Twister
by Jan de Bont
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Actor: Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Helen Hunt, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour HoffmanDirector: Jan de Bont
Producer: Gerald R. Molen
Producer: Glenn Salloum
Producer: Ian Bryce
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy
Producer: Laurie MacDonald
Writer: Anne-Marie Martin
Writer: Michael Crichton
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, THX, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-03-26
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Twister
Movie Review: Watch Out For The Twister !!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I admit that some of the story lines are not true when it comes defining some of the events that occur in the movie, since I work with the NWS. But it's NOT a documentary ! It's a movie !....and should be viewed as such. This is a very good movie because no one has been able to put together a movie as this one was with the excellent special effects. Do not watch any other movie that has been copycated on TV movies or cable...none of those even measure up. Although sequels never measure up to the original, I'm looking forward to 'Twister II' eventually coming to theaters in the next few years.
Summary of Twister
The house rips apart piece by piece. A bellowing cow spins through the air. Tractors fall like rain. A 15,000-pound gasoline tanker becomes an airborne bomb. A mile-wide, 300 miles-per-hour force of total devastation is coming at you: Twister is hitting home. In this adventure swirling with cliffhanging excitement and awesome special effects, Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton play scientists pursuing the most destructive weatherfront to sweep through mid-America's Tornado Alley in 50 years. By launching electronic sensors into the funnel, the storm chasers hope to obtain enough data to create an improved warning system. But to do so, they must intercept the twisters' deadly path. The chase is on!DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary by J. DeBont & S. Fangmeier
Documentary:"Anatomy of a Twister" (8:30)
Featurette:"The Making of Twister" (13:49)
Music Video:"Humans Being" by Van Halen (3:33)
Theatrical Trailer:Trailer - 2:00
Twister was a mega-million-dollar blockbuster--helmed by a director (Dutchman Jan de Bont) hot off another scorcher hit (Speed)--that flaunted state-of-the-art digital effects and featured a popular leading actress (Helen Hunt) who would win an Academy Award for her next film (As Good As It Gets). But ask anybody who's seen it and they'll tell you who the real star of Twister is: the cow. Not to give anything away, but the cow is one of those inspired little touches (like, say, Bronson Pinchot's career-making cameo in Beverly Hills Cop) that adds a touch of personality to a gigantic Hollywood production. The story is blown out the window after an impressive prologue in which Hunt's character, as a little girl, witnesses her daddy being sucked into a tornado. Basically, Hunt and Bill Paxton are thrill-seeking meteorologists chasing twisters in order to study them (and help warn people of them, of course) with a new technology they've developed. If you thought the Kansas tornado in The Wizard of Oz was every bit as scary as the Wicked Witch of the West, then this may be the movie for you. --Jim Emerson
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