Twister
by Jan de Bont
List Price:
Our Price: $5.99
You Save: $8.97 (60%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $2.82 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Helen Hunt, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour HoffmanDirector: Jan de Bont
Brand: HUNT,HELEN
Producer: Gerald R. Molen
Producer: Glenn Salloum
Producer: Ian Bryce
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy
Producer: Laurie MacDonald
Writer: Anne-Marie Martin
Writer: Michael Crichton
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Twister
DVD Review: If you love the intrigue of tornadoes ...
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie..had it on VHS and wore it out, so I had to replace it on dvd. One of those movies that I can watch over and over. DVD Review: I Had No Idea a Tornado Can "Growl"????
Summary: 3 Stars
I love disaster flicks. As a kid in the 1970's I loved whenever George Kennedy stepped onboard an airplane....you just knew that sucker wasn't making it to it's destination! How about "Earthquake", "Meteor" or "Towering Inferno"...loved 'em all. With the 80's disaster flicks kind of disappeared. The all-star casts shifted their attention to "Fantasy Island" and "The Love Boat" I guess? Anywho, once the millenium began to approach in the late 90's, Disaster flicks began popping up once again. And to make it better, special effects progressed from models and miniatures to full blow CGI mega-disasters.
With "Twister" coming out in 1996, you get a fun little flick about a group of "storm chasers" hanging out in Oklahoma during tornado season. The basic storyline is that they want to launch a new piece of equipment to study tornadoes from the inside. Basically a trash can full of Pokemon orbs. To do this, they must set the unit in front of a rampaging tornado. So we get Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz & Philip Seymour Hoffman running around the midwest farm country in a beat-up caravan meeting all kinds of cool CGI tornadoes. Luckily (or unluckily depending on your viewpoint), they do this on the same day that about 20 tornadoes decide to ravage a 15 or 25 square mile area of Oklahoma.
Sure it's unrealistic, but the special effects are cool. I did chuckle to myself when watching this disk on my TV with surround sound. I never noticed there was a "growling" sound effect added whenever a tornado appeared. This is a fun, summer movie and not to be taken too seriously. Like most good disaster movies, the special effects are the biggest draw. Whether it's flying cows, flying oil tanker trucks, farmhouses rolling around like tumbleweeds or watching a Drive-in movie screen disintergrate, there really is only one reason to watch "Twister"...and that to see things get destroyed. And this movie delivers big time.
DVD Review: Twister on Blu-ray - another TERRIFIC transfer
Summary: 5 Stars
I will admit that I was skeptical as to how well this older movie would translate onto Blu-ray, but rest assured folks THIS IS ONE GREAT BLU-RAY DVD! This movie is one of my family's favorites and it definitely stands the test of time. Still suspenseful, and the special effect STILL WOW! A fun ride and a fun movie. Don't miss out on the blu-ray edition of Twister. It will be a welcome addition to your dvd collection.DVD Review: Twister Results
Summary: 5 Stars
although communications were very late i did get word from seller, and was explained the situation. I got the movie, it was what seller said, brand new, awesome movie, will probably shop with seller again.DVD Review: Twister
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like natural phenomenon, specifically tornadoes, this is the movie for you. Only "Storm Stories" on the Weather Channel comes closer to chasing storms. Good story.
Description of Twister
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:by the Director and Effects Supervisor
Documentary
Featurette
Music Video
Production Notes
Theatrical Trailer
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
General DVDs
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Bestsellers in General DVDs
![The Dark Knight (+ Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray] Image](/images/The-Dark-Knight-Digital-Copy-and-BD-Live-Blu-ray-B001GZ6QEC-X.jpg)
The Dark Knight (+ Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray]Warner Brothers; Release date: 2008-12-09; DVD
Best price: $17.69
Price in other shops:
Taken (Extended Cut)Release date: 2009-05-12; DVD
Best price: $16.99
Price in other shops:
Gran Torino (Widescreen Edition)Release date: 2009-06-09; DVD
Best price: $17.49
Price in other shops:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)Twentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2009-04-07; DVD
Best price: $11.98
Price in other shops:
Bedtime StoriesRelease date: 2009-04-07; DVD
Best price: $7.89
Price in other shops:
AustraliaTwentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2009-03-03; DVD
Best price: $12.99
Price in other shops:
The WrestlerTwentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2009-04-21; DVD
Best price: $11.49
Price in other shops:
Quantum of SolaceRelease date: 2009-03-24; DVD
Best price: $8.85
Price in other shops:
CapricaUniversal; Release date: 2009-04-21; DVD
Best price: $13.50
Price in other shops:
Twilight (Two-Disc Special Edition)Universal; Release date: 2009-03-21; DVD
Best price: $14.45
Price in other shops:
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
I, Robot (Widescreen Edition)TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2004-12-14; DVD
Best price: $4.75
Price in other shops:
Batman Begins (Widescreen Edition)BALE,CHRISTIAN; Release date: 2005-10-18; DVD
Best price: $2.93
Price in other shops:
Dante's PeakUNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.; Release date: 1998-02-10; DVD
Best price: $3.70
Price in other shops:
I Am Legend (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition with Digital Copy)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2008-03-18; DVD
Best price: $2.38
Price in other shops:
The Mummy (Widescreen Collector's Edition)Universal; Release date: 1999-09-28; DVD
Best price: $7.07
Price in other shops:
The Day After Tomorrow (Widescreen Edition)QUAID,DENNIS; Release date: 2004-10-12; DVD
Best price: $5.56
Price in other shops:
Top GunRelease date: 1998-10-21; DVD
Best price: $7.90
Price in other shops:
Men in Black (Collector's Series)Release date: 2000-09-04; DVD
Best price: $7.50
Price in other shops:
National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets (Widescreen)National; Release date: 2008-05-20; DVD
Best price: $8.38
Price in other shops:
Independence Day (Single Disc Widescreen Edition)Release date: 2003-02-11; DVD
Best price: $5.88
Price in other shops: