Twister (1996 film) Quotes

Twister (1996 film) is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . Twister stopped airing in 1970.

It features Ian Bryce, Michael Crichton, and Kathleen Kennedy as producer, Mark Mancina in charge of musical score, and Jack N. Green as head of cinematography.

Twister (1996 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Twister (1996 film) is 113 minutes long. Twister (1996 film) is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, and Universal Pictures.

The cast includes: Jami Gertz as Melissa, Helen Hunt as Jo, Bill Paxton as Bill, Joey Slotnick as Joey, Jeremy Davies as Laurence, Todd Field as Beltzer, Wendle Josepher as Haynes, Scott Thomson as Jason 'Preacher' Rowe, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Dusty, Alan Ruck as Rabbit, Lois Smith as Meg Greene, Lois Smith as Aunt Meg, Zach Grenier as Eddie, and Cary Elwes as Dr. Jonas Miller.

Twister (1996 film) Quotes

Joey Slotnick as Joey

• (Joey Slotnick) "No, that was a good size twister. What was it, an F3?"
• (Bill Paxton) "Solid F2."
• (Jami Gertz) "See, now you have lost me again."
• (Bill Paxton) "It's the Fujita scale. It measures a tornado's intensity by how much it eats."
• (Jami Gertz) "Eats?"
• (Bill Paxton) "Destroys."
• (Jeremy Davies) "That one we encountered back there was a strong F2, possibly an F3."
• (Todd Field) "Maybe we'll see some 4's."
• (Wendle Josepher) "That would be sweet."
• (Bill Paxton) "4 is good. 4 will relocate your house very efficently."
• (Jami Gertz) "Is there an F5?"
• (Jami Gertz) "What would that be like?"
• (Scott Thomson) "The Finger of God."
• (Jami Gertz) "None of you has ever seen an F5?"
• (Bill Paxton) "-- Just one of us."

• (Joey Slotnick) "We've got a touchdown."
• (Jeremy Davies) "We have touchdown. Touchdown. Tornado is on the ground."
• (Wendle Josepher) "Listen to this."
• (Jeremy Davies) "Looks like it's heading down Route 33."
• (Bill Paxton) "Jo, we're on 33."
• (Helen Hunt) "What's the path?"
• (Jeremy Davies) "Looks like it's going about 35 mph."
• (Alan Ruck) "Can you see this?"
• (Allan Sanders) "I can not see this. Where is it? Hello? Which way you guys looking?"
• (Bill Paxton) "Where, where, where --"
• (Helen Hunt) "Direction, Rabbit."
• (Alan Ruck) "North northeast."
• (Todd Field) "Do you see it?"
• (Wendle Josepher) "No."
• (Alan Ruck) "North northeast, you copy?"
• (Bill Paxton) "s***, it's coming right at us."
• (Jeremy Davies) "Axis has gone vertical, gone vertical. Sucker's really gaining up strength."
• (Helen Hunt) "You see it?"
• (Bill Paxton) "No --"
• (Bill Paxton) "Beltzer. We do not have a visual. Repeat, we do not have a visual. Help us out here."
• (Helen Hunt) "Where is it?"
• (Todd Field) "Yeah, I got it Billy. Best motion I've ever seen. Looks like the base of this sucker's at least a half mile wide."
• (Bill Paxton) "Rabbit?"
• (Alan Ruck) "If you are going east on 7, it should be coming right over that hill in a matter of minutes."
• (Allan Sanders) "This is the one man, I feel it."

