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Twister

starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman
directed by: Jan de Bont

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790749891
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790749890
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 3909
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 10, 1996



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Description:
The house rips apart piece by piece. A bellowing cow spins through the air. Tractors fall like rain. A 15,000-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!

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:by the Director and Effects Supervisor
Documentary
Featurette
Music Video
Production Notes
Theatrical Trailer




Amazon.com:
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



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Great movie - Horiable Blu-ray
Twister was one of my favorite movies until I bought on blu-ray. Now it is hard to watch because ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Day of Tornados
"Twister" is a film that I repeatedly enjoy. I recently got a DVD to replace my videocassette. Jan ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Finally,Great Video Transfer for Twister(on Blu-Ray)
Twister is one of my all-time favorite action movies and have watched it more times than I would like ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Powerful, totally captivating, worth owning
Twister ranks up in my top movies of all time. When it first came out, the special effects were considered ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Unless it's remastered, don't be suprised if BR verson on older titles is only kinda better...
People, if it ain't remastered, it's only going to be a moderate improvement, compared to standard def, unless ... Read More

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