Corrected entry: The "Constitution" steam locomotive in the film carries a builder's plate reading "Mason Locomotive Works, Philadelphia." There was no such firm in Philadelphia, the only locomotive builders in that city were the Richard Norris and Son's and the more well known Baldwin Locomotive Works, the design of the plate closely resembles that of the latter. There was a firm known as the Mason Machine Works, founded by William Mason as a textile machinery builder, but later entered the locomotive building business as well. However, the Mason firm was located in Taunton, Massachusetts. Apparently, the prop designers got Baldwin and Mason confused with one another.
jayo
20th Dec 2013
The Lone Ranger (2013)
28th Jul 2013
Twister (1996)
Corrected entry: There was thunder being heard as the drive-in movie was playing. The owners may not have known that a tornado was coming, but they surely would have been made aware that there was going to be rain or otherwise bad weather and cancelled the movie. Drive-ins naturally are at the mercy of weather conditions.
Correction: The movement of the storms that day were unpredictable. The storm chaser crew on break next to the theatre had no idea of the impending storm either, and they had sophisticated weather equipment. As for cancelling because of rain, I have a distinct memory from my childhood watching a movie at a Drive-in while raining, we watched with the windows closed and the windscreen wipers on.
Correction: Not necessarily. I remember as a young teen, during a drive-in movie, it began raining. Then the rain turned into a torrential downpour, and we turned on the radio to see if there any weather bulletins. We were under a severe thunderstorm watch, but the movie continued as normal.
Correction: Thunder/lightning doesn't always mean severe thunderstorm. Sometimes it can just be static/heat lightning from hot temperatures/humidity. It's more common at night too so that might have been why the severe storm came out of left field to the chasers.
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Correction: This movie never makes the claim it is a historical movie. They can make up fictional companies for a fictional story.