These days, Kevin Feige is primarily known as Marvel Studios' boss and the overseer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an ambition that started after he saw Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" and realized that superhero movies could be top-tier cinema. Before he spearheaded the MCU into existence, however, Feige started out as a humble production assistant on a pair of non-superhero flicks, including the 1998 Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks-starring romantic comedy "You've Got Mail." The other project he worked on was 1997's "Volcano," an entertaining natural disaster movie that's more in line with the action-packed blockbusters Feige is now synonymous with producing.

"Volcano" exploded onto screens around the same time "Dante's Peak was released," making 1997 a big year for movies about molten lava de

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