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07-01-05, 08:51 AM

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Films with thunder and lightning...

Nothing comforts me more on a hot summer night as a film with lots of storms, thunder and lightning, hail, rain, howling wind and scary or supernatural atmosphere. But memory fails me... Here are some I can name:

Frankenstein (1931)
The Old Dark House (1932)
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
The lepers' miracle in Ben-Hur (1925 and 1958)
Godzilla (1998) - the whole film is set in a very rainy New York City.
The Perfect Storm (2000)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Do you have any favourites?

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07-01-05, 08:59 AM

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Poltergeist

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07-01-05, 09:05 AM

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Poltergeist

How could I forget. Also:
Psycho (1960)
Marnie (1964)

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07-01-05, 09:08 AM

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The Seventh Seal has a nice storm.

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07-01-05, 09:29 AM

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Identity is storming the entire film.

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Big Trouble in Little China

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07-01-05, 10:25 AM

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Close Encouters of the Third Kind
Twister
Cape Fear - (remake)
Stormchasers (IMAX feature)
Jurassic Park

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The Crow

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07-01-05, 10:41 AM

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Tombstone has a good, and real, thunderstorm.

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07-01-05, 11:01 AM

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Close Encouters of the Third Kind
Twister
Cape Fear - (remake)
Stormchasers (IMAX feature)
Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park, yes!!! Also:
Bambi (1942)
Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1959)
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003): Battle at Helm's Deep

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07-01-05, 11:12 AM

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Jurassic Park, yes!!! Also:
Bambi (1942)
Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1959)
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003): Battle at Helm's Deep

As a kid I always thought Malificent's creation of the clouds and the thunder and lightning as it enshroaded the castle in "Sleeping Beauty" was so cool.

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07-01-05, 11:27 AM

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Quote:

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Tombstone has a good, and real, thunderstorm.

I was about to say, wasn't there a lightning bolt striking every few seconds?

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Open Range.

Force Lightning:
Jedi
Ep II & III

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The Rundown

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Forrest Gump, I believe.

Along Came Polly

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The Iron Giant (at the beginning)

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Back to the Future - Part II

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07-01-05, 02:39 PM

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good pick on the guys who said Iron Giant

How about Saving Private Ryan? I heard thunnnnnderrrr and lightening a lot, although I think people were saying it instead

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The perfect storm
The Shawshank Redemption
The Posieden(sp?) Adventure

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What always distracts me though is how we see the lightning and hear the thunder simultaneously in 90% of films. Hasn't anyone in Hollywood ever experienced a real thunderstorm?