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June 1989 (USA)
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There's a natural disaster in the heartland of America. It's called the Cleveland family. more
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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...
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Michael Almereyda, Paradise
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Way up there on the "strange scale"....
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Cleveland | |
| Suzy Amis | ... | Maureen Cleveland | |
| Crispin Glover | ... | Howdy | |
| Dylan McDermott | ... | Chris | |
| Jenny Wright | ... | Stephanie | |
| Lindsay Christman | ... | Violet | |
| Charlayne Woodard | ... | Lola (as Charlaine Woodard) | |
| Lois Chiles | ... | Virginia | |
| David Brown | ... | Bob Breevort | |
| William S. Burroughs | ... | Man in Barn (as William Burroughs) | |
| Joyce Cavarozzi | ... | Woman in Bathroom | |
| Sarah Cochran | ... | Tomboy Girl | |
| Donal Donnelly | ... | Doctor | |
| Raleigh Lackey | ... | Stan Manley | |
| Ralfe D. Reber | ... | Golfer |
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Boom mic visible: When everyone is in the basement and discussing what they would do during their "last hour", a boom mic comes down in front of the painting just behind Howdy (Crispin Glover) right after Stephanie’s answer.
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DANCE ETIQUETTE
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The cast does all they can with this dysfunctional family fiasco, but ultimately the movie fails to maintain interest. The title "Twister", is totally misleading, as the tornado plays out in five minutes, and has no bearing whatsoever on the "free form" script. The few positives would have to be, an interesting soundtrack, Crispin Glover's over the top performance, and a final third that is somewhat better than what precedes it. The negatives are the meandering script, that quite frankly goes nowhere, the unlikable characters, and a running time that seems endless. This might have made a tolerable short, but as a feature film it is just too weird, unfocused, and lengthy. - MERK