Twister (Blu-ray) PG-13
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Blu-ray Disc Features:
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 53 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: May 6, 2008
- Originally Released: 1996
- Label: Warner Home Video
- Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.39
- Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
- Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - French
- Dolby Digital Tru HD 5.1 Surround - English
- Subtitles - English (SDH), French - Optional
- Additional Release Material:
- Music Video: "Human Being" - Van Halen
- Featurette: CHASING THE STORM: TWISTER REVISITED
- Making Of: HBO FIRST LOOK: THE MAKING OF TWISTER
- Audio Commentary: Jon De Bont - Director; Stefen Fangmeier - Visual Effects Supervisor
- Documentary: The History Channel Documentary Nature Tech: TORNADOES ANATOMY OF A TWISTER
- Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
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:
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Even more than with most of Michael Crichton's concoctions, this one conveys the overwhelming impression of a mechanical entertainment, a very high concept in which the characters and their problems seem like utterly arbitrary creations.
Variety
...TWISTER stays as uptempo and exuberant as a roller-coaster ride....With a kinetic energy that keeps up with the characters...
New York Times
Rating: 4/4 --
It looks real, and Director Jan De Bont keeps the action coming so fast there's no time to question it.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Rating: 3/4 --
Extreme-weather buffs, thrill-ride junkies and anyone else in search of mindless entertainment need look no further.
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TV Guide
Rating: 5/10 --
Holds up against the noisy, busy, idiotically-scripted movies of today for all sorts of reasons [but] that does not excuse it from being a noisy, busy, idiotically-scripted movie in its own right.
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Antagony & Ecstasy
Rating: 1.5/4 --
Surely the only movie to ever suggest a dumbed-down His Girl Friday, Road Runner cartoon, and The Abyss simultaneously
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Film Freak Central
Effects apart, this is dire: predictable, clichéd, sloppily written, pitifully performed and surprisingly short of real shocks and suspense.
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Time Out
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...
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).
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 13,246
- UPC: 085391186311
- Shipping Weight: 0.16/lbs (approx)
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