Dante's Peak
1997
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Awards
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Achievement in Special Visual Effects 1997 · Winner
Academy Award Sound 1997 · Nominated
Twister grossed $495 million worldwide and became the second-highest-grossing film of 1996; it sold an estimated 54.7 million tickets in the United States. It received generally positive reviews from critics and received Academy Award nominations for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound.
May 10, 1996 · Twister: Directed by Jan de Bont. With Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz. Two storm chasers on the brink of divorce must work together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.
Twister was a big-budget blockbuster boasting an epic visual spectacle and state-of-the-art special effects. As such, it was the ideal film on which to introduce a brand new home entertainment medium promising consumers an enhanced viewing experience.
May 10, 2018 · On May 10, 1996, Warner Bros. unveiled the Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton disaster thriller Twister in theaters. The film went on to nab two Oscar nominations, for sound and visual effects.
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Jun 2, 2020 · Twister was one of the most successful movies of the '96 summer blockbuster season, bringing in $494 million at the global box office before everything was said and done.
A bellowing cow spins through the air. Tractors fall like rain. A 15,000-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.
