Indiana Baseball Team Makes Subtle Appearance in ‘Twisters’ Movie
If you have made it to the theater to see the new cinematic release of Twisters, then you have spotted some big screen love for a small town Indiana baseball team.
Southern Indiana On the Big Screen
Small towns in Southern Indiana are no stranger to Hollywood film magic. Anyone who has spent anytime in the area is well versed in the connections we have with the move A League of Their Own. Many of the scenes set at baseball fields were filmed at Evansville's Bosse Field and League Stadium in Hungtingburg.
Dubois County, Baseball, and Tornadoes
It's League Stadium, and the team that plays, the Dubois County Bombers who are once again finding its way to the silver screen. So what does baseball in Dubois County, Indiana have to do with the new major motion picture, Twisters?
What Is Twisters About
Twisters is the latest offering from the producers that brought the world Jurassic, Bourne, and Indiana Jones franchises. The film is a "current-day chapter of the 1996 blockbuster, Twister," according to Universal Pictures on YouTube.
Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the Oscar® nominated writer-director of Minari, Twisters stars Golden Globe nominee Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing, Normal People) and Glen Powell (Anyone But You, Top Gun: Maverick) as opposing forces who come together to try to predict, and possibly tame, the immense power of tornadoes. Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Golden Globe nominee Anthony Ramos, In the Heights) to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better.
What Do You Wear While Chasing Tornadoes in Oklahoma?
Well as it turns out, there is a scene in the film where Tyler Owens (played by Glen Powell) and Kate Cooper (played by Daisy Edgar-Jones) are chasing tornadoes in Oklahoma, and in the scene, Kate is wearing a Dubois County Bombers tee shirt. In a post to Facebook, the team gives a shout out to the film's wardrobe department.
If you've been to the theater in the last week to watch THE blockbuster of the summer (Twisters), you did in fact see what you thought you saw—actress Daisy Edgar-Jones sporting a Bombers t-shirt while chasing tornadoes alongside actor Glen Powell in Oklahoma! A huge shoutout and thank you to Angela, Emma, and the rest of the movie's wardrobe department for making it happen.
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Get Your Hands On Your Own Dubois County Bombers Tee
If you want your own piece of baseball, and now movie history too, you can purchase a Dubois County Bombers tee just like the one worn in Twisters. Find it here.
[Source: Dubois County Bombers]
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