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‘Twister’ OG Director Says Practical Effects “Ultimately” Got The Movie Made: “They Really Fall From The Sky”
As Twisters rips through theaters and updates a nearly 30-year-old franchise, the original movie's creator is reflecting on how the movie got made.
Director Jan de Bont recalled the “goddamned real” effects that went into 1996’s Twister and “ultimately decided whether the movie was made” as the sequel premieres in theaters. Grossing $494 million and earning two Academy Award nods, Twister starred Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Alan Ruck as a group of amateur storm chasers attempting to deploy a research device during a severe tornado outbreak in Oklahoma. “We had two gigantic jet engines, mounted on big trucks, and they were going full blast while debris was thrown in front of them, blowing toward the actors,” he said.
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