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	Tongue-twister Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		An example is Georgian baqaqi ts'qalshi qiqinebs (a frog croaks in the water), in which “q” is a sort of gulping sound.
		Tongue Twisters are also common depending on dialect.
		The sign language equivalent of a tongue twister is called a finger fumbler.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Tongue-twister.html (945 words)

	Twister (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Twister is a 1996 disaster film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as storm chasers researching tornadoes.
		The film was based upon a script by Michael Crichton and his wife, former actress Anne-Marie Martin.
		Twister also has a famous scene of a flying cow, a scene that was the subject of many parodies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Twister_(movie) (1317 words)

	Twister - Music from the Movies
		Two films, released only weeks apart, would play against each other the first, a mega blockbuster about the devastation caused by alien invasion, whilst the second depicted the devastation inflicted by Mother Nature.
		The music really is an exciting listen; Mancina mimics the motion of the twister with swirls of notes in both the bass strings and bass woodwinds, he adds bursts of trumpet to emphasize the danger and choral elements to illustrate the majesty of the natural force that is raging across the screen.
		Twister is an exciting listen on film and on album, its vibrance and dynamics make it a ‘must have’ in anyone’s CD collection.
	www.musicfromthemovies.com /review.asp?ID=3486 (990 words)

	Laptops In Recent Movies: Twister
		Four of the biggest films of 1996 -- Twister, Eraser, Mission Impossible and Independence Day -- have one thing in common besides box-office success: in each film, portable computers played a prominent role.
		TWISTER Twister featured a Silicon Graphics laptop, which is intesting since Silicon Graphics doesn't make laptops.
		If the big-budget film you're in happens to have a script with all the subtlety of a bad Baywatch episode, then the Silicon Graphics laptop is definitely the computer for you, even if it doesn't exist.
	www.computerjokes.net /084.htm (326 words)

	AudioRevolution.com DVD Review of Twister
		TWISTER is the only theatrical feature so far to center on tornadoes and their terrifying, destructive power, although of course they do turn up as punctuation in other movies, notably THE WIZARD OF OZ (which gets referenced here).
		Directing his second film, Jan De Bont knows how to crank up action and to keep topping himself: not only is every tornado scene spectacular and different from the last one, he keeps the tension going most of the time even when the weather's calm.
		TWISTER was one of the most exciting action pictures is easily the most exciting action hits of 1996.
	www.avrev.com /dvd/revs/twister.shtml (1307 words)

	sully20 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		As in Harry and the Hendersons and other films, Spielberg's overwhelming influence is most apparent in details such as the continued use of television both to provide updated information and as a means of alluding and paying homage to other films.
		In Twister, we get pictures of Judy Garland (although not always in the role in which she was cast against a twister) and other classic films.
		In fact, some of the film techniques are so similar, you might splice together storm scenes from Twister with those from Poltergeist and not notice the difference.
	ourworld.cs.com /adsullivan1/sully20.html (408 words)

	Twister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Twister is an example of postmodern drama that, as we have seen, employs modern technology to create a complex technical stage environment.
		Twister’s costuming is elaborate and professional in appearance; especially good is George Walker’s Tinman, complete with a lighted and beating heart, a quart of gear oil suspended above his shoulder like a plasma cannister, and smoke puffing up from his funnel hat.
		Until Twister can be performed in a venue where the stage literally descends to the level of the gallery, eliminating the physical distinction between stage and audience, most audiences will continue to remain in their seats.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/md/433/twister8.htm (3396 words)

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		Twister -- and you're not getting any breaking news with this -- is the kind of film that makes an instant star even of someone who has one of the most forgettable faces in Hollywood.
		The film has a real simplicity in the way it is presented, there's not a lot of fancy camerawork.
		The SXSW Film Festival showtimes for Traveller are Saturday, March 8, 9:30pm at the Paramount and Saturday, March 15, 2:30pm at Dobie II.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol16/issue27/screens.paxton.html (2363 words)

