Twister (1996)
In Twister, Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes. Jo's childhood was stricken by the trauma of losing her father to a deadly F5 tornado, setting her on the path of a storm chaser. Having developed a new technology with her team named "Dorothy," Jo seeks to make Tornadoes more predictable to give people a chance to make it to safety. Jo's obsession created a rift between her husband, but new breakthroughs may bring them back together as the two pursue their greatest challenge yet - an incoming system that will produce yet another F5.
Twister
- Director
- Jan de bont
- Release Date
- May 10, 1996
- Studio(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures , Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Jami Gertz , Helen Hunt , Cary Elwes , Bill Paxton , Phillip Seymour Hoffman , Alan Ruck , Todd Field , Jeremy Davies
- Writers
- Anne-Marie Martin , Michael Crichton
- Runtime
- 113 minutes
- Budget
- $92 million
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