USA,
1996, 113 min
Directed by:
Jan de BontCinematography:
Jack N. GreenComposer:
Mark MancinaCast:
Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lois Smith, Todd Field, Joey Slotnick, Jeremy Davies, Zach Grenier, Gregory Sporleder (more)VOD (5)
Plots(1)
Jo Harding (Helen Hunt) leads a team of scientists who are set to launch a contraption that can retrieve information from the eye of tornadoes. Bill (Bill Paxton), the inventor of the machine and Jo's ex-husband, arrives with his new fiancée Melissa just as a major storm is about to hit the area. Unable to resist the call of the wind, Bill rejoins his team in a dangerous chase after the mother of all tornadoes: the F5. (Universal Pictures UK)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1997 - Best Achievement in Visual Effects
- 1997 - Best Sound Mixing
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1997 - Best Special Visual Effects
The Saturn Awards
- 1997 - Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
- 1997 - Bill Paxton (Best Actor)
- 1997 - Helen Hunt (Best Actress)
- 1997 - Habib Zargarpour, Henry LaBounta, John Frazier, Stefen Fangmeier (Best Special / Visual Effects)
Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies)
- 1996 - Anne-Marie Martin, Michael Crichton (Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million)
- 1996 - Jami Gertz (Worst Supporting Actress)