Supervolcano (film)

• Michael Riley: Rick Lieberman
• Gary Lewis: Jock Galvin
• Shaun Johnston: Matt
• Adrian Holmes: Dave
• Jennifer Copping: Nancy
• Tom McBeath: Michael Eldridge
• Robert Wisden: Kenneth Wylie
• Susan Duerden: Fiona Lieberman
• Emy Aneke: Lt. Johnson
• Jane McLean: Maggie Chin
• Garwin Sandford: Bob Mann
• Sam Charles: William Lieberman
• Kevin McNulty: Joe Foster
• Shelagh Mitchell: Mother

Super Volcano ( Supervolcano ) is a mixture of docu-drama and fictional disaster movie, which was produced in 2005. The TV movie first aired on March 13, 2005 on BBC One.

Action

Geologists of the U.S. Geological Survey found out that a magma chamber located beneath Yellowstone National Park, which is thousands of times greater than that of Mount St. Helens during its eruption in 1980.

All scenarios suggest that an eruption of Yellowstone is imminent, will destroy a large part of the North American continent within a few days and wipe out all life on it.

But no one does not believe Rick Lieberman and his team, even the Minister of Internal Security Wendy Reiss. One day - in the film it's just June - breaks the super volcano.

The consequences are devastating, as it registered that the magma does not break on one, but in several places. The U.S. is on the verge of destruction.

Background information

The film was shot in London, the " original scene " in Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming ), and in Vancouver, Canada.

Reviews

• The lexicon of international film praised the film as " public appeal " and "exciting", but criticized the " only sometimes stereotyped characters ."

Awards

The film was nominated in 2005 for the effects Emmy in the category Best Visual, but came away empty. In 2006 there were in the same category was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award at the BAFTA Awards.