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Tornado Alley

2011 · 44 min

Awe-struck and restless, chasing huge skies and sudden danger with a wide-eyed, scientific thrill.

Directed by
Sean C. Casey
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Tornado Alley documents two unprecedented missions seeking to encounter one of Earth’s most awe-inspiring events—the birth of a tornado. Filmmaker Sean Casey’s personal quest to capture the birth of a tornado with a 70mm camera takes viewers on a breathtaking journey into the heart of the storm. A team of equally driven scientists, the VORTEX2 researchers, experience the relentless strength of nature’s elemental forces as they literally surround tornadoes and the supercell storms that form them, gathering the most comprehensive severe weather data ever collected.

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Directed by
Sean C. Casey
Genres
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    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • nature
    • obsession
    • science
    • survival
    Places
    • countryside
    • road trip
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action5
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Sean C. Casey
    Written by
    Paul Novros
    Starring
    Bill Paxton, Sean C. Casey, Joshua Wurman, Herb Stein, Karen Koshiba, Justin Walker, Byron Turk
    Runtime
    44 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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