Twister [HD DVD] | ![Twister [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-rPCNK5iL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Jan De Bont
Actors: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  334 reviews
Sales Rank: 20722
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original Recording Remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: HD DVD
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1000019408
UPC: 012569809475
EAN: 0012569809475
ASIN: B000E5KJDE
Theatrical Release Date: May 10, 1996
Release Date: May 27, 2008
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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
Product Description
The house rips apart piece by piece. A bellowing cow spins through the air. Tractors fall like rain. A 15000-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!Running Time: 113 min.Format: DVD HD Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/DISASTER UPC: 012569809475 Manufacturer No: 1000019408
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 Twister June 2, 2009
Marky L. Mancillas (FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the ultimate movie for a rush. You never know what the next tornado will bring.
Watch Out For The Twister !!!!!!!!!!! May 25, 2009
Monk02 (Batavia, IL.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
If you love the intrigue of tornadoes ... May 4, 2009
Renekins (the boonies, ID USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this movie..had it on VHS and wore it out, so I had to replace it on dvd. One of those movies that I can watch over and over.
 I Had No Idea a Tornado Can "Growl"???? April 28, 2009
Graboidz (Westminster, Maryland)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love disaster flicks. As a kid in the 1970's I loved whenever George Kennedy stepped onboard an airplane....you just knew that sucker wasn't making it to it's destination! How about "Earthquake", "Meteor" or "Towering Inferno"...loved 'em all. With the 80's disaster flicks kind of disappeared. The all-star casts shifted their attention to "Fantasy Island" and "The Love Boat" I guess? Anywho, once the millenium began to approach in the late 90's, Disaster flicks began popping up once again. And to make it better, special effects progressed from models and miniatures to full blow CGI mega-disasters.
With "Twister" coming out in 1996, you get a fun little flick about a group of "storm chasers" hanging out in Oklahoma during tornado season. The basic storyline is that they want to launch a new piece of equipment to study tornadoes from the inside. Basically a trash can full of Pokemon orbs. To do this, they must set the unit in front of a rampaging tornado. So we get Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz & Philip Seymour Hoffman running around the midwest farm country in a beat-up caravan meeting all kinds of cool CGI tornadoes. Luckily (or unluckily depending on your viewpoint), they do this on the same day that about 20 tornadoes decide to ravage a 15 or 25 square mile area of Oklahoma.
Sure it's unrealistic, but the special effects are cool. I did chuckle to myself when watching this disk on my TV with surround sound. I never noticed there was a "growling" sound effect added whenever a tornado appeared. This is a fun, summer movie and not to be taken too seriously. Like most good disaster movies, the special effects are the biggest draw. Whether it's flying cows, flying oil tanker trucks, farmhouses rolling around like tumbleweeds or watching a Drive-in movie screen disintergrate, there really is only one reason to watch "Twister"...and that to see things get destroyed. And this movie delivers big time.
Twister on Blu-ray - another TERRIFIC transfer April 20, 2009
Janet Bragin Ross (Houston, Texas USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I will admit that I was skeptical as to how well this older movie would translate onto Blu-ray, but rest assured folks THIS IS ONE GREAT BLU-RAY DVD! This movie is one of my family's favorites and it definitely stands the test of time. Still suspenseful, and the special effect STILL WOW! A fun ride and a fun movie. Don't miss out on the blu-ray edition of Twister. It will be a welcome addition to your dvd collection.
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