Philip Seymour Hoffman as Dusty

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Well there's some good news, it did fly. What was it like?"
• (Helen Hunt) "It was windy."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Windy."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "That's intense."
• (Helen Hunt) "All right, move it, Dusty."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "That's intense."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Oh God, he sucks."
• (Alan Ruck) "Oh, shut up. Get him off."
• (Helen Hunt) "He is so in love with himself. I thought it was just a summer thing."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "He strolls up to the twister, and he says, have a drink. And he chucks the bottle into the twister, and it never hits the ground."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "] Meg's gravy is famous. It's practically a food group."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Jo, Bill, it's coming. It's headed right for us."
• (Bill Paxton) "It's already here."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "They're in the bear cage."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Did you just miss that truck? That's awesome. That's AWESOME."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "He's gonna rue the day he came up against The Extreme, baby. Bill, I'm talkin' imminent rueage."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "The extreme. IT'S THE EXTREME."
• (Bill Paxton) "Oh, man. Don't start that s***."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Jo's gonna flip when she sees he's back."
• (Bill Paxton) "I'm not back."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) ""The Suck Zone". It's the point basically when the twister -- sucks you up. That's not the technical term for it, obviously."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Red meat. We crave sustenance."
• (Helen Hunt) "No, guys. We are not invading my aunt."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Food."
• (Alan Ruck) "Food."
• (Todd Field) "FOOOOOOOOD."
• (Helen Hunt) "Hey. We are absolutely not going."

• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Jo. Bill. Did you see that explosion?"
• (Helen Hunt) "Yeah, we saw it."

Alan Ruck as Rabbit

• (Alan Ruck) "God, Meg, you've got a lot of beef. Where did you get all this beef?"
• (Lois Smith) "Did you see my cows out front?"
• (Alan Ruck) "No."
• (Lois Smith) "Oh."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "You slaughter your own cows, Meg, nice."

• (Alan Ruck) "In a severe lightning storm, you wanna grab your ankles and stick your butt in the air."

• (Alan Ruck) "Look, all I'm saying is don't fold the maps."
• (Allan Sanders) "I didn't fold the maps."
• (Alan Ruck) "Yeah, well Kansas is a mess, there's a big crease right through Wichita. ROLL the maps."

• (Alan Ruck) "Hey, the auto club's here."

• (Alan Ruck) "Uh -- yeah, trust me. Rabbit is good, Rabbit is wise."

Helen Hunt as Jo

• (Helen Hunt) "So you want the papers?"
• (Bill Paxton) "I did drive all the way out here for 'em."
• (Helen Hunt) "They're signed and ready."
• (Bill Paxton) "Good, good. Let's see 'em."
• (Helen Hunt) "Do you need them right this second?"
• (Bill Paxton) "Well, it'd be nice."
• (Helen Hunt) "What's the urgent urgency? You act like you're getting married."
• (Bill Paxton) "I am."
• (Helen Hunt) "Wow."
• (Bill Paxton) "Yeah."
• (Helen Hunt) "Is it Melinda?"
• (Bill Paxton) "Melissa."
• (Helen Hunt) "Wasn't there a Melinda in there somewhere?"
• (Bill Paxton) "No, there's only been Melissa since you."
• (Helen Hunt) "Boy, not much for browsing are you?"

• (Helen Hunt) "Do you want me to drive?"
• (Bill Paxton) "No."
• (Helen Hunt) "Then would you?"

• (Helen Hunt) "You've never seen it miss this house, and miss that house, and come after you."

• (Helen Hunt) "She's nice."
• (Bill Paxton) "Ha."
• (Helen Hunt) "Uh oh. She's not nice?"

• (Helen Hunt) "Have you lost your nerve?"
• (Bill Paxton) "Tighten your seatbelt."

• (Helen Hunt) "Hey, as long as you're happy --"
• (Bill Paxton) "I AM. I AM happy. I'm a happy person. I'm happy with my life. I'm happy with the way things are going in my life. I'm happy with -- with --"
• (Helen Hunt) "Melissa?"
• (Bill Paxton) "I know her name. YES. I'm happy -- with -- Melissa."

• (Helen Hunt) "My god, who are these people?"
• (Bill Paxton) "I don't think so."

• (Helen Hunt) "Can I drive?"
• (Bill Paxton) "No."
• (Helen Hunt) "Then would you?"
• (Bill Paxton) "Whoa."

• (Helen Hunt) "Where's my truck?"
• (Helen Hunt) "There it is."

• (Helen Hunt) "Cow."
• (Helen Hunt) "another cow."
• (Bill Paxton) "Actually I think that was the same one."

• (Allan Sanders) "Hey Jo and Bill, check out that sky."
• (Helen Hunt) "You know what? I think we've seen enough."

