Twister
Twister is a 1996 American disaster film directed by Jan de Bont, and written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin. It was produced by Crichton, Kathleen Kennedy, and Ian Bryce, with Steven Spielberg, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, and Gerald R. Molen serving as executive producers. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, and Cary Elwes. It follows a group of storm chasers trying to deploy a tornado research device during a severe outbreak in Oklahoma.
Plot
On an Oklahoma farm in 1969, young Jo Harding, her parents, and their dog take shelter from an F5 tornado that destroys their farm and kills Jo's father as he tries to secure their cellar door. Twenty-seven years later, Jo is a tornado-obsessed meteorologist leading a team of storm chasers. Her estranged husband, Bill, an ex-storm chaser turned TV weatherman, travels to Oklahoma with his fiancée Melissa to obtain Jo's signature on their divorce papers.
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| author | Anne-Marie Martin Michael Crichton |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Oklahoma |
| director | Jan de Bont |
| editor | Michael Kahn |
| events | tornado tornado hunting |
| keywords | allen pearson build cb radio civil defense siren claim drive-in theater emotional breakdown estrange f5 tornado force fujita scale kill meteorologist national severe storms laboratory news presenter pumphouse pumping station storm chaser storm sirens ted fujita the national tv weatherman warn |
| musicBy | Mark Mancina |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Visual Effects |
| producer | Ian Bryce Kathleen Kennedy |
| productionCompany | Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Universal Pictures Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | Kansas |
| theme | disaster road movie |