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Twister (1996)

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Directed by
Jan de Bont

Written by
Michael Crichton, Anne-Marie Martin

Cast
Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman [more]


Release Date
• USA: May 10, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 3, 1997
• R2: 24 Feb 2003

Budget $92,000,000

Official Website:
Twister Website

MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather.

Running Time
1 hour, 53 minutes

Country USA

Studio Amblin Entertainment, Universal, Warner Brothers

More info on IMDb.com

Other Titles
• Catch the Wind (1995)
• Wind Devils (1995)



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 Quotes from Twister (1996)
1
Dusty: Red meat, we crave sustenance!

  100% (1 vote)
2
Dusty: "The Suck Zone". It's the point basically when the twister... sucks you up. That's not the technical term for it, obviously.

  
3
[Spotting a tornado]
Beltzer: That's no moon, that's a space station!

  
4
Rabbit: Uh... yeah, trust me. Rabbit is good, Rabbit is wise.

  
5
[about Bill's new fiancee]
Bill: She's a... a therapist.
Jo: Oh... Yours?
Bill: Christ, you couldn't resist, could you?
Jo: What? I'm not saying you *need* therapy.
Bill: What? Wait, wait, wait, I need therapy?
Jo: I didn't say that. I didn't *say* that.
Bill: What could I possibly need a therapist for? Huh? You're the doctor, tell me!
Jo: I don't know... inability to finish things?
Bill: "Inability to finish things"?
Jo: Maybe rushing into things you can't quite commit to.
Bill: Commitment?
Jo: You asked!

  
6
Jo: Can I drive?
Bill: No!
Jo: Then would you?
Bill: [noticing truck has drifted off the road and is about to run into a parked vehicle] Whoa!

  
7
[Bill needs Jo's signature on divorce papers]
Jo: So you want the papers?
Bill: I did drive all the way out here for 'em.
Jo: They're signed and ready.
Bill: Good, good. Let's see 'em.
Jo: Do you need them right this second?
Bill: Well, it'd be nice.
Jo: What's the urgent urgency? You act like you're getting married.
Bill: I am.
Jo: [after a shocked pause] Wow.
Bill: Yeah.
Jo: Is it Melinda?
Bill: Melissa.
Jo: Wasn't there a Melinda in there somewhere?
Bill: No, there's only been Melissa since you.
Jo: Boy, not much for browsing are you?

  
8
[talking to a psychiatric patient on the phone]
Melissa: She didn't marry your penis... Okay, she didn't only marry your penis.

  
9
[Crying with fright after a pair of tornadoes spun their truck around a few times]
Melissa: When you used to tell me that you chase tornadoes, deep down I thought it was just a metaphor.

  
10
[after spotting Jonas being interviewed by a reporter on TV]
Jo: He really is in love with himself. I thought it was just a summer thing.

  
11
Jo: Where's my truck...?
[the truck crashes back to earth, right in the middle of the road, in front of the truck Melissa is driving]
Jo: There it is.

  
12
Aunt Meg: He didn't keep his part of the bargain.
Jo: Which part?
Aunt Meg: To spend his life pining for you, and to die miserable and alone.

  
13
Jo: Cow. (pause) 'Nother cow.
Bill: Actually I think that was the same one.

  
14
Bill: Look at what's right in front of you.
Jo: What?
Bill: Me, Jo.

  
15
Melissa: I gotta go Julia, we got cows.

  
16
Bill: Why can't we spend a normal day together?

  
17
Dusty: Ha Ha! It's the wonders of nature, baby!

  
18
Jo: She's nice.
Bill: Ha!
Jo: Uh oh. She's not nice?

  
19
Dusty: The extreme! IT'S THE EXTREME!
Bill: Oh, man. Don't start that shit.

  
20
Beltzer: Hey, you guys want to wrap this up?
Bill: What?
Beltzer: Oh, nothing. I was just wondering if you wanted to chase this tornado, or if you guys just wanted to catch the next one.
Bill: Shit!

  
21
Jo: Have you lost your nerve?
Bill: Tighten your seatbelt.

  
22
Rabbit: God, Meg, you've got a lot of beef. Where did you get all this beef?
Meg Greene: Did you see my cows out front?
Rabbit: No.
Meg Greene: Oh!
Dusty: You slaughter your own cows, Meg, nice.

  
23
Dusty: Meg's gravy is famous. It's practically a food group.

  
24
[to a terrified Melissa]
Dusty: Did you just miss that truck? That's awesome! That's AWESOME!

  
25
Jo: You've never seen it miss this house, and miss that house and then come after you!

  
26
Dusty: Bill, it's coming! It's headed right for us!
Bill: It's already here!

  
27
Dusty: He's gonna rue the day he came up against The Extreme, baby. Bill, I'm talkin' imminent rueage.

  
28
[Aunt Meg is being loaded into an ambulance]
Jo: Is she OK?
Paramedic: We'll probably keep her overnight just to be safe.
Aunt Meg: Overnight, forget it, I'm all right.
Jo: You're going to the hospital.
Aunt Meg: OK, I'll go, but I'm gonna drive myself.
Rabbit: Honey, your car is in a tree around the corner.
Aunt Meg: OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

  
29
Jo: Debris! We got debris!

  
30
[Jonas is watching the doppler]
Dr. Jonas Miller: Looking good. Looking real good. Okay, about 4 miles down hang a right, deploy and we'll be done.
Eddie: Uh, Dr. Miller?
[Jonas looks up in time to see the twister change direction]
Dr. Jonas Miller: Shit... shit! It's moving away! God!
Eddie: Looks like they're going to intercept.
[Jonas spots Bill's team moving in]
Dr. Jonas Miller: [Over radio] Dammit, Tony, I thought you said this thing was gonna stay on the same heading!

  
31
[Watching Meg and Bill approaching a tornado on a video camera]
Dusty: They're in the bear cage!

  
32
[Seeing Jonas's team arriving after the first tornado wrecks Jo's truck]
Rabbit: Hey, the auto club's here.

  
33
[Jo is salvaging belongings from her crashed truck and looking at Bill's new truck]
Jo: You got full insurance on that truck?
Bill: Liability only.
Jo: [thoughtfully] Liability only...
Jo: It's a very nice truck.
Melissa: [smiling] Thank you.
Bill: Don't even think about it.
[Jo keeps cleaning out her truck]
Bill: No way.

  
34
[Jo and Bill are trying to hide from the F5 in a barn but see it's full of sharp metal farming implements]
Jo: My god, who are these people?
Bill: I don't think so!

  
35
[Bill and Jo are in the shed hiding from the F5 tornado and bill sees water pipes coming out of the floor]
Bill: Here! These pipes go down at least thirty feet, if we anchor to them we might have a chance!

  
36
Aunt Meg: [Meg's house has been hit by the tornado. Her dog is still inside] Bill! Can you get Mose for me? I think he's a little shaken up.

  
37
Melissa: Uh... it was nice meeting you.
Aunt Meg: Likewise. You better run.

  
38
Dusty: Fashionably late again, Jonas. Fashionably late again. Gimme kiss baby!
[kisses Eddies cheek]
Eddie: Get outta here!
Dusty: [laughing] Losers move on!

  
39
Dusty: Jo's gonna flip when she sees he's back!
Bill: I'm not back!

  
40
Melissa: Is there an F 5? What would that be like?
Jason 'Preacher' Rowe: The finger of god

  
41
Jo: Guys, we are NOT invading my aunt!

  


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