Night of the twisters is a 1996 television film directed by timothy bond, about a familys struggle to survive a night with a bizarre and terrible storm passing over their town. Its a metaphor for twister, a movie that chases tornadoes with such singleminded dedication that plot, character, dialogue and even your engagement all disappear into the suck zonewhich is, we learn, that part of the tornado that sucks up everything in its path. An accountant sent to produce an evaluation of a tornado research project, and the. Warren branson, comes to tornado alley with a new invention with which he. If youve seen a documentary about storm chasers, every movie you see about tornadoes just doesnt feel real. 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. Considering that the actors probably were allowed fewer takes than their alist colleagues, id say their. Tv is a film directed by noel nosseck with bruce campbell, shannon. 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.
But the two men must decide whether they should risk their. Twister is not a good movie, but if was fun to watch. The plot was really boring and dumb, but so are most summer blockbusters like this. Nov 12, 2010 tv weatherman bill harding bill paxton is trying to get his tornado hunter wife, dr. Some decent special affects and the movie intensified where it then failed to. Branson, his former professor, who has invented a device which can collect data helpful in predicting tornado activity. Warren branson, comes to tornado alley with a new invention with which he hopes to collect data to be used to predict. Jones the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Tv movie 1996 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Storm data says this tornado went from near mckinney to preachersville to near the garrard county line, damaging the county fairgrounds and maywood. Night of the twisters 1996 classic movie channel youtube. Tv weatherman bill harding is trying to get his tornadohunter wife, jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend melissa.
Branson who has developed a device that can do a lot of measurements when it is placed in the middle of a tornado. During the approach of the most powerful storm in decades, university professor dr. If you want a tornado adventure movie which is a lot more accurate than most of the junk. The portrayal of the weather service, weather maps, and the tornado itself was also much better than in twister. This is a true summer movie big, dumb, and a tremendous amount of. Jo helen hunt, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend melissa jami gertz. Twister still stands out because of both the special effects and the acting. Jo harding helen hunt and an underfunded team of students prepare the prototype for dorothy, a groundbreaking tornado datagathering device conceived by her estranged husband, bill bill paxton. Tracking a murderous twister, a brave team of stormchasers find themselves in a race against the clock. If you want a tornado adventure movie which is a lot more accurate than most of the junk out there, get this movie. This is a true summer movie big, dumb, and a tremendous amount of fun.
The violent tornado developed outside of town and moved southeastward across wisconsin taking direct aim at oakfield. Tv weatherman bill harding is trying to get his tornado hunter wife, jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend melissa. With helen hunt, bill paxton, cary elwes, jami gertz. Meanwhile, a powerful thunderstorm looms on the horizon. The same here, although i have to admit that i liked it more than twister. Bill paxton and helen hunt follow a mega tornado and have another test with their m.
Over berlins hottest summer in ages, a deadly tornado threatens to tear apart a city forever. During the approach of the most powerful storm in decades, university. Mar 03, 2018 copyright belongs to universal pictures and warner bros clip description. The 1996 oakfield tornado was an f5 tornado which destroyed parts of oakfield, wisconsin on july 18, 1996. Tv weatherman bill harding bill paxton is trying to get his tornadohunter wife, dr.
The cast was okay, i had no complaibnts really, but i. After a neardeath tornadochasing experience, jan returns home from oklahoma, forced to reckon with the exgirlfriend, eva, and family issues he left behind. If you want a tornado adventure movie which is a lot more accurate than most of the junk out there, get this. But dont let that discourage you from watching the movie, because tornado. It is a metaphor, melissa, but not for bills dream. In real life, in a midwestern drive in, a tornado struck while you guessed it this movie was playing. An accountant sent to produce an evaluation of a tornado research project, and the scientist running the project pursue tornadoes and each other. 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. Initially i picked up the movie because it had bruce campbell in it. Two prison escapees race against time to find an incriminating computer disk that could bring down the cuban mafia in this fastpaced action adventure.
Jones, shannon sturges, bo eason, official content from hallmark entertainment tracking a murderous. Jake thorn is a storm chaser in texas who has spent years studying twisters and how they occur. The tv movie is based on the novel by ivy ruckman, which centers around 1980 grand island tornado outbreak. Of course his team receives money from the government for that, but the government wants to see results. Jun 04, 20 oprah special 1996 storm chasers and cast of twister movie helen hunt, bill paxton, jami gertz duration. Twister 1996 full movie during the approach of the most powerful storm in decades, university professor dr. Starring meredith monroe dawsons creek liz mcadams is haunted by the memories of a tornado that destroyed her home 25 years ago. Watch fled 1996 full movie free online streaming tubi.
We all know what the problem is with disaster movies. 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. Jun, 2014 night of the twisters is a 1996 television film directed by timothy bond, about a familys struggle to survive a night with a bizarre and terrible storm passing over their town. Tornado 1996 dvd with bruce campbell, shannon sturges, ernie.
Even though special effects have gone through generations since then. Twister 45 movie clip mega tornado 1996 hd youtube. For years, jake thorn, a storm chaser in the texas panhandle, has been trying to guess when twisters will strike before they actually do. See the full list of twister cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. But mother nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across oklahoma, has other plans. Now a professional storm tracker, she and her family are in. Parents need to know that twister is a 1996 movie about the dangers and exhilaration of pursuing tornadoes on the oklahoma plains and the types of.