Twister Page #4

Synopsis: TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the three have joined the team of stormchasers as they attempt to insert a revolutionary measuring device into the very heart of several extremely violent tornados.
Director(s): Jan de Bont
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG-13
Year:
1996
113 min
Website
8,083 Views


Real lemonade. Meg, I'm moving in!

Look out. Make a space.

Look out.

God, you got a lot of beef.

-Where'd you get this beef?

-Did you see my cows?

No.

Cool.

You slaughter them.

Nice. Potatoes.

Grab it now.

Meg's gravy is famous.

It's practically a food group.

Shower's free.

I'm next.

I want that.

How can you watch this garbage?

Pardon me. You must see this.

Like for you to be out

there chasing tornados?

It's a thrill.

Man vs. nature. Battling the elements.

What a weasel.

As a scientist, can you

actually predict tornados now?

No, they're unpredictable...

...as my unfortunate

colleagues found out today.

But we hope to change all that

with a system I have devised.

God, he sucks.

Shut up!

Turn him off.

What a wiener.

He's so in love with himself.

I thought it was a summer thing.

He'll rue the day.

He'll rue the day he came

up against The Extreme.

-Hear, hear.

-Amen, baby.

Bill, I'm talking imminent rue-age.

Imminent rue-age.

I was just wondering, why do

you call Billy "The Extreme"?

'Cause Billy is The Extreme.

Bill's the most out-of-controllest

bastard in the game.

No, I think I came in second.

I've seen him in high gear.

You guys must get new stories.

I'll go clean up.

So...

...we get this one near Daleton.

God!

We're close and Jo's got the VID on it.

She's filming it.

Suddenly, this shitty-looking green

Valiant pulls up right in the way.

She starts yelling and this...

...loser stumbles out of the car.

He's got a bottle of Jack Daniels.

He's naked.

He's butt-naked.

Not naked.

I was not naked!

He's without apparel.

Half-naked.

Naked. So, Jo's yelling at him

to get out of the way, right?

So...

...he just strolls up to the twister...

...and says, "Have a drink!"

And he chucks the bottle

into the twister and...

...it never hits the ground.

Twister caught it, sucked it right up.

Honey, this is a tissue of lies.

There was another Bill...

...an evil Bill...

...and I killed him.

I love him!

That was a good-size twister.

What was that? An F-3?

F-2.

I'm lost again.

It's the Fujita scale. It measures a

tornado's intensity by how much it eats.

Eats?

Destroys.

That encounter we had was

a strong F-2, F-3, maybe.

We'll see F-4's today.

That'd be sweet.

Four is good. Four would

relocate your house efficiently.

Is there an F-5?

What would that be like?

The finger of God.

None of you has seen an F-5?

Just one of us.

Forget it.

Doesn't matter what you do...

...you'll still be beautiful.

You're biased.

Yes, I am.

Sounds like old times.

Yes, it does.

He didn't keep his part of the bargain.

Which part?

To spend his life pining for you

and die miserable and alone.

That so much to ask?

I don't know.

Bill always went his own way,

usually the same way you were going.

Seems like a long time ago.

Not so long, Jo.

He's here, isn't he?

That is so beautiful.

We got one!

F-3, mile outside of Parlaine!

This is for Garfield county,

including the city of Enid.

This storm has developed

in the last 15 minutes.

Doppler radar shows that

this is an intense storm.

Ride with Dusty, okay?

-What's SELS say?

-Big!

Let's go!

Where's Jonas?

-He's in Milston.

-30 miles away.

-Can we beat him?

-I'm working on it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sorry to eat and run.

It's what you live for.

Good to see you.

It's okay.

Tasty cow, Aunt Meg.

It's for you.

Thank you.

You and me, right?

Sweet.

Sweet.

Nice meeting you.

Likewise. You better run.

Keys.

Please. You're welcome.

Hang on.

We'll go through town.

We'll take Meyers Road past the fire

station, then 132 to the 44 east.

If there's shortcuts, let us know.

Rabbit, time to impress me.

A mile up there's a little detour.

We'll walk in the woods.

It gets bumpy here, folks.

Let's get you wired.

Excuse me.

Okay, you're on.

An ordinary person spends his life...

...avoiding tense situations.

Repo Man spends his life...

...getting into tense

situations, Beltzer!

What do you got?

Turn left here toward that farm.

You sure?

Trust me. Rabbit is good.

Rabbit is wise.

-Mother of God.

-Jesus Christ.

This is a field.

I know. Keep going beyond it,

through that brush.

See that brush right in front of you?

Yes, we see it. What's beyond that?

Beyond what?

Beyond what?

The brush! A brick wall,

a bearded lady, what?

It's the highway!

Where's the road?

Where's the road?

It should be any moment.

Hello.

Sh*t.

She's insane.

You're insane.

You trying to kill someone?

Really?

It was nice of you to see 10

people on the road and not stop!

Very good. Let's keep

this channel clear.

Dirt bag.

We have to get off this road.

Don't guess.

I'm not. Make a right turn.

Want to drive?

Just turn!

Do we follow?

We do not.

What's he doing?

I don't know.

Find this road. It's like Bob's road.

Touchdown!

We have touchdown.

Tornado is on the ground.

Listen to this.

It's coming down Route 33.

We're on 33.

What's the path?

It's going about 35 miles an hour.

-Do you see this?

-I can't.

Where is it? Hello.

Where're you looking?

-Where?

-Direction, Rabbit.

North-northeast.

See it?

Got anything?

North-northeast, do you copy?

It's coming right at us.

Axis's gone vertical.

Sucker's really gaining strength.

Do you see it?

No.

We don't have a visual! Repeat!

We don't have a visual! Help us out!

Where is it?

I got it. It's the best

motion I've ever seen.

The base of this fatty's over 1/2 mile.

If you're going east on 7, it's coming

over the hill in a few minutes.

This is the one. I feel it.

It must be there.

Maybe it stalled.

No, I think Rabbit's right.

It's going to show its ugly

face right over that hill.

What do you think?

You going for it?

Time for deployment.

Oh, man. This is the

fun part, sweetheart.

We got hail.

Hail. We got hail.

Pull over.

That's good.

We got a big one!

Upflow, Beltzer! We have upflow.

Copy.

I'm checking it.

I'm checking. She's almost up.

Now, this is it.

I'll get her ready.

You see them?

You see them?

The red truck went toward the core!

Is he talking about Billy?

Are you okay?!

Yes! Keep going!

Beltzer, we got a view!

I see it!

Okay, I got it!

That's no moon! It's a space station!

We have debris!

They're in the bear cage!

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Look at this!

Take a peek!

You can really feel it

with a telephoto lens!

What's wrong?

What's wrong?

You people are crazy, do you know that?

Are you set up? We're not

Ieaving till we get this.

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Michael Crichton

John Michael Crichton (/ˈkraɪtən/; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American best-selling author, screenwriter, film director, producer, and former physician best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction and thriller genres. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted into films. In 1994, Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at No. 1 in US television (ER), film (Jurassic Park), and book sales (Disclosure). more…

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