Twister (1989 film)

Twister is a 1989 American comedy film starring Suzy Amis, Crispin Glover, Harry Dean Stanton, and Dylan McDermott. It was shot in Wichita, Kansas.

Howdy finds an envelope with their mothers address and he and Maureen take Violet with them in an effort to track her down. The address on the envelope leads them to a farm in which they meet an unnamed character played by William Burroughs. Burroughs tells them he bought the farm from her and met her once when they were in escrow that Jim spoke with her mostly. When the kids ask if they can speak to Jim Burroughs replies Jim got kicked in the head by a horse last year. He went around killing horses for a while, until he ate the insides of a clock and he died a line originally found in John Millington Synges 1907 play Playboy of the Western World. He then indicates that he thinks she moved to Ireland and that becomes the focus of their drive to see her and forgive her.Eugene, frustrated with Virginias condescending attitude toward his family, breaks up with her. During a particularly heated dinner one evening, Eugene overreacts to Howdys insults and explodes, tipping over bowls of gazpacho. Howdy reveals to his father that he and Maureen have actively attempted to find their mother. Eugene informs them that she died in a mental institution and didnt even recognize him toward the end. ........

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