Twister | |
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Directed by | Jan de Bont |
Written by | Michael Crichton Anne-Marie Martin |
Produced by | Ian Bryce Michael Crichton Kathleen Kennedy |
Starring | Helen Hunt Bill Paxton Jami Gertz Cary Elwes Philip Seymour Hoffman Alan Ruck |
Cinematography | Jack N. Green |
Edited by | Michael Kahn |
Music by | Van Halen Flea Mark Mancina Anthony Kiedis (uncredited) Dave Navarro (uncredited) Chad Smith (uncredited) Gioacchino Rossini Ennio Morricone |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. (United States) Universal Studios (International) |
Release dates | 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 |
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.