Twister

The Dark Side of Nature

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DVD Features:

Rated: PG-13
Run Time: 1 hours, 53 minutes
Video: Color
Released: November 3, 2009
Originally Released: 1996
Label: Warner Home Video
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Note: Behind-the-scenes documentary Anatomy of the Twister

Feature-length audio commentary by director Jan De Bont and visual effects supervisor Stefen Fangmeier
Music video: Van Halen's Humans Being
Theatrical trailer

Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
Audio:

Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
DTS - English, French
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Bill Paxton & Helen Hunt
Performer:		Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Lois Smith, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Sean Whalen, Scott Thomson & Zach Grenier
Directed by		Jan de Bont
Edited by		Michael Kahn & Stephen Hunter Flick
Screenwriting by		Michael Crichton & Anne-Marie Martin
Composition by		Mark Mancina
Produced by		Kathleen Kennedy & Ian Bryce
Director of Photography:		Don Burgess & Jack N. Green

Entertainment Reviews:

Variety

Oct 18, 2008

Groucho Reviews

May 21, 2008

Variety

May 13, 1996

Common Sense Media

Jan 2, 2011

TIME Magazine

Nov 5, 2008

Entertainment Weekly

May 24, 1996

Hollywood Reporter

May 10, 2018

Product Description:

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 Synopsis:

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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Production Notes:

Released theatrically in the USA on May 10, 1996, "Twister" created a storm, blowing away the competition with its $41 million gross its opening weekend, breaking box office records in the process.
Digitally mastered by THX for superior sound and picture quality.
Each Warner Home Video VHS version includes a 30-second public service announcement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency about preparing for the kind of natural disaster that is depicted in the film. The tie-in represents an unprecedented partnership between the federal government and a major motion picture studio.
Color by Technicolor; in Panavision widescreen; in DTS and SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound).
Additional cast: Zach Grenier (Eddie) and Scott Thomson (Preacher).
Additional credits: Patrick Sullivan (set design) and Stefen Fangmeier (visual effects supervisor).