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Twister [HD DVD] | ![Twister [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-rPCNK5iL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Jan De Bont
Actors: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $28.99
Buy New: $20.95
You Save: $8.04 (28%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  316 reviews
Sales Rank: 12668
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original Recording Remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: HD DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 113
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1000019408
UPC: 012569809475
EAN: 0012569809475
ASIN: B000E5KJDE
Theatrical Release Date: May 10, 1996
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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Amazon.com
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
Product Description
The house rips apart piece by piece. A bellowing cow spins through the air. Tractors fall like rain. A 15000-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!Running Time: 113 min.Format: DVD HD Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/DISASTER UPC: 012569809475 Manufacturer No: 1000019408
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| Customer Reviews: Read 311 more reviews...
 a MUST have!!!! October 3, 2008
As my title mention, this movie is a definite must have. I have always been a tornado enthusiast and this is as close to the real thing as you can get.
Where I live, we recently experienced the magnitude of a real twister first hand. Although the twister that swept through here was rated an F2 tornado, the damage was extreme (one can only imagine the devastation of the infamous F5 twister in the movie).
Rick
 Good Blu-ray rendition, not great September 29, 2008
I purchased the blu-ray disk to replace the standard DVD that I've owned for years because the SD version is awful, videowise. This blu-ray transfer is good, though I would not call it great.
If you are a fan of this movie, it is worth replacing if you own the SD version.
fan-bloody-tastic September 29, 2008
always loved this movie,but with H.D,puts it in a whole new context,your actually in the the storm,what an experience,powerful.
Cow ! September 21, 2008
Come on. It's Twister. Even people who said it's formulaic and cliché still watch it when nobody else is around.
Good, but not as good as other Blu-Ray movies September 16, 2008
I have this in regular DVD as well as Blu-Ray. It is one of the movies that is light and lively and enjoyable to watch from time to time. I looked forward to the production in Blu-Ray but was disappointed. The Blu-Ray product was not much better than the regular DVD when played in my Blu-Ray player which like other Blu-Ray players has the upconvert feature. While I enjoy the superior quality of most of the Blu-Ray movies that I have bought, this movie, while good, did not make the leap in superior picture quality that it could have when being converted to Blu-Ray.
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