Article: Lingering storm: Revisit Wakita 20 years after 'Twister'
Lingering storm: Revisit Wakita 20 years after 'Twister': http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/features/lingering-storm-revisit-wakita-years-after-twister/article_bb35f06f-a3b6-50cd-bd49-4d7a9297cc40.html
“Twister,” which generated nearly $500 million worldwide and became the second-biggest film (behind “Independence Day”) of 1996, was released May 9, 1996.
Virtually the entire town of Wakita, located in Grant County in north central Oklahoma, was transformed into a movie set for a film about tornado chasers.
It might not be exaggeration to say the agreement between filmmakers and Wakita residents was something like, “Here’s our town. Do with it what you will, within reason.”
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