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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0085391186311 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 06, 2008 Running Time: 113 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: May 10, 1996 Sales Rank: 1420 MPN: 118631
Product Description: A mile-wide 300 miles-per-hour force of total devastation is coming at you! 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 data to create an improved warning system. But to do so they must intercept the twisters? deadly path. The chase is on!Special Features ? Commentary by Director Jan DeBont and Visual Effects Supervisor Stefan Fangmeier ? Chasing the Storm: Twister Revisited featurette ? The History Channel Documentary Nature Tech: Tornadoes ? Anatomy of a Twister ? HBO First Look: The Making of Twister ? Van Halen Humans Being Music Video ? Theatrical TrailersFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/RACE AGAINST TIME UPC: 085391186311 Manufacturer No: 118631
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
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Rating: - terrifyingly terrific
How can anyone not like this masterpiece. The ride at Universal Theme Park in Orlando is just as boss as this incredible rollercoaster ride of an epic film.
Rating: - Twister Blu-ray
I love the movie anyway and I knew what was coming. I still ducked when the twister came. Blu-ray is the only way to see a movie this good
Rating: - Twister
Another great summer movie. Much better on blu ray, both picture & sound. I watched it twice in two days. The twisters look more realistic and scarier. I recommend this movie (blu ray) to anyone.
Rating: - Tornadic Activity
The movie Twister is one of my favorite "disaster movies". I have watched it 50 or more times. The special effects are so cool and the acting is really good, especially Helen Hunt, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, ... Read More
Rating: - Twister
Twister on blu-ray has greatly improved the picture and sound quality from the original, I was very impressed.