- Twister (1989 film)
Infobox_Film
name = Twister
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director =Michael Almereyda
producer =Dan Ireland William J. Quigley
Wieland Schulz-Keil
writer =Mary Robison Michael Almereyda
music =Hans Zimmer
starring =Suzy Amis
Crispin Glover
Harry Dean Stanton
Dylan McDermott
Jenny Wright
William S. Burroughs
distributor = Vestron Pictures Ltd.Warner Bros. Pictures
released = June 1989
runtime = 93 min.
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0096321
awards =
|"Twister" is a 1989 comedy film starring
Suzy Amis ,Crispin Glover ,Harry Dean Stanton , andDylan McDermott .Plot
The film relates the story of the eccentric Cleveland family during the event of a tornado hitting their rural Kansas home. The head of the family is Eugene Cleveland (Stanton), who built a soda pop empire and lives off the proceeds. His two adult children, Maureen (Amis), and Howdy (Glover), still live with him in his mansion along with Maureen's daughter Violet and a housekeeper. The siblings Maureen and Howdy are directionless and conspire to find their mother who left unexpectedly when they were young.
Howdy finds an envelope with their Mother's address and he and Maureen take Violet with them in an effort to track her down.
The address on the envelope leads them to a farm in which they meet an unnamed character played by William Burroughs. Burroughs tells them he bought the farm from her and met her once when they were in escrow; that "Jim" spoke with her mostly. When the kids ask if they can speak to "Jim" Burroughs replies "Jim, got kicked in the head by a horse last year. [He] went around killing horses for a while, until he ate the insides of a clock and he died" (a line originally found in
John Millington Synge 's 1907 playPlayboy of the Western World ). He then indicates that he thinks she moved to Ireland and that becomes the focus of their drive to see her and forgive her. At dinner one evening, Howdy reveals to his father that he and Maureen have actively attempted to find their mother. Eugene informs them that she died in a mental institution and didn't even recognize him toward the end. Maureen's boyfriend Chris (McDermott), the father of Violet, appears after a lengthy absence determined to win Maureen back. He eventually wins her over and they decide to get married. Meanwhile, Eugene absconds from his immediate family with his housekeeper in tow.Cast
Harry Dean Stanton as Cleveland
Suzy Amis as Maureen Cleveland
Crispin Glover as Howdy
Dylan McDermott as Chris
Jenny Wright as Stephanie
Lindsay Christman as Violet
Charlayne Woodward as Lola
Lois Chils as Virgina
David Brown as Bob BreevortExternal links
*imdb title|id=0096321|title=Twister
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