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Amy Renner Amy Renner

Dec. 10, 2022

The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari

Release Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Limited Friday, December 16, 2022 Netflix

Ron Howard, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson, Mark Bailey, Rory Kennedy, Brian Grazer, Phillip Watson, Dallas Brennan Rexer

A minute-by-minute account of tourists caught in a tragic volcanic eruption while sightseeing on an island off New Zealand in 2019, THE VOLCANO: Rescue from Whakaari celebrates the survivors, as well as the everyday people who courageously came to their rescue.

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A minute-by-minute account of tourists caught in a tragic volcanic eruption while sightseeing on an island off New Zealand in 2019, THE VOLCANO: Rescue from Whakaari celebrates the survivors, as well as the everyday people who courageously came to their rescue.

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In the tense and gripping documentary feature The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Rory Kennedy tracks the minute-by-minute unfolding of the tragic volcanic eruption off the coast of New Zealand in December of 2019, ultimately claiming 22 lives. During a routine sightseeing day-trip to a remote volcanic island, 47 tourists and guides were trapped in the epicenter of a boiling pyroclastic surge of toxic dust and ash. Both terrifying and inspiring, the film uses first-hand accounts to convey the experience of living through such a lethal eruption.

Offering more than a startling and brutal portrait of mother nature’s profound indifference, The Volcano also serves as testimony to human nature’s innate generosity. Guided by survivors — men and women who were tested in ways they never imagined — as well as the courageous and quick-thinking ordinary citizens who sprang to action that day, the viewer comes to understand the value of our human connection.
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The film's director Rory Kennedy last directed Above and Beyond. The film's writer Mark Bailey last wrote Black Panther and The Americano.

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The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari was released in limited movie theaters on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. There were 1 other movie released on the same date, including I Believe in Santa. As a limited release, The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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