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For Oklahomans, 'Twisters' helps highlight community solidarity after storms

For locals, the film is more than just a summer blockbuster.

Over the weekend, theater employees and moviegoers in Moore re-lived the experience as they watched "Twisters," a movie about a fictional natural disaster that takes place in their home state. Some recorded themselves seeing it in the multisensory 4DX format, a screening experience that involves motion-enabled seats designed to mimic the environment of the film.Several on TikTok also used sound bites from Luke Combs' “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma," a song from the film's soundtrack, in their videos. Oklahoma native Ryan Whitefield, 42, who attended the “Twisters” opening weekend at the Regal Warren Moore, highlighted the film’s “authenticity in depicting the ferocity and the human impact of tornadoes.”

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