WSR Detailed LaserDisc Review

Twister
Genre:Action Adventure

Reviewed In Issue 21 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz.

WSR Review Scores
Picture Rating: 4
Sound Rating: 5
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DVD General Information
(Studio/Distributor): Warner Home Video
(Catalog Number): 20103
(MPAA Rating): PG13
(Retail Price): $34.98
(Running Time In Minutes): 113
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Theatrical Release): 1996
(LD Release Date): 10/1/96
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Credits Information
(Director): Jan De Bont
(Screenplay/Written By): Michael Crichton & Anne-Marie Martin
(Story): NA
(Music): Mark Mancina
(Director Of Photography):
(Production Designer): Joseph Nemec, III
(Visual Effects): Industrial Light & Magic
(Costume Designer): Ellen Mirojnick
(Editor): Michael Kahn, ACE
(Supervising Sound Editors): Stephen Hunter Flick
(Re-Recording Mixers):
(Executive Producers): Stephen Spielberg, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald & Gerald R. Mollen
(Co-Producers): NA
(Producers): Kathleen Kennedy, Ian Bryce & Michael Crichton

DVD Picture Information
(Principal Photography): Panavision
(Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 2.39:1
(Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 2.35:1

DVD Sound Information
(DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Digital
(Theatrical Sound): DTS, SDDS & Dolby Digital
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WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
Twister delivers a swirling, hard-hitting, tornado chasing adventure that is one of the most exciting and thrilling motion pictures to have been produced. The story is about two scientists, played by Hunt and Paxton, pursuing the most destructive weather front to sweep through mid-America in over a decade.

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