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    Unique ID Code: 0000003053
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    Added on: 15/1/2000 14:30
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    Volcano (UK)

    7 / 10
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    The coast is toast
    Certificate: 12
    Running Time: 100 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
    Release Date:

    Synopsis:
    Mike Roark (Tommy Lee Jones) is a director of LA`s Office of Emergency Management. When the previously unknown volcano erupts in Los-Angeles, he is on duty. The lava from the volcano run down the streets of LA and down the underground lines, burning everything on the way and Roark must fight it, with the help of his right-hand Emmit Reese and seismologist Dr. Amy Barnes.

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    Original Theatrical Trailer

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital 5.1 English

    Subtitle Tracks:
    Hebrew
    Icelandic
    Polish
    Czech
    Swedish
    Finnish
    CC: English
    Portuguese
    Hungarian
    Danish
    Norwegian

    Directed By:
    Mick Jackson

    Written By:



    Starring:
    Don Cheadle
    Anne Heche
    Gaby Hoffmann
    Tommy Lee Jones

    Casting By:
    Dianne Crittenden

    Soundtrack By:
    Alan Silvestri

    Director of Photography:
    Theo van de Sande

    Editor:
    Michael Tronick
    Don Brochu

    Costume Designer:
    Kirsten Everberg

    Production Designer:
    Jackson De Govia

    Producer:
    Scott Stuber
    Neal H. Moritz
    Andrew Z. Davis
    Michael Fottrell
    Stokely Chaffin

    Executive Producer:
    Lauren Shuler Donner

    Distributor:
    Twentieth Century Fox

    Your Opinions and Comments

    7 / 10
    An ordinary but very nice disaster movie with some very realistic special effects.
    The video transfer is very good. The special effects are stunning at times and the transfer does them right. There are no compression marks at all and the colors are very well balanced. The lava looks especially good.
    The DD 5.1 soundtrack is ok. The surrounds are used during some action sequences and the total quality of the sound is ok.
    The menus are animated and simple.
    There are no extras at all on this disk and it`s a shame.
    Bottom line - this movie gives you a chance to look at a volcano erupting in the middle of Los Angeles. Enjoy.
    posted by Zvi Josef on 31/10/2000 11:44
    7 / 10
    Volcano is a great disaster movie. Tommy Lee Jones is great in this and the special effects are great. As for extra features, there`s only the trailer on this DVD. More could have been added for this is a great movie. Maybe the DVD coming out later this month will have more features. This one gets 7/10.
    posted by LFC_Lad on 17/8/2003 19:42