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Production anecdotes; cast careers; practical effects; locations; storm-chasing impact
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- An Industrial Light and Magic proof-of-concept sequence with a truck, tornado and flying tractor tire reportedly initiated the project before the story took shape. — Bill Simmons
- Paxton reportedly lost A Time to Kill to McConaughey. — Bill Simmons
- The film reportedly received sound and visual-effects Oscar nominations. — Bill Simmons
- De Bont’s difficult production reportedly involved crew walkouts, a knocked-over camera assistant, replacement cinematographers and Jack Green injured by a collapsing house before de Bont finished photography.
- Schedule overruns reportedly delayed Mad About You; Crichton, Zaillian and Whedon worked on the script, including during filming, yet the visual result appears seamless. — Chris Ryan
- Unexpectedly sunny conditions reportedly prompted intense lighting that temporarily impaired Hunt’s and Paxton’s eyesight. — Bill Simmons
- Hunt reportedly suspected a concussion after a door struck her in the cornfield.
- Paxton’s account contrasts being pelted by ice-chip hail with de Bont wearing a helmet nearby. — Bill Simmons
- A 90 million budget and 495 million gross are reported, ranking second among 1996 movies; the transcript mistakenly renders the gross as billion. — Bill Simmons
- De Bont reportedly blamed Hunt’s clumsiness for her concussion. — Bill Simmons
- A missed oil-tanker explosion reportedly required a500,000 reshoot.
- A reported accidental Hoffman exposure was edited from later home-video editions; the anecdote was not personally frame-checked. — Bill Simmons
- Meteorology enrollment reportedly rose10percent nationally and doubled at Oklahoma after the film. — Bill Simmons
- Production reportedly bought and demolished older Wakita houses; the low total purchase cost is recalled approximately. — Bill Simmons
- The ditch reportedly required hepatitis shots because of bacteria, adding to the leads’ other injuries. — Bill Simmons
- A tornado reportedly destroyed an Ontario drive-in screen scheduled to show Twister onMay24,1996; Ontario is clarified as Canada. — Bill Simmons
- Paxton reportedly witnessed Kennedy’s final Fort Worth speech at age eight; the transcript incorrectly appends Jr to the president’s name. — Bill Simmons
- Vegetarian de Bont reportedly disliked Meg’s meat-heavy scene. — Chris Ryan
- De Bont reportedly personally recruited Tori Amos for the soundtrack.
- Reported state daily tornado records complicate the five-storm objection: Texas66, Oklahoma58, Kansas70 after an Iowa correction, and Iowa34; definitions remain uncertain. — Van Lathan