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jan 22, 1996 - First DVD released: Twister.

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The very first film to be released on digital versatile disc (DVD) was a film called Twister costing £22. Directed by Jan de Bont, This action drama's budget was estimated around $92,000,000 and grossed $241,721,524 worldwide.
Using technicolour technology 'Twister had a runtime of 113 minutes and since the rapid increase in use of CGI in films he almost saw this a a final chance to make a large-scale film purely using practical effects.

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jan 22, 1996
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~ 29 years ago

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