A cowboy bruce campbell and a twister change the mind of a government auditor shannon sturges sent to shut down a scientists ernie hudson tornado research. Night of the twisters 1996 classic movie channel youtube. Jones the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which put. Even though special effects have gone through generations since then. Pictures, universal pictures, amblin entertainment, all rights. Helen hunt and bill paxton play scientists pursuing the most destructive weather front to sweep through midamericas tornado alley in 50 years. Heres everything they got wrong and right in the movie. Tracking a murderous twister, a brave team of stormchasers find themselves in a race against the clock. Produced by steven spielberg s amblin, the tornadochase thriller shattered box office records at the time.
The clear eye of the tornado is clearly visible during the tornados mature stage, shown by the topleft radar image. The tvs all going to static before the tornado hit the drivein movie theater. Bill and jo harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the crosshairs of extremely violent tornadoes. I do not own this video, this video does not belong to me, i uploaded it just and only for pure entertainment no monetization all rights go to universal. One can make the claim that the plot is rather predictable, weather boy meets powersuit girl, they fight, but then get to like each other, but so what, a lot of movies use a similar plot. With devon sawa, amos crawley, john schneider, lori hallier.
The movie was not playing when the tornado hit, but it was scheduled to play that evening. If you want a tornado adventure movie which is a lot more accurate than most of the junk out there, get this. Seven confirmed tornadoes were recorded in a 36 hour period. Twister ist ein katastrophenfilm aus dem jahr 1996. Night of the twisters is a 1996 madefortelevision disaster film that was directed by timothy bond. Storm data says this tornado struck the south side of. Bruce campbell, shannon sturges, ernie hudson language.
In reality, a tornado hit a drivein theater in thorold, ontario, on may 20, 1996, damaging a screen. With bruce campbell, shannon sturges, ernie hudson, l. I freaked out for years after that if our cable flickered during a storm. Jake thorne bruce campbell is a storm chaser whose friend and former graduate school advisor, dr. Paxton is trying to get his tornadohunter wife, dr. The fujita scale measured the damage caused by a tornado to manmade structures after ground or aerial surveys, it was not a measurement of tornado size an f5 tornado is. The film premiered on the family channel now freeform on february 11, 1996, as the cable channels first original movie and appeared on the channel until 2004, under its successor brands fox family and abc family filmed in kleinburg, ontario, canada, it is based loosely on the 1984 young. In early summer of 1996, a massive storm front was forming over much of oklahoma. The fujita scale was introduced in 1971 and was in use during the 90s when this film came out. Directed by 1 writing credits 1 cast 22 produced by 7 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 2 casting by 2 production design by 1 set decoration by 1 costume design by 1 makeup department 2 production management 1. First tornado encounter, but being too close could be a deadly experience. Travel to the nearby oklahoma town where twister was. Best experienced in a theater, the nailbiting, blowthe. Jo harding helen hunt and an underfunded team of students prepare the prototype.
An accountant sent to produce an evaluation of a tornado. In real life, wind blows toward the tornado to feed it with moist air. According to urban legend, a tornado hit a drivein theater in stoney creek, ontario, while this movie was playing. In the movie it appears from the motion of objects and debris that the wind is blowing away from the tornadoes.
If youre a kansan with cable, youve likely seen the 1996 tornado movie twister. Storm data says this tornado passed one mile south of new middletown. Things that creeped me out when i first saw this movie when i was five. The image measures 1200 787 pixels and was added on january. Tornadoes dominated by outflow like those in the movie would dissipate quickly. An accountant sent to produce an evaluation of a tornado research project, and the scientist running the project pursue tornadoes and each other. Joe branson ernie hudson, has developed a machine that may be able. Among them is one boy struggling to keep his family safe in the dangerous weather. Twister 1996 tornado gif disaster movie adventure film tornadoes my heart is breaking the one lightning movie tv. The year is 1996 and the special effects in twister really made this movie stand out to a nineyear old little boy because i had simply never seen anything quite like it. The tv movie is based on the novel by ivy ruckman, which centers around 1980 grand island tornado outbreak. It was written by john logan and directed by noel nosseck. Tornado flying cow disaster movie, movies, twister.
Jo harding, two storm chasers in the process of getting a divorce while trying to implement their new datagathering weather instruments in the path of a tornado. The 1996 oklahoma tornado outbreak was a brief but destructive tornado outbreak that occured in oklahoma in 1996. If you want a tornado adventure movie which is a lot more accurate than most of the junk out there, get this movie. Watch twister full movie in hd visit movie 664 tv weatherman bill harding is trying to get his tornado hunter wife, jo, to sign di.
I do not own this video, this video does not belong to me, i uploaded it just and only for pure entertainment no monetization all rights go to universal pictures zefr. Jones, shannon sturges, bo eason, official content from hallmark entertainment tracking a murderous. The tornado was rated an f3 on the fujita scale and winds were estimated to be. Bill paxton, helen hunt and carey elwes may be billed as the stars of twister, but the films real attractions are the cyclones themselves. An accountant sent to produce an evaluation of a tornado research project.
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