Monday, April 9, 2012

Dante's Peak Review











Dante's Peak


Release Date: 27th March 1997 - Australia


Production Companies
Universal Pictures (presents)
Pacific Western

Distribution
Universal Pictures Australia


Genre: Adventure/Thriller

Rating: M

Runtime: 109 minutes


Budget: $116,000,000

Box Office Gross: $178,127,760 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
A volcanologist named Harry Dalton gets sent to the small town of Dante's Peak. It is there he is investigating some unusual activity on a long-dormant volcano. Dalton's theories are proven correct when the volcano is about to erupt, and it will soon destroy the entire town. Can anyone survive the destructive impact of its fiery inferno?


Cast
Pierce Brosnan - Dr. Harry Dalton
Linda Hamilton - Rachel Wando
Charles Hallahan - Dr. Paul
Dreyfus
Elizabeth Hoffman - Grandma Ruth
Jamie Renee Smith - Lauren Wando
Jeremy Foley - Graham Wando
Grant Heslov - Greg
Kirk Trutner - Terry
Arabella Field - Nancy
Tzi Ma - Stan
Brian Reddy - Les Worrell
Lee Garlington - Dr. Jane Fox
Bill Bolender - Sheriff Turner
Carole Androsky - Mary Kelly
Peter Jason - Norman Gates
Jeffrey L. Ward - Jack Collins
Tim Haldeman - Elliott Blair
Walker Brandt - Marianne
Hansford Rowe - Warren Cluster
Susie Spear Purcell - Karen Narlington
David Lipper - Hot Springs Man
Heather Stephens - Hot Springs Woman
Christopher Murray - Pilot
Marilyn Leubner - Babysitter

Crew
Director - Roger Donaldson
Writer - Leslie Bohem
Associate Producer/Second Unit Director -
Geoff Murphy
Executive Producer - Ilona Herzberg
Producers - Gale Anne Hurd
and Joseph Singer
Co-Producer - Marliese Schneider
Volcanology Advisors - David H. Harlow,
John P. Lockwood and Norman MacLeod
Casting Directors - Allison Cowitt
and Mike Fenton
Production Designer/Aerial Unit Director -
J. Dennis Washington
Art Directors - Francis J. Pezza
and Thomas T. Taylor
Set Decorator - Marvin March
Costume Designer - Isis Mussenden
Makeup Department Head - Kenny Myers
Director of Photography - Andrzej Bartkowiak
Director of Photography: Second Unit -
Raymond Stella
First Assistant Camera: Second Unit -
Clyde E. Bryan and Larry D. Davis
Unit Production Manager - Marie Cantin
Unit Production Manager: Second Unit -
David Womark
First Assistant Director - David Sardi
Second Second Assistant Directors -
L. David Silva and Christina Stauffer
Location Manager: Second Unit - Mike Fantasia
Aerial Coordinator - Cliff Fleming
Stunt Coordinator - R.A. Rondell
Stunt Coordinators: Second Unit - Troy Brown,
Jeff Imada and Michael Runyard
Assistant Stunt Coordinator - Thomas Robinson Harper
Special Effects Coordinator - Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Supervisors: Digital Domain -
Dean W. Miller and Richard Stutsman
Visual Effects Supervisor - Pat McClung
Visual Effects Producer - Lori J. Nelson
Graphics Supervisor: BFTRE - Van Ling
Directors of Photography: Digital Domain -
Tony Cutrono, Christopher Duddy,
Les Bernstein, Philipp Timme and
David R. Hardberger
Lava Development Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Dennis Blakey
R&D Lava Development: Digital Domain -
Matthew E. Butler and John Michael Courte
Film Editors - Conrad Buff IV,
Tina Hirsch and Howard E. Smith
Sound Designer/Editor (Uncredited) -
Michael Giesler
Sound Designer - Geoffrey G. Rubay
Supervising Sound Editors - Richard L. Anderson
and George Simpson
Sound Effects Editors - Ezra Dweck,
Julia Evershade, Donald Flick, Avram D. Gold,
Charlotte Haupt, Elliott Koretz, Eric Lindenmann,
Marvin Walowitz and David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Mixer - David Macmillan
Additional Sound Mixers - Gary Gegan,
Steve Pederson and Brad Sherman
Re-Recording Mixers - Ron Bartlett,
Chris Jenkins and Mark Smith
Composer: Theme Music - James Newton Howard
Music - John Frizzell


Review
DANTE'S PEAK is a mind-blowing spectacle from start to finish. This natural disaster movie is by director Roger Donaldson and is very realistic. Part of the movie's appeal is the suspense, thinking if the main characters would escape danger. It is promoted as being scientifically accurate and is close to how a disaster of this proportion would unfold and affect the lives of hundreds of people. The film had excellent acting performances by Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton and amazing visual effects. It's a shame that it didn't get nominated for an Oscar.

DANTE'S PEAK is for people who have learned about or studied volcanoes, as they will appreciate the realism of this motion picture.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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