Twister (1996 movie)

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.

Twister
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
Production companies	Warner Bros. Pictures Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment Constant c Productions
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

Cast

Helen Hunt ... Jo Bill Paxton ... Bill Jami Gertz ... Melissa Cary Elwes ... Jonas Lois Smith ... Aunt Meg Philip Seymour Hoffman ... 'Dusty' Alan Ruck ... 'Rabbit' Sean Whalen ... Sanders Scott Thomson ... 'Preacher' Todd Field ... Beltzer Joey Slotnick ... Joey Wendle Josepher ... Haynes Jeremy Davies ... Laurence Zach Grenier ... Eddie Gregory Sporleder .... Willie Patrick Fischler .... The Communicator Nicholas Sadler .... Kubrick Ben Weber .... Stanley

Anthony Rapp .... Tony Eric LaRay Harvey .... Eric Abraham Benrubi .... Bubba Jake Busey .... Mobile lab technician Melanie Hoopes .... Patty J. Dean Lindsay .... Dean Dean Kelpine .... Diner mechanic Sharonlyn Morrow .... Waitress Richard Lineback .... Father Rusty Schwimmer .... Mother Alexa Vega .... Jo – 5 years old Taylor Gilbert .... NSSL scientist – Bryce Bruce Wright .... NSSL scientist – Murphy Gary England, Jeff Lazalier, Rick Mitchell .... TV meteorologists John Thomas Rhyne .... Paramedic Paul Douglas .... Bodger Samantha McDonald, Jennifer F. Hamilton .... Drive-in girls Anneke de Bont .... Farm girl

Home media

Twister was released in VHS by Warner Home Video in October 1996. It was later released on DVD on March 26, 1997. It is considered to be the first home release of a movie to use this now widely-used optical media technology.^[1]