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Twister

Name: Twister
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 1996-05-10
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 6.578

★ 6,6 /10 (4,031 Votes)

1996 EN 113 min

Overview

An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.

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Release date

10/05/1996

Votes

4,031

Popularity

14.1

The dark side of nature.

Genres

Action Adventure Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

113 min

Budget

$92,000,000

Revenue

$494,471,524

Website

www.warnerbros.com

Helen Hunt

Bill Paxton

Bill

Jami Gertz

Melissa

Cary Elwes

Jonas

Lois Smith

Aunt Meg

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Dusty

Alan Ruck

Rabbit

Sean Whalen

Sanders

Scott Thomson

Preacher

Todd Field

Beltzer

Joey Slotnick

Joey

Wendle Josepher

Haynes

Jeremy Davies

Laurence

Zach Grenier

Eddie

Gregory Sporleder

Willie

Patrick Fischler

The Communicator

Nicholas Sadler

Kubrick

Ben Weber

Stanley

Anthony Rapp

Tony

Erik LaRay Harvey

Eric

Abraham Benrubi

Bubba

Jake Busey

Mobile Lab Technician

Melanie Hoopes

Patty

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J. Dean Lindsay

Dean

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Dan Kelpine

Diner Mechanic

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Sharonlyn Morrow

Waitress

Richard Lineback

Father

Rusty Schwimmer

Mother

Alexa PenaVega

Jo – 5 years old

Taylor Gilbert

NSSL Scientist – Bryce

Bruce Wright

NSSL Scientist – Murphy

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Gary England

TV Meteorologist #1

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Jeff Lazalier

TV Meteorologist #2

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Rick Mitchell

TV Meteorologist #3

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John Thomas Rhyne

Paramedic

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Paul Douglas

Bodger

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Samantha McDonald

Drive-in Girl

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Jennifer L. Hamilton

Drive-In Girl

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Anneke de Bont

Farm Girl

Darryl Cox

Four Corners Mechanic (uncredited)

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Thomas E. Bentley

Farmer 1 (uncredited)

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Jon Bielich

Survivor (uncredited)

Mark Falvo

Survivor (uncredited)

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Ben Jackson

Survivor (uncredited)

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David Dillinger Jefferis

Townsperson (uncredited)

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Brad Masters

Cameraman (uncredited)

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April Warren

Flashback Mom (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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**_Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt chasing tornadoes on the prairie_** When atmospheric conditions are conducive to tornadoes, a weatherman (Paxton) tracks down his separated wife (Hunt) and inadvertently joins their storm-chasing team in the Midwest because he can’t resist seeing his sensor invention finally put to use. Jami Gertz plays his new love, Cary Elwes a pompous rival and Philip Seymour Hoffman a wild team member. “Twister” (1996) could be categorized as a disaster flick, but with the distinction that the protagonists are constantly chasing the potential disaster. The entire film ta…

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<em>'Twister'</em> makes for fun viewing. There's a good chance that this was one of the (if not <em>the</em>) first films that I ever watched, it was released a mere few months after my birth and I have a faint memory of watching it on video as a young kid, I remember my mum had taped it and it was recorded back-to-back with a random music concert that was also on TV at the time - I can still picture myself seeing it switch from the film to the music. With that said, if I did indeed watch it at that time and it wasn't just a memory of actually checking out the concert itself or perhaps …

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OK, so the human story here is a bit on the predictable side but it's still quite an entertaining action adventure that allows the visual effects folks to have some fun with tornadoes. It's "Jo" (Helen Hunt) who has come up with some magical silver balls to insert into the eye of these phenomena with a view to tracking them and hopefully discovering a way to disarm them - assuming they can get close enough. Her husband "Bill" (Bill Paxton) meantime, is trying to get her to sign off on their divorce so he can marry his gal "Melissa" (Jamie Gertz) but before he can secure her signature, the trio…

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