It has officially been 30 years The Twister hit theaters, to do Us see cows in a new way.
To celebrate the milestone year, we’ve broken down the must-know facts about the cheap disaster film in the latest issue of Us Weeklyon newsstands now.
For example, did you know that the actors Bill Paxton again Helen Hunt were they temporarily blinded by the electric lights that were used to keep the sky dark and stormy?
Or that The Twister was actually one of the first films to be released on DVD in the United States?
Keep scrolling for 25 Things You Didn’t Know About Twister:
1. The Twister was released on May 10, 1996, kicking off the blockbuster season in a big way.
2. The film starred Hunt and Paxton as storm chasers, in an early run Philip Seymour Hoffman like fan favorite Dusty.
3. It was directed by Jan de Bontwho was helping before Speed.
‘Twister’ director Jan de Bont is set to star alongside Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt
Warner Brothers/ courtesy Everett Collection4. The screenplay was written by Michael Crichton and his wife at the time Anne-Marie Martin.
5. According to de Bont, Crichton and Martin are based on the central relationship in the screwball comedy of the 1940s. His Girl Friday.
6. Much of the film was shot on location in Oklahoma, giving it the backdrop of an authentic Tornado Alley.
7. To keep the sky looking dark and stormy, electric lights were used to temporarily blind Paxton and Hunt. “The guy burned my retina,” Hunt joked about working with de Bont.
8. Back group The Twister — including the producer Steven Spielberg – consulted with real life scientists to make the text as accurate as possible.
9. This product was notorious, it has long shoots under bad weather.
10. Players were often blasted with wind, dirt and debris from industrial fans.
11. The film was the first to use extensive CGI to depict hurricanes realistically.
Bill Paxton in ‘Twister’
Warner Brothers/ courtesy Everett Collection12. It was also among the first films to be released on DVD in the United States.
13. The iconic flying cow scene became one of the most memorable – and funniest – moments in disaster film history.
14. “At the time, I thought it was fun as a quick thing. However, it was a unique moment in the film that people remember forever,” de Bont said of the flying cow’s legacy.
15. The fictional instrument “Dorothy” in the film was inspired by a real tornado research instrument called the Total Tornado Observatory (TOTO).
16. The song features artists such as Van Halen, Stevie Nicks again Shania Twain.
17. The Twister was a huge box office success, becoming the second highest-grossing film of 1996 worldwide, behind Independence Day.
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18. It grossed nearly $500 million worldwide, a huge amount at the time.
19. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Visual Effects.
20. Universal Studios later built a The Twister-themed attraction, “Twister… Ride It Out,” which ran in Orlando from 1998 to 2015.
21. Rumor has it that the camel’s cry was slowed down and used as the sound of a tornado.
22. Independent film sequel Twisters hits theaters on July 19, 2024, nearly three decades after the original.
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos and Glen Powell in ‘Twisters’
Pictures of the World / The Everett Collection23. It has stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell again Anthony Ramos like a new generation of storm chasers.
24. Director Lee Isaac Chung deliberately shot on Kodak 35mm film on location in Oklahoma – as in the original – to capture the same feel of Tornado Alley.
25. Twisters continues the original film’s legacy of The Wizard of Oz references, including the code names “Scarecrow,” “Tin Man” and “Lion” in Javi’s Storm Par team.
