Twister

Resource Information

The work Twister represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Yuma County Library District. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Twister

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Pictures present ; an Amblin Entertainment production ; a Jan de Bont film ; written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Ian Bryce and Michael Crichton ; directed by Jan de Bont ; executive producers, Steven Spielberg, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Gerald R. Molen

Contributor

• Amblin Entertainment (Firm)
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Benrubi, Abraham, 1969-
• Bont, Jan de
• Bryce, Ian
• Busey, Jake
• Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008
• Davies, Jeremy, 1969-
• Elwes, Cary, 1962-
• Fangmeier, Stefen, 1960-
• Field, Todd
• Gertz, Jami
• Green, Jack N., 1946-
• Grenier, Zach, 1954-
• Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014
• Hunt, Helen, 1963-
• Kahn, Michael, 1935-
• Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-
• MacDonald, Laurie
• Mancina, Mark
• Martin, Anne Marie
• Molen, Gerald R
• Parkes, Walter F
• Paxton, Bill
• Ruck, Alan, 1956-
• Sadler, Nicholas
• Smith, Lois, 1930-
• Spielberg, Steven, 1946-

Subject

• Action and adventure films
• Disaster films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Man-woman relationships -- Oklahoma -- Drama
• Oklahoma -- Drama
• Severe storms -- Oklahoma -- Forecasting -- Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Tornado warning systems -- Oklahoma -- Drama
• Tornadoes -- Oklahoma -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Action and adventure films
• Disaster films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

A scientist is determined to discover a better way of predicting tornadoes with a device that shoots thousands of little trackers into the eye of the storm. Trouble is, getting it there is very dangerous

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Jack N. Green; editor, Michael Kahn; music, Mark Mancina ; production designer, Joseph Nemec ; costume designer, Ellen Mirojnick ; casting by Risa Bramon Garcia ; visual effects supervisor, Stefen Fangmeier ; visual effects producer, Kim Bromley Carson

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Rating: PG-13; for intense depiction of very bad weather

Language note

• English or French dialogue; Spanish, English or French subtitles
• Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.T858 2009

PerformerNote

Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Lois Smith, Alan Ruck, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeremy Davies, Todd Field, Zach Grenier, Nicholas Sadler, Abraham Benrubi, Jake Busey

Runtime

113

Technique

live action