• (Helen Hunt) "You got full coverage on that truck?"
• (Bill Paxton) "Liability only."
• (Helen Hunt) "Liability only --"
• (Helen Hunt) "It's a very pretty truck."
• (Jami Gertz) "Thank you."
• (Bill Paxton) "Don't even think about it."
• (Bill Paxton) "No way."

• (Helen Hunt) "He really is in love with himself. I thought it was just a summer thing."

• (Helen Hunt) "Is she OK?"
• (Paramedic) "We'll probably keep her overnight just to be safe."
• (Lois Smith) "Overnight, forget it, I'm all right."
• (Helen Hunt) "You're going to the hospital."
• (Lois Smith) "OK, I'll go, but I'm gonna drive myself."
• (Alan Ruck) "Honey, your car is in a tree around the corner."
• (Lois Smith) "OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH."

Lois Smith as Aunt Meg

• (Lois Smith) "He didn't keep his part of the bargain, did he?"
• (Helen Hunt) "Which part?"
• (Lois Smith) "To spend his life pining for you, and die miserable and alone."
• (Helen Hunt) "Is that too much to ask?"

Jami Gertz as Melissa

• (Jami Gertz) "Uh -- it was nice meeting you."
• (Lois Smith) "Likewise. You better run."

• (Jami Gertz) "Wow, it is great -- what is it?"

• (Jami Gertz) "When you used to tell me that you chase tornadoes, deep down I thought it was just a metaphor."

• (Jami Gertz) "Why do you call Billy "The Extreme?""
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Because Billy is "The Extreme.""
• (Scott Thomson) "Bill is the most outta control son of a bitch in the game."
• (Bill Paxton) "No, I think I came in second."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "So we get this one near Daleton, right?"
• (Alan Ruck) "Oh, God."
• (Helen Hunt) "You guys have got to get some new stories. I'm gonna go wash up."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "And we are way too close. And Jo's got the vid on it right, she's filming it. And all of the sudden outta nowhere, this s***ty lookin' green Valiant comes pulling up right in the way."
• (Todd Field) "And this loser stumbles out of the car, he's got like a bottle of Jack Daniel's in his hand --"
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "He's naked."
• (Alan Ruck) "He is butt naked."
• (Todd Field) "Naked."
• (Bill Paxton) "NOT naked. I was NOT naked."
• (Todd Field) "He was without apparel."
• (Bill Paxton) "Half naked."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Naked. Ok, so Jo's yelling at him to get out of the way, right?"
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "And he just strolls up to the twister, says 'have a drink', and he chucks the bottle into the twister, and it NEVER hits the ground."
• (Scott Thomson) "The twister caught it, and sucked it right up."
• (Bill Paxton) "Honey, this is a tissue of lies. See, there was another Bill, an evil Bill, and I killed him."

• (Jami Gertz) "I gotta go Julia, we got cows."

Bill Paxton as Bill

• (Bill Paxton) "Jo. Things go wrong. You can't explain it, you can't predict it. Killing yourself wo'nt bring your dad back. I'm sorry that he died, but that was a long time ago. You gotta move on. Stop living in the past, and look what you got right in front of you."
• (Helen Hunt) "What are you talking about?"
• (Bill Paxton) "Me, Jo."

• (Bill Paxton) "This is a field, Rabbit."
• (Alan Ruck) "I know, keep going beyond it, right through that brush. See that brush right in front of you?"
• (Bill Paxton) "Yeah we see the brush, what's beyond that?"
• (Alan Ruck) "Beyond what?"
• (Helen Hunt) "Beyond what? Beyond the brush."
• (Bill Paxton) "The brush, a brick wall, a bearded lady, what?"
• (Alan Ruck) "Oh, um -- it's the highway, it's the highway."
• (Helen Hunt) "Where's the road, Rabbit?"
• (Allan Sanders) "Yeah where's the road man?"
• (Alan Ruck) "It should be any moment."
• (Bill Paxton) "Watch out."
• (Scott Thomson) "Hello. s***."

