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Twister (1996)
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Twister (1996)
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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!
Editor's Note
In this action-packed disaster film set in America's heartland, an ex-husband-and-wife team of storm chasers rushes to be the first to study the dynamics of tornados with some fascinating new technology. Though Helen Hunt (AS GOOD AS IT GETS) and Bill Paxton (APOLLO 13) star--along with a pre-fame Philip Seymour Hoffman--the uncredited lead roles are the tornados, created with eye-dazzling computer-generated effects. SPEED director Jan de Bont takes the helm for this massive box office hit, while bestselling author Michael Crichton contributed the fast-moving story. TWISTER earned Academy-Award nominations for its achievements in sound and visual effects.
Plot Summary
This special effects-laden blockbuster chronicles one day in the life of a band of gung-ho "storm chasers," who track and follow twisters and tornadoes. The group, led by the gutsy Jo and her macho, soon-to-be-ex Bill, have invented "Dorothy," a tank containing sensors that can provide much-needed info about these mysterious, severe weather conditions.| But in order for Dorothy to work, she first must be swallowed by a twister. So Jo, Bill, and the gang put their lives on the line innumerable times, as getting close to the storm means dodging everything from windswept cattle to flying oil tankers.| For Jo and Bill in particular, making meteorological history means having firsthand experience of the inside of a twister...
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 10/1/1996 |
| Running Time: 113 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1996 | | Catalog ID: 20100 | | UPC: 00085392010035 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew | Scott Thomson | | Zach Grenier | | Bill Paxton | | Jami Gertz | | Philip Seymour Hoffman | | Alan Ruck | | Cary Elwes | | Lois Smith | | Helen Hunt | | Sean Whalen | | Michael Kahn - Editor | | Jack N. Green - Director of Photography | | Kathleen Kennedy - Producer | | Anne-Marie Martin - Screenwriter | | Ellen Mirojnick - Costume Designer | | Stefen Fangmeier - Special Effects | | Stephen Hunter Flick - Editor | | Don Burgess - Director of Photography | | III Joseph Nemec - Production Designer | | Ian Bryce - Producer | | Michael Crichton - Screenwriter | | Jan de Bont - Director |
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