Article: SPECIAL EFFECTS BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE GIANT SCREEN.(TIMEOUT)

Byline: Craig Kopp Post movie writer

Special effects have made for some really big movies.

This summer we watched computer-generated tornadoes rip through Oklahoma in ''Twister,'' and the destruction of New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., in ''Independence Day.''

Beginning Saturday, at the Omnimax Theater, you can catch a really big explanation of how those scenes were created in ''Special Effects.''

Laurel Ladevich, who has worