDING CLANG 02
- SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT, HOLLOW METAL CRASH
- SKYWALKER, METAL - THOMAS' TRUCKS CLANGED AND SHUNTED
- SKYWALKER, METAL - TRANSFORMER CLANGING
- SKYWALKER, MOVEMENT - ROZ'S MOVEMENT (A snippet of this sound effect is used once when the Mammoth statue inside the La Brea tar pits begins to sink due to the volcanic pressure building up from underneath.)
- SKYWALKER, MUSIC - DEEP, OMINOUS BASS TONE
- SKYWALKER ROCK DROPPING SOUND
- SKYWALKER, RUBBLE - BRICKS COLLAPSING WITH CRUMBLING (A small portion is used once when two concrete barriers are pushed against each other.)
- SKYWALKER, SIREN - POLICE YELPER SIREN
- SKYWALKER, SIZZLE - QUICK SIZZLE
- SKYWALKER, SMASH - BIG WALL SMASH
- SKYWALKER, TOY - ALIENS SQUEAKING (Mainly used for the sounds of tires popping.)
- SKYWALKER, VOLCANO - VOLCANO ERUPTING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - LAVA BOMB WHISTLES (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - METALLIC PIECES FLY BY
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - REDWING PASS BY
- SKYWALKER, WIND - REACTOR SHAFT EXPLOSION, WIND, WEATHER?
- SoundDogs, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay (Heard once mixed with SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED POW SOUND from an off-screen explosion.)
- Sounddogs, Sci Fi - Surreal - Gusty Phase Wind - Gusty, Surreal Wind With Heavy Phasing (debut?)
- Sound Ideas, BABY - CRYING, HUMAN 02
- Sound Ideas, BOAT, ALARM - NAVY BUZZER ALARM
- Sound Ideas, Emergency - Fire truck heading for fire . . . sound of siren and air horn/Sound Ideas, FIRE ENGINE - GOING TO FIRE SCENE: SIREN AND HORN, COMES TO A STOP (Siren only; used for some fire engines, namely Engine 17, winding all the way down as it crashes from a lava bomb and slides across the ground, unless confused with "SIREN - OLD POLICE SIREN".)
- Sound Ideas, FIRE, BALL - SHORT, LARGE BURST OF FLAME 01
- Sound Ideas, FIRE, BURST - BIG BURST
- Sound Ideas, HELICOPTER - BELL 212: EXTERIOR, PASS BY, DISTANT
- Sound Ideas, HOSPITAL - HEART MONITOR: MONITORING, CONSTANT BEEPS
- Sound Ideas, SIREN - OLD POLICE SIREN (Used for some fire engines, namely Engine 17, winding all the way down as it crashes from a lava bomb and slides across the ground, unless confused with "FIRE ENGINE - GOING TO FIRE SCENE: SIREN AND HORN, COMES TO A STOP".)
- Sound Ideas, TEETH, CARTOON - SCOOBY'S TEETH CHATTER, SHORT?
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (Series 6000)
- Sound Ideas, WATER, DRIP - WATER DRIPPING IN CAVE 01
- WB GLASS BREAK 01