Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780790729633 Format: Anamorphic ISBN: 0790729636 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: 1997-03-26 Running Time: 113 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1996-05-10
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:Commentary by J. DeBont & S. Fangmeier Documentary:"Anatomy of a Twister" (8:30) Featurette:"The Making of Twister" (13:49) Music Video:"Humans Being" by Van Halen (3:33) Theatrical Trailer:Trailer - 2:00
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Customer Rating: Summary: GREENAGE! Comment: Ironically the first movie ever released on dvd format,Twister changed the way that disaster/action movies were made.The story follows two storm chasers named Bill and Jo played by Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt as they and their storm crew chase tornadoes across Oklahoma.It is the goal of their team to plant a device apptly named "DOROTHY" inside a twister to record data to aid the improvement of tornado warning systems.As in many movies,the team is not without their competition.Most of the movie finds Bill and Jo trying to outthink their technology assisted counterparts,only to find themselves to close for comfort with twisters of ever increasing size.For offroad and 4x4 fanatics,this movie is a dream come true.Twister features many offroad vehicles running from and chasing twisters.From a jeep pickup barreling its way through a ditch,to a huge Dodge Ram plowing through cornfields,backroads and dodging debris.According to statistics,Twister was responsible for huge jumps in Dodge Ram sales in 1996.The special effects in Twister were ahead of their time,with incredibly realistic tornadoes,debris,damage and sound effects that will leave you awestruck.An all star cast and a musical score that contains some of the most well known themes as of today help round out a seemingly perfect film.Twister is an epic story of many things.It is a story of love,hope,survival and triumph, and with the director of Speed behind the wheel,what else should we expect.I and my family have thoroughly enjoyed Twister for many years and I hope that yours will too. Customer Rating: Summary: terrifyingly terrific Comment: 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.
Strap yourself in and enjoy...the twister is coming and its godspeed or bust, yo! Customer Rating: Summary: Twister Blu-ray Comment: 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 Customer Rating: Summary: Twister Comment: 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. Customer Rating: Summary: Tornadic Activity Comment: 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, and Jami Gertz. I have owned the regular DVD for some time and because I recently acquired a Blu-ray player and love the great picture and sound it affords, I decided to duplicate this movie and get the Blu-ray version. I have to say that after watching it the first time I can't really tell that much difference in the Blu-ray compared to the standard wide-screen version and was a little disappointed in that. I didn't think the resolution of the picture was as good as the other Blu-rays I have seen. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt that maybe the sound was a little better. As prices of Blu-rays continue to drop I will continue to purchase them in lieu of the standard ones, but right now they are still fairly pricey. BUT if you love Twister and have a Blu-ray player I still recommend you buy the Blu-ray because it is closer to the price of the standard DVD than many current releases and the sound alone is worth that little difference.
