Plot
A couple on the point of divorce keep meeting each other because both are researchers who chase tornadoes.
Release Year: 1996
Rating: 6.1/10 (79,668 voted)
Critic's Score: 68/100
Director:
Jan de Bont
Stars: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes
Storyline TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the three have joined the team of stormchasers as they attempt to insert a revolutionary measuring device into the very heart of several extremely violent tornados.
Writers: Michael Crichton, Anne-Marie Martin
Cast: Helen Hunt
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Dr. Jo Harding
Bill Paxton
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Bill Harding
Cary Elwes
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Dr. Jonas Miller
Jami Gertz
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Dr. Melissa Reeves
Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Dustin Davis
Lois Smith
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Meg Greene
Alan Ruck
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Robert 'Rabbit' Nurick
Sean Whalen
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Allan Sanders
Scott Thomson
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Jason 'Preacher' Rowe
Todd Field
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Tim 'Beltzer' Lewis
Joey Slotnick
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Joey
Wendle Josepher
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Haynes
Jeremy Davies
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Laurence
Zach Grenier
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Eddie
Gregory Sporleder
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Willie
Taglines:
Don't Breathe. Don't Look Back.
Release Date: 10 May 1996
Filming Locations: Ames, Iowa, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $92,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $41,100,000
(USA)
(12 May 1996)
Gross: $494,471,524
(Worldwide)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
An urban legend states that a tornado hit a drive-in theater in the town of Stoney Creek, Ontario while this movie was playing. What really happened was that on May 21, 1996 a tornado hit a drive-in theater that was scheduled to play this movie. The movie was not actually playing when the tornado hit.
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible:
A third person is visible in the back seat as Bill's truck emerges from the fireball.
Quotes:
[about Bill's new fiancee]
Bill:
She's a... a therapist. Jo:
Oh... Yours? Bill:
Christ, you couldn't resist, could you? Jo:
What? I'm not saying you *need* therapy. Bill:
What? Wait, wait, wait, I need therapy? Jo:
I didn't say that. I didn't *say* that. Bill:
What could I possibly need a therapist for? Huh? You're the doctor, tell me! Jo:
I don't know... inability to finish things? Bill:
"Inability to finish things"?
[...]
User Review
I like Twister
Rating:
I get a lot of stick from friends for saying this, but: I really like
Twister. I enjoy a good thoughtful film as much as the next stuck-up film
snob, but I also love damned good action flicks.
Twister is a big dumb summer blockbuster with no pretensions whatsoever. I
*like* the fact that the money is all up there on the screen - lots of
tornadoes ripping apart farmhouses and throwing trucks around. I *like* that
it's one long chase movie. I *like* looking at Helen Hunt's beautiful face.
I saw Twister twice at the cinema, and at least three times since - and I've
enjoyed it every single time. Can you get a better recommendation than
that?
Twister will never satisfy some people... in particular, those who watch it,
for some strange reason, expecting a cerebral masterpiece. Enjoy it for what
it is: One of the best summer blockbusters ever.
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