Twister

Jun 30, 1989

1h 34m

★ 5.5

A Comic Adventure In Windy Living

Overview

An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. He is currently dating a children's TV evangelist. Also living at the farm is his layabout daughter and her precocious 8 year old daughter, his would-be artist son, the son's fiancée, and the black maid. Also thrown into the mix is the daughter's ex-husband, a ne-er-do-well who is seeking to get back in his ex-wife's good graces.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Vestron Pictures

Twister Trailers

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Cast

Cleveland

Harry Dean Stanton

Maureen Cleveland

Suzy Amis

Howdy

Crispin Glover

Stephanie

Jenny Wright

Chris

Dylan McDermott

Lola

Charlayne Woodard

Virginia

Lois Chiles

Man in Barn

William S. Burroughs

Bob Breevort

David Brown

Jeff

Tim Robbins

Man in Bar

Ron Vawter

Violet

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