“Dante's Peak” quotes
(1997)
Title Dante's Peak
Year 1997
Director Roger Donaldson
Genre Thriller, Adventure, Action
Year 1997
Director Roger Donaldson
Genre Thriller, Adventure, Action
Plot – Volcanologist Harry Dalton is sent to study the seismic activity near Dante's Peak. The mayor of this small town in the northern United States is Rachel Wando, who runs a local restaurant and is a single mother. Thanks to his thorough testing, Harry soon recognizes the unmistakable signs of the activities that precede an eruption. He informs the mayor, who does not want to alarm the population since she has just signed a deal with a businessman. Rachel, in the end, is forced to admit the reality of things and during a town meeting, when the first tremors are felt, she tries to avoid spreading panic. An ash cloud stands above the mountain peak and is moving closer to the city. When the earthquake begins, Harry helps Rachel reach her two children, who had gone to their grandmother Ruth's house. The group faces difficult situations, hovering between life and death. Only the grandmother loses her life in the middle of water polluted by lava, while the others manage to escape danger. When the cloud disperses and calm has returned, Harry asks Rachel and the kids to live all together as a new family.
All actors – Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley, Elizabeth Hoffman, Charles Hallahan, Grant Heslov, Kirk Trutner, Arabella Field, Tzi Ma, Brian Reddy, Lee Garlington
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“- Harry Dalton: My 9th grade science teacher always said that if you put a frog in boiling hot water, it would jump out. But put it in cold water, and heat it up gradually, it would slowly boil to death.
- Nancy: What's that Harry? Your recipe for frog soup?
- Harry Dalton: It's my recipe for a disaster.”“If the times comes to put this town on alert, if the times comes, it will be based on scientific evidence, and not based on somebody's opinion.”
“- Terry, USGS Crew: I have great taste in women! When have I ever steered you wrong?
- Harry Dalton: What about Astrid?
- Terry, USGS Crew: What about Astrid? I thought the two of you would have a lot in common. She said she was into rocks.
- Harry Dalton: Crystals, Terry. Crystals. Not rocks. Crystals.”“I've always been better at figuring out volcanoes than people and politics.”
“A man who looks at a rock must have a lot on his mind. Or nothing.”
“- Cluster: Dante's Peak was just named the best... well, the second-best place to live in the United States, population under 20,000.
- Harry Dalton: Good for you. What was number one?
- Cluster: I don't know. Some piece of crap town out in Montana. Who cares?”“I'd like to thank Karen from Money magazine for this wonderful award. It's…oh, what is it, Lauren, is it Karen or Kathy?”
“Why look at the computer when you can look at the real thing?”
“Fun is what you have when you don't have two children, a business, and a town to run.”
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