Twister (1996 film)

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Twister is a 1996 American disaster film directed by Jan de Bont and written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, and Cary Elwes. Lois Smith, Alan Ruck, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeremy Davies, Todd Field, Zach Grenier, Nicholas Sadler, Abraham Benrubi, Jake Busey, and Scott Thomson also star in supporting roles. Its plot follows a group of storm chasers trying to deploy a tornado research device during a severe outbreak in Oklahoma. Amblin Entertainment co-founder Steven Spielberg was initially attached to direct, and several directors were in talks to direct before De Bont signed on after leaving Godzilla; Spielberg would executive-produce the film with Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, and Gerald R. Molen. Filming was done across Oklahoma, with several key sequences filmed in Fairfax, Ralston, Maysville, Guthrie, and Stillwater. Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) handled the visual effects and animation...

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