Directed by Jan de Bont Written by Michael Crichton Anne-Marie Martin Cast Helen Hunt ... Dr. Jo Harding Bill Paxton ... Bill Harding Cary Elwes ... Dr. Jonas Miller Jami Gertz ... Dr. Melissa Reeves Philip Seymour Hoffman ... Dustin Davis Lois Smith ... Meg Greene Alan Ruck ... Robert 'Rabbit' Nurick Sean Whalen ... Allan Sanders Scott Thomson ... Jason 'Preacher' Rowe Todd Field ... Tim 'Beltzer' Lewis Joey Slotnick ... Joey Wendle Josepher ... Haynes Jeremy Davies ... Laurence Zach Grenier ... Eddie Gregory Sporleder ... Willie Patrick Fischler ... The Communicator Nicholas Sadler ... Kubrick Ben Weber ... Stanley Anthony Rapp ... Tony Erik LaRay Harvey ... Eric (as Eric LaRay Harvey) Abraham Benrubi ... Bubba Jake Busey ... Mobile Lab Technician Melanie Hoopes ... Patty J. Dean Lindsay ... Dean Dan Kelpine ... Diner Mechanic Sharonlyn Morrow ... Waitress Richard Lineback ... Mr. Thornton Rusty Schwimmer ... Mrs. Thornton Alexa PenaVega ... Jo Harding age 6 (as Alexa Vega) Taylor Gilbert ... Bryce, NSSL Scientist Bruce Wright ... Murphy, NSSL Scientist Gary England ... TV Meteorologist #1 Jeff Lazalier ... TV Meteorologist #2 Rick Mitchell ... TV Meteorologist #3 John Thomas Rhyne ... Paramedic Paul Douglas ... Bodger Samantha McDonald ... Drive-In Girl Jennifer L. Hamilton ... Drive-In Girl Anneke de Bont ... Farm Girl Uncredited Cast Thomas E. Bentley ... Farmer 1 Darryl Cox ... Four Corners Mechanic Mark Falvo ... Survivor Ben Jackson ... Survivor David Dillinger Jefferis ... Townsperson Brad Masters ... Cameraman April Warren ... Flashback Mom Produced by Ian Bryce Michael Crichton Kathleen Kennedy Laurie MacDonald Gerald R. Molen Walter F. Parkes Glenn Salloum Steven Spielberg Original Music by Mark Mancina

Additional Info Premiere: May 10, 1996 DVD Release: March 25, 1997 Blu-ray Release: May 06, 2008 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Warner Bros. (presents) (as Warner Bros.) Universal Pictures (presents) Amblin Entertainment (as an Amblin Entertainment production) Constant c Productions Twister Productions (uncredited) Distributors Warner Bros.   (1996) (USA) (theatrical) Warner Home Video   (1996) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan) Warner Home Video   (1996) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen) Warner Home Video   (1996) (USA) (VHS) (with Spanish subtitles) Warner Home Video   (1996) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Warner Home Video   (1997) (USA) (DVD) National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (1998) (USA) (TV) Warner Home Video   (2008) (USA) (DVD) (HD-DVD) Warner Home Video   (2010) (USA) (DVD) (4 film collection) ABC Family   (2014) (USA) (TV) American Movie Classics (AMC)   (2014) (USA) (TV) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Home Box Office (HBO)   (1997) (USA) (TV) Spike TV   (2014) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.5 / 10 Our Rating 4.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.1 / 10 Female Users 5.0 / 10 Site Ranking #937 / 20,684 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 2 total ratings Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 10 total ratings Mediocre 5 total ratings Crap 3 total ratings Site Ranking #933 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) #934 Central Intelligence (2016) #935 Cape Fear (1991) #936 Dark City (1998) #937 Twister (1996) #938 Hawkeye: Season 1 (2021) #939 Bad Teacher (2011) #940 Twin Peaks: Season 1 (1990) #941 Twin Peaks: Season 2 (1990)