St. Helens (1981)

Directed by

Ernest Pintoff

Genre

disaster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the two months leading up to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. It shows people in the area dealing with the increasing volcanic activity and the threat of disaster.

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What happens

St. Helens is a 1981 made-for-cable HBO television film directed by Ernest Pintoff, and starring David Huffman, Art Carney, Cassie Yates, and Albert Salmi. The film centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, with the story beginning on the day volcanic activity started on March 20, 1980, and ending on the day of the eruption, May 18, 1980. The film premiered on May 18, 1981, on the first anniversary of the eruption. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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