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Supervolcano [DVD] [2005]

Michael Riley , Gary Lewis , Tony Mitchell    Suitable for 12 years and over   DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Michael Riley, Gary Lewis, Shaun Johnston, Adrian Holmes, Jennifer Copping
  • Directors: Tony Mitchell
  • Writers: Edward Canfor-Dumas, Julian Simpson
  • Producers: Ailsa Orr, Deboragh Gabler, Fiona Scott, Mark Johnston, Michael J. Mosley
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 14 Mar 2005
  • Run Time: 120 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0006GVKC0
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,681 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Synopsis

The year is 2020 and the world faces the ultimate threat. Not nuclear war or a terrorist attack, but the eruption of a gigantic 'supervolcano' simmering beneath Yellowstone Park. The last eruption of this kind plunged the world into darkness for six years, triggered the last Ice Age and reduced the human population to just 2,000 people. Scientists know that the molten lava bulging against the Earth's crust in Yellowstone will explode; it's just a question of when.

This powerful, reality-based thriller explores the environmental, political, economic and social impact of such a cataclysmic event. After witnessing the build-up and devastating climax, viewers are projected into the aftermath: a post-apocalyptic world. Can the human species ever recover? Local news feeds, diary footage, CCTV, family camcorder and real archive footage are simulated in gritty detail, while human drama overlays the factual scenario, shaping events into a compelling experience.

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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Featurette, Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but they are ignored or dismissed as 'minor'. But when they learn an eruption will happen, panic breaks out through people of the USA and the world. This is a tale told from former Yellowstone scientists, who recall the final days before Yellowstone erupted, and everything changed forever. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Emmy Awards, ...Supervolcano

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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A fantastic drama with great acting, and it is so refreshing to see all relatively unknown actors filling the leading roles. The drama is based entirely on real life research, and combines this with some great visual effects to create a total sense of realness: you almost have a quick check out of the window to make sure everything's alright. The facts and figures are mind-boggling, and it is near impossible to understand that this event is very real possibility: a supervolcano eruption is ten times as likely as a meteorite hitting the earth. I definitely recommend this to anyone and everyone.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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For a BBC TV Movie, this ain't half bad. The story is simple. Based on scientific fact, this movie shows us what could happen, if we suffered from a Super volcanic eruption today.
Deep underground in YellowStone national park, something is brewing. Thousands and thousands of cubic feet of Magma is bursting to get out. And it does, in a SuperVolcano. The United States is thrown into complete chaos, as thick clouds of ash, pumice and sulphur dioxide begin to snake their way around the globe. Utilising state of the art graphics, documentary style story telling, and the movie itself, you have yourself a geeks dream. The special effects are pretty good. Almost believable. The acting is consistent and strong through out, and it has enough edge-of-your seat moments to keep hardcore disaster movie fans happy. It's nice to see the BBC put a lot of time, effort and money into something. I would recommend this to anyone who saw "Volcano" and was disappointed.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Hi,

The trick with these types of documentary programmes is to have the balance between entertainment and scientific accuracy. This film has these qualities in my opinion for the following reasons.

The scientific side is explored in 2 documentaries each of 30 minutes length. Eventually the scientific balance tames the initial `shock' claims and put it in context of likelihood.

In the main feature, the one scene I found stunning is the conversation between characters explaining in terms of the levels of possible damage by an eruption. It is a shock in its bold simplicity of predicted damage to the whole USA and the rest of the globe.

For the sheer spectacle, the main feature -spread over 2, one hour programmes of the Volcano becoming more active and eruptions are breathtaking & awe-inspiring. The full horror in terms of gore etc is withheld for reasons of cost?

You see the world differently after this DVD.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good Film
This is a really good documentary telling the story about what will happen when Yellowstone erupts.
Not only is there Yellowstone but also other Super volcano's around the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by D. Fortune
Great Movie - Scary Knowing it Could Happen!
I am fascinated by volcanoes and all the activity in and around them. This movie though only fiction is especially good in reminding us that there are super volcanoes around the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by lioness
Not your typical disaster-blockbuster! Nice for a change!
Brilliantly mastered and realistically implemented. A bunch of relatively unknown actors deliver excellent performances - really great cast. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Kristoffer
V.good
It was very good, love the film
The case was cracked in the corner but i guess that could have been due to shipping
Published 15 months ago by Joshua Atkinson
fiction
as good as I remember. Worked for me. Could it really happen? Liked the humour too
Published 19 months ago by paloma
A great BBC telemovie
I really enjoyed this tele movie with a great story and good actors nicely supported by actual science. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Ridgegrove
Yellowstone will explode again
Interesting storyline. What if Yellowstone exploded again as it did a long time ago? Makes you think also about the fact that you may have spent a couple days walking on the... Read more
Published on 24 May 2009 by Christian Bernard
could this happen?
Supervolcano [DVD] [2005].Thit is more like a documentary than a film,it as some educational quality and also drama as well. Read more
Published on 8 April 2009 by Mr. J. P. Booth
Impressive and gripping
We seem to have an insatiable appetite for disaster movies, an appetite whetted by the prospect of the disaster in question being something that could affect us directly. Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2007 by Iain S. Palin
Effective science infused thriller
They probably have to come up with a new category for movies like this. It's clearly an exercise in getting some science across to the viewer, and yet it has the trappings of a... Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2007 by Mr. Stephen Kennedy
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