	Filmtracks: Twister (Mark Mancina)
		Twister: (Mark Mancina) The summer of 1996 was a bonanza for big budget action films, and it also served as a formal introduction to the Media Ventures breakthrough in scoring technology.
		The film was heavy with rock song use, mixing the songs and orchestral chase score in an often choppy moment to moment set of transitions.
		While most people remember the score for Twister by the snazzy electric guitars in the middle chase scenes, the guitars are best utilized in synchrony with the L.A. Master Choral in performing the low rumbles and sinking motif presented by the bass strings and low woodwinds for the tornadoes.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/twister.html (928 words)

	5/16/01: Lost Issue John Walsh on Criticism 1996
		style of film music, he or she is immediately called a snob who cannot enjoy films that are "just entertainment" (as if the rest of us listen to soundtracks for tips on brain surgery).
		Film music fans like their cozy corner where certain composers are applauded for playing the same tune over and over, unaware that the rest of the world film scores are becoming an irrelevant joke art form, like romance novels or fl velvet paintings.
		The only parts of the Lethal Weapon films where Kamen overcomes the teevee cop show clichés are in the big action cue in the first film and the subway shootout in the third, the latter one of the most exciting cues written for an action film.
	www.filmscoremonthly.com /articles/2001/16_May---Lost_Issue_John_Walsh_on_Criticism_and_the_State_of_Film_Music_1996.asp.asp (2875 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Movies (Twister) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Pleasantly surprised to find that for once the computerised effects and surroundsound were all they were cracked up to be, he took a moment to realise that it was a real twister.
		Seconds later, the screen was ripped out of the ground and came crashing down on top of the cars, sending the crowd fleeing for their lives.
		Confusion over this tale probably started with a literal interpretation's being applied to the phrase "Now Showing." You and I understand it to mean that the film listed on the marquee will be the one shown that day, not that it's necessarily up on the screen at this particular moment.
	www.snopes.com /movies/films/twister.htm (472 words)

	Cranky Critic® Movie Reviews: Twister
		It's a more apt nickname for the former love of his life, ex-wife Jo (Helen Hunt), who would gladly walk into the funnel of a killer tornado, as if it were calling to her.
		There's a beautiful shot somewhere in the middle of Twister in which the characters stare, awestruck at a nearby tornado funnel, which duplicates a scene from Steven Spielberg's alien masterpiece.
		Also in the mix is a competing crew of twister chasers led by Dr. Jonas Miller (Cary Elwes), well-funded and quite full of themselves.
	www.crankycritic.com /archive/twister.html (819 words)

	films
		gorgeously filmed, the only flaw is a few over-the-top moments with michael douglas as the us drug czar, pulling some unlikely stunts in an effort to handle his drugged daughter.
		This film was given a NC-17 rating, and it's a shame, for any teen who had the stomach to sit through it would be more persuaded about the agony of addiction than any this-is-your-brain-on-crack corporate pr job.
		an early pick for the top film of the year; it's not that good, but with the exception of an over-the-top scene near the end, it combines stunning camera work with performances fully worthy of their hyped praise.
	ooms.net /films.htm (990 words)

	Twister
		In Twister, the capricious tornadoes growl ominously as they approach, and they pluck up huge trucks and tear houses apart with such casual, horrifying force that the audience gasps and laughs at the same time.
		Twister may be the most beautiful action movie you'll see this summer: The kinetic shots, composed by Jack N. Green (Clint Eastwood's regular cameraman) and edited by Michael Kahn (Steven Spielberg's usual cutter), flow into each other like the panels of a great comic book -- say, Jack Kirby circa 1966.
		Twister may be no more than what Pauline Kael called "jolts for jocks," but it's among the most ravishing dumb movies ever made.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/twister.html (458 words)

