Night of the Twisters (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Timothy Bond

Writers (WGA):

Ivy Ruckman (novel)
Sam Graham (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

14 February 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

A Nebraska farm community is plagued by a storm with a series of tornados acting against normal patterns...

Plot Keywords:

Tornado | Nebraska | Working Mom | Stepfather Stepson Relationship | Strict Father

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Devon Sawa	...	Dan Hatch
Amos Crawley	...	Arthur Jones
John Schneider	...	Jack Hatch
Lori Hallier	...	Laura Hatch
Laura Bertram	...	Stacey Jones
David Ferry	...	Bob Irisen
Helen Hughes	...	Grandma Belle Hatch
Jhene Erwin	...	Jenny
Alex Lastewka	...	Ryan
Thomas Lastewka	...	Ryan
Megan Kitchen	...	Ronnie Vae
Graham McPherson	...	Calvert
Ted Simonett	...	Stan
Dan Petronijevic	...	Tough Guy (as Daniel Petronijevic)
Don Allison	...	Phil

Runtime:

Germany:92 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Atlantis Films

Goofs:

Factual errors: Just before the tornado hits Dan Hatch's house, two scenes showing the shingles on the roof lifting up also show the rain falling vertically. Winds strong enough to cause the roof tiles to lift up would violently blow the rain almost horizontally.

Quotes:

Arthur Jones: [spinning a piece of wood on a rope] It's twister Auntie Em! It's twister! AAAAAAH!

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Pathetic

Ok. Sorry, but those people who praised this movie with their comments must have seen a different movie, because this movie was sad. The acting was horrible, the actions the characters took were ludicrous, the special effects were the worst I have ever seen, and I mean EVER. It looks as tho all of the tornado scenes were filmed with the actors in one place, while the horrible SFX moved around them. They were just so horrible. It is a cheap rip off of bigger movies like Twister....and I keep asking myself...why do they even make movies like this? It's like going out with a camcorder and making a ten minute movie...it serves just as much purpose as this load of crap. By the way...when the dad is driving the truck...how on earth did his foot get "stuck" on the gas when he got knocked out? Impossible. That scene had to be the worst....fake. .05/10