Twister (1996)

Movie: Twister (1996)

“TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the three have joined the team of stormchasers as they attempt to insert a revolutionary measuring device into the very heart of several extremely violent tornados. Written by Martin H. Booda {booda@datasync.com}”

  • Director: Jan de Bont
  • Release Date: 10 May 1996 (USA)
  • Run Time: 113 min
  • Country: USA
  • Genre: Action , Adventure , Drama , Thriller
  • MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather.

Tagline: The Dark Side of Nature.

Trivia: The oil truck in the tornado bears the name “Benthic Petroleum”, the name of the company in The Abyss (1989). See also Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

Goofs: Continuity: When Jo leans out of the window to videotape “Dorothy IV” she has no video camera. In the next scene, a camera is in her hand.

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