	Amazon.com: Twister: Books: Michael Crichton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tornadoes are an ideal film subject, because unlike most meteorological phenomena, they are small enough to fit within the film frame, and they last a short time, changing rapidly.
		We saw a film test in January 1995 that was chilling in its verisimilitude.
		Twister is a bad movie with a horrible horrible plot that adds up to nothing.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345408330?v=glance (2210 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! - Twister's Helen Hunt wary of fame
		Twister is directed by Jan DeBont, who also turned Speed into a box-office hit.
		During the filming of Twister, Hunt was battling a jet engine from a Boeing 707 which blew ice and simulated debris at her.
		Hunt did many of her own stunts and while her Twister co-star Bill Paxton put the kibosh on some action-packed scenes he was asked to do, Hunt was adventurous.
	jam.canoe.ca /Movies/Artists/H/Hunt_Helen/1996/05/07/pf-782753.html (393 words)

	Twister
		Twister was the brain-child of Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton, an idea probably hatched during filming of Jurassic Park.
		Jan De Bont was the director of the action-packed Speed and the cinematographer for such films as Die Hard, Lethal Weapon 3, and The Hunt for Red October.
		Those bricks were engraved Twister Wakita 95 and sold by the town's beautification committee.
	www.tornadoproject.com /misc/twstr.htm (2728 words)

	Hollywood Disaster Films ... Could it really happen?
		Twister is about people who chase dangerous tornadoes.
		The main characters, William and Jo, are shown standing within inches of powerful twisters.
		At the end of the movie Twister, William and Jo manage to stand inside the funnel cloud of a tornado.
	express.howstuffworks.com /express-disaster-movie2.htm (309 words)

	L. A. Twister
		At one point it was probably original, now the idea about writing a film that is about trying to make a film is old and tired.
		Especially since there seem to be a multitude of these really small films that have the same theme, that nobody seems to see.
		Then, there are big Hollywood films that use the same themes, usually revealing at the end that the movie was based on what characters in the movie went through.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/la_twister.html (454 words)

	Traveler
		While independent films flourish, they have nearly eradicated the scrappy B movie, of which this is an agile, enjoyable example.
		The film is set in the rural South among an exotic breed of con men called Travelers, whose creative business practices provide much of its atmosphere.
		Bokky falls so hard for such talk that the film finds itself with a romantic subplot, which is rendered with casual warmth and spark.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/film/travel-film-review.html (652 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Twister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Fortunately for thrill-seekers, twisters in this picture are as common as crickets in the country, so scarcely has one funnel cloud blown through than another one swoops down, proving even more ferocious than the one before.
		Bill gets a taste of the life he's left behind with the sudden arrival of the first twister, and has his buttons pushed further when the competition, in the guise of hotshot Dr. Jonas Miller (Cary Elwes) and his corporate-sponsored caravan of fl vans, roar onto the scene with their own sensors to launch.
		Films like "Twister" differ from their classical-era progenitors in two key ways: In the older pics, there was a little down time to get to know the characters, and the cast was filled out with great character actors who made each part at least recognizable and often memorable.
	variety.com /review/VE1117905237?...&cs=1&query=twister&display=twister (1098 words)

	Twister featuring Harry Dean Stanton & Suzy Amis on ARTISTdirect
		Don't mistake this movie for the stormy special-effects blockbuster of the same name; the two films are light years apart.
		Like Almereyda's later films, Twister is a kaleidoscope of absurd conversations, oddball characters, and events that seem to happen for no reason at all.
		It's a perfect vehicle for Crispin Glover, who delivers some of the film's wackiest dialogue as the rich kid comfortably living in his own fantasy world.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/movies/title/0,,1875290,00.html (381 words)

	The Lord of the Rings
		I coordinate, with my team of guys, all the physical effects that have to happen on the set during the filming of the film.
		It's not a modern film where we're doing lots of bullet hits, lots of big explosions, car explosions, crashes, things like that, it's all more mellow, not necessarily such big stuff, such big explosions, but we have done some full structure burns.
		Computers have taken that away from us in a majority of the sense, because it is too time consuming for us, and it takes a lot of guys to man every single arrow that would be coming in on a wire.
	www.lordoftherings.net /film/production/pr_physi_interview.html (1651 words)

