Twisted

Jay Cheel Canada 2016 15 min.

In the summer of 1996, something unusual happened in Thorold, Ontario. During the screening of the disaster movie Twister, the local drive-in cinema itself is hit by a tornado. Or is this an urban legend?

At the time, the news headlined all national media and two decades later, it remains a remarkable, unsolved mystery. Was this really a unique moment where nature imitated mankind or is this an overblown urban legend? Documentary filmmaker Jay Cheel does his own investigation.

 

This short film will be screened before the feature film The Rebel Surgeon.