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Twister (1996)

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User Rating: 5.9/10 (47,061 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Jan de Bont
Writers (WGA):
Michael Crichton (written by) &
Anne-Marie Martin (written by)
Release Date:
10 May 1996 (USA) more view trailer
Tagline:
The Dark Side of Nature. more
Plot:
A couple on the point of divorce keep meeting each other because both are researchers who chase tornadoes. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 9 nominations more
User Comments:
Awful more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Catch the Wind (USA) (original script title)
Wind Devils (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather.
Runtime:
113 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Ames, Iowa, USA more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The instrument package used in the movie, "Dorothy", is actually a homage to the instrument pack real tornado researchers attempt to place in the paths of tornados, "T.O.T.O.". more
Goofs:
Factual errors: At the end, when Bill and Jo are in the "well shed", the shed, including electric pole, gets sucked away yet, there is water shooting from the well. The well would have lost its prime as soon as it lost electricity. It should not have been still working. more
Quotes:
Melissa: I gotta go Julia, we got cows. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Dawson's Creek: Hurricane (#1.5)" (1998) more
Soundtrack:
Motherless Child more

FAQ

Is it true that there's gonna be a special edtion of Twister?
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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Awful, 4 June 2007
3/10
Author: AllenTehAwesome from United States

Really, I'm only giving it a 3 because it keeps you entertained. The acting in this movie is very dry. Bill Paxton has to be the worst actor of his status. He's just not good. Other than the acting, the story was just lame. Not a lot happens. It's kind of a "So What?" film. Like, it ends and you don't care at all about what you just saw. I remember being six or seven when I first saw Twister. I was an easily amused child that took everything for what it was and just enjoyed movies without criticizing them. And I still hated Twister. It's just a bland, overall useless, over-rated film.

I mean, this isn't really helping anyone, since almost everyone has seen it. But in the off-chance that you haven't, avoid it at all costs. Even if you have seen it, still avoid it at all costs. You're at someone's house and they put it in? Leave. Rude? Not at all. It's rude to show bad films to your guests. Your girlfriend like it and owns it? Break up with her. Really, there's no need to ever see this movie. There's certainly no need to see it more than once.

Sometimes I have nightmares that I've died and gone to hell. It's not a pit of fire. Just a small theater with one chair, where I sit while Bill Paxton hosts a marathon of Twister playing over and over again for all eternity with commercial interruptions. And every single time I am forced to laugh at the flying cow joke, lest I be prodded violently by Bill Paxton's pitchfork hair-do.

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