	Amazon.com: Twister: Video: Jan de Bont,Helen Hunt,Bill Paxton,Cary Elwes,Jami Gertz,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Lois ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Twister was a mega-million-dollar blockbuster--helmed by a director (Dutchman Jan de Bont) hot off another scorcher hit (Speed)--that flaunted state-of-the-art digital effects and featured a popular leading actress (Helen Hunt) who would win an Academy Award for her next film (As Good As It Gets).
		"Twister" is not about a single hurricane, but several, all apparently different, with the biggest and baddest of them all, the Level 5 "Finger of God," coming at the end.
		The PG-13 rating for "Twister" is "for intense depiction of very bad weather." I leave you to ponder what a film would have to show in terms of bad weather to warrant an R rating (or higher).
	www.amazon.com /Twister-Jan-Bont/dp/6304169558 (2005 words)

	Amazon.ca: Twister: DVD: Michael Almereyda,Suzy Amis,William S. Burroughs,Lois Chiles,Lindsay Christman,Donal ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Don't mistake this movie for the stormy special-effects blockbuster of the same name; the two films are light years apart.
		As the storm rages outside, Maureen and Howdy cook up a plan to find their long-lost mother, who may be the only person who can explain why they are all so odd.
		Like Almereyda's later films, Twister is a kaleidoscope of absurd conversations, oddball characters, and events that seem to happen for no reason at all.
	www.amazon.ca /Twister-Michael-Almereyda/dp/B0000CDLBC (1193 words)

	Box-Office Top 100 American Films of All-Time
		The rankings are based upon domestic theatrical box office receipts (including some theatrical re-release receipts) and do not include video rentals, TV rights, international box office figures, or other revenues.
		Blockbusters, special effects wonders, films with sequels and expensive campaign and publicity ads fill many of the positions.
		The Decade's All-Time Box Office Hits of the most popular films (for each of the decades from the Pre-Sound Era to the decade of the 1990s) have also been compiled from various sources.
	www.filmsite.org /boxoffice.html (597 words)

	Montreal Mirror - Cover : Film - Crispin Glover / Willard
		The film’s script has Glover playing a frustrated and lonely young man who’s stuck in a horrific office job while tending to a sick bedridden mother (played by Canuck Jackie Burroughs in a brilliantly creepy performance).
		That for me is a very good sign, because I don’t like films so much that dictate that this is what you’re supposed to be thinking about right now, but rather films you walk away from and are still thinking about the possibilities.
		They’re all films that have compelling stories, but there are thoughts beyond the films themselves.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2003/030603/film_cover.html (1721 words)

	Peek-A-Boo
		The film is written and directed by John Mason Skipp, bestselling author of "The Scream" and "The Light At The End".
		How this film measures up will depend on the performance of the cast, originality and creativity of the script (yeah, bunch of people will get killed, but if a new approach is taken, audience members will love it) and the dry humor which it needs to be successful.
		Indie film icon and Oscar nominee, Susan Tyrrell is perhaps best known for her best-supporting actress bid in John Huston's Fat City.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Studio/1320/peekaboo.html (638 words)

	Home Video - New York Times
		When small, independently produced films like ''Shine'' and ''Breaking the Waves'' earned myriad Oscar nominations last spring, appreciation shot up for the good little movie that most people miss in theaters but often discover on tape.
		This month there are at least three new examples on videocassette, as well as a fourth film that may miss the mark from a critic's point of view but certainly can't be faulted for a lack of independence.
		In ''Twin Town,'' a Gramercy film released on Tuesday on videocassette by Polygram, the scene shifts to Wales, where stimulant-popping twin brothers (Llyr Evans and Rhys Ifans) exact nasty revenge when their father, a freelance roofer, is refused compensation after taking a tumble on the job.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05EED7133EF937A15753C1A961958260 (540 words)

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