The largest storm to hit Oklahoma in more than half a century is brewing, and it promises to drop multiple twisters into Tornado Alley. It''s the storm that two rival groups of scientists--Jo Harding and her band of brash university students, and corporate-sponsored Dr. Jonas Miller and his sleek, crack cadre with their state-of-the-art research vans--have been waiting for to earn their place in meteorological history. Each team wants to be the first to launch their own equipment pack inside a twister to transmit valuable scientific data about tornado behavior. But to do so, they must put themselves directly in the path of the marauding monster--and stay always just ahead of the swirling twister, anticipating its every move. Adding to the charged atmosphere, Jo''s soon-to-be-ex-husband, meteorologist Bill Harding, reluctantly joins Jo and his old crew for this last, epic chase.
Production Warner Bros. Pictures (presents) (as Warner Bros.); Universal Pictures (presents); Amblin Entertainment (as an Amblin Entertainment production); Constant c Productions;
Cast Names Thomas E. Bentley; Darryl Cox; Ben Jackson; Helen Hunt; Bill Paxton; Cary Elwes; Jami Gertz; Philip Seymour Hoffman; Lois Smith; Alan Ruck; Sean Whalen; Scott Thomson; Todd Field; Joey Slotnick; Wendle Josepher; Jeremy Davies; Zach Grenier; Gregory Sporleder; Patrick Fischler; Nicholas Sadler; Ben Weber; Anthony Rapp; Eric LaRay Harvey; Abraham Benrubi; Jake Busey; Melanie Hoopes; J. Dean Lindsay; Dan Kelpine; Sharonlyn Morrow; Richard Lineback;
Box Office USD 241,688,385
Release Date 1996-05-10
Genres Action; Adventure; Drama; Thriller;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather.