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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 305 reviews)
Sales Rank: 839
Category: DVD
Actors: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Jan De Bont
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
Brand: Warner Brothers
Label: Warner Home Video
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original Recording Remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Running Time: 113 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 118631
UPC: 085391186311
EAN: 0085391186311
ASIN: B000W4D94I
Release Date: May 6, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: May 10, 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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!Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/RACE AGAINST TIME UPC: 085391186311 Manufacturer No: 118631
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 Twister July 21, 2008
Twister on blu-ray has greatly improved the picture and sound quality from the original, I was very impressed.
HD DVD TWISTER!!! FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!! July 19, 2008
I just finished watching TWISTER in HD DVD and man it is one wild ride!! BETTER than going to a Theatre and watching it!! I have seen this movie at the Theatre on release, on VHS tape, DVD, on Dish Network in HD and now finally the BEST of them ALL, HD DVD!! This is a must own for any HD DVD player owner. The 1080p is superb!!! I had both the original DVD and HD DVD playing at the same time, flipping back and forth during the same scenes and its just AMAZING the quality of HD DVD, so much better than standard DVD!!! I got friends that say "dvd is awesome by itself" and I used to say that too, until you watch HD DVD then you wonder why you like regular DVD!! Unbelieable price here at AMAZON.COM, cheapest I've seen anywhere online and havent seen it available in store!! This is a MUST BUY, just like TRANSFORMERS & I AM LEGEND in HD DVD!!
A classic Twister Story - fun to watch over again July 18, 2008
Being in Oklahoma...this isn't super accurate...but it is entertaining.
The flying cow was a little funny.
Great Quality Picture in HD - This is a great demo for Blue Ray
Enjoy it and add it to your collection
Twister BD July 16, 2008
Love the power of nature...from a distance This movie does a fairly good job of protraying the freightening qualities of tornados, but the technology used to create the special effects in this movie is getting a little long in the tooth. Still, I think it's the best tornado movie to date.....but do we really need one? Too bad the technology doesn't exist to more accurately predict the path of a tornado. I can remember, growing up in Kansas, how we all piled into the family car to escape what we knew was certain death, only to wonder which way to go.
BD music is very good and exceedingly ominus when played in a decent home theater.
 Twister HD dvd July 15, 2008
Looks and sounds great. really was Blown away by the way this looked and the sound was unbelivable. you will really enjoy this especially people that own surround sound.
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