Twister (1996 movie)
Twister is a 1996 American disaster movie directed by Jan de Bont, and based upon a screenplay by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin. It follows a group of storm chasers attempting to prevent all tornadoes from destroying everything in Oklahoma. The movie has a famous scene of a flying cattle. It is a scene that was the subject of many parodies. It was the first movie to be commercially released on DVD and the last movie released on HD DVD. A standalone sequel, Twisters was released in 2024.
| Twister | |
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| Directed by | Jan de Bont |
| Produced by | Ian Bryce Michael Crichton Kathleen Kennedy |
| Written by | Michael Crichton Anne-Marie Martin |
| Starring | Helen Hunt Bill Paxton Jami Gertz Cary Elwes Philip Seymour Hoffman Alan Ruck |
| Music by | Van Halen Flea Mark Mancina Anthony Kiedis (uncredited) Dave Navarro (uncredited) Chad Smith (uncredited) Gioacchino Rossini Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Jack N. Green |
| Edited by | Michael Kahn |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. (United States) Universal Studios (International) |
Release date | May 10, 1996 (Warner Bros.; USA) |
Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$92,000,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $494,471,524 |
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Home media
Twister was released in VHS by Warner Home Video in October 1996. It was later released on DVD on March 26, 1997. It is considered to be the first home release of a movie to use this now widely-used optical media technology.[1]
References
- ↑ "3) The first cinematic feature film commercially released on DVD was Twister". March 24, 2009. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
Other websites
- Official site for the film Archived 2007-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Twister on IMDb
- Twister (1996 movie) at AllRovi