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Surprise Special Effect Clears ‘Twister’ Watchers

Reuters

A tornado had just destroyed a house in the hit film “Twister” when a chunk of plaster fell from a theater ceiling, the cinema’s owner said Tuesday. More than 200 people had to leave the building.

One man was slightly injured after the shoebox-sized chunk of plaster fell Sunday at Circle Cinema. It raised a cloud of dust just as a tornado in the movie ripped through a house on the screen, owner Sam Dettra said. “The timing was impeccable. The vibrations from the movie’s SurroundSound effects probably jarred loose that one chunk,” he said.

The theater was inspected and reopened.

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