• (Bill Paxton) "She's a -- a therapist."
• (Helen Hunt) "Oh -- Yours?"
• (Bill Paxton) "Christ, you couldn't resist, could you?"
• (Helen Hunt) "What? I'm not saying you need therapy."
• (Bill Paxton) "What? Wait, wait, wait, I need therapy?"
• (Helen Hunt) "I didn't say that. I didn't say that."
• (Bill Paxton) "What could I possibly need a therapist for? Huh? You're the doctor, tell me."
• (Helen Hunt) "I don't know -- inability to finish things?"
• (Bill Paxton) ""Inability to finish things"?"
• (Helen Hunt) "Maybe rushing into things you can't quite commit to."
• (Bill Paxton) "Commitment?"
• (Helen Hunt) "You asked."

• (Bill Paxton) "Why can't we spend a normal day together?"

• (Bill Paxton) "OK, Rabbit, time to impress me."

• (Bill Paxton) "It's gone -- it's gone."
• (Helen Hunt) "Where's my truck?"

• (Bill Paxton) "Here. These pipes go down at least thirty feet, if we anchor to them we might have a chance."

• (Bill Paxton) "Honey, it's Meg. I gotta go."
• (Jami Gertz) "I'm going back."
• (Bill Paxton) "Good, good, you'll be safe at the motel. I'll see you in the morning."
• (Jami Gertz) "I won't be there."
• (Bill Paxton) "What? Why? What are you saying?"
• (Jami Gertz) "I'm saying goodbye."
• (Bill Paxton) "No --"
• (Jami Gertz) "You know what? I can't compete with this. I don't even know where to start."
• (Bill Paxton) "Wait, don't do this now, please."
• (Jami Gertz) "Sooner or later it would have ended, we both know that. The funny thing is -- I'm not that upset. What does that mean?"
• (Bill Paxton) "I never meant for any of this to happen,"
• (Jami Gertz) "Oh Billy, I know. It's okay. You go ahead. She needs you. I hope that Aunt Meg's okay."
• (Bill Paxton) "What about you?"
• (Jami Gertz) "Oh, don't worry about me. I know my way home."

Todd Field as Beltzer

• (Todd Field) "Hey, you guys want to wrap this up pretty soon?"
• (Bill Paxton) "What?"
• (Todd Field) "Oh, nothing. I was just wondering if you wanted to chase this tornado, or if you just wanted to catch the next one."
• (Bill Paxton) "s***."

• (Todd Field) "Normal man spends his life avoiding tense situations."
• (Philip Seymour Hoffman) "Repo Man spends his life getting into tense situations, Beltzer."

• (Todd Field) "That's no moon, that's a space station."

Cary Elwes as Dr. Jonas Miller

• (Cary Elwes) "Well, let me enlighten you people."

• (Cary Elwes) "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey."
• (Bill Paxton) "You son of a bitch. What'd you think, I wouldn't find out?"
• (Cary Elwes) "What is the matter with you?"
• (Bill Paxton) "You stole my design, you son of a bitch."
• (Cary Elwes) "The hell are you talking about?"
• (Bill Paxton) "Dorothy. You took her, you damn thief."
• (Cary Elwes) "Oh, I get it. You want to take credit for MY design."
• (Bill Paxton) "She was OUR idea and you know it."
• (Cary Elwes) "Unrealised idea -- unrealised."

• (Cary Elwes) "Looking good. Looking real good. Okay, about 4 miles down hang a right, deploy and we'll be done."
• (Zach Grenier) "Uh, Dr. Miller?"
• (Cary Elwes) "s*** -- s***. It's moving away. God."
• (Zach Grenier) "Looks like they're going to intercept."
• (Cary Elwes) "Dammit, Tony, I thought you said this thing was gonna stay on the same heading."

• (Cary Elwes) "Today, we're gonna make history, so stick around. 'Cause the days of sniffing the dirt are over."
• (Jeremy Davies) "Better than what you sniff."
• (Bill Paxton) "We'll see who gets there first -- "pal"."
• (Cary Elwes) "Oh, by the way. I really enjoy your weather reports."
• (Bill Paxton) "You slime. I'm not through with you yet."
• (Jeremy Davies) "He's a corporate kiss-butt, man."

Wendle Josepher as Haynes

• (Wendle Josepher) "I think they're getting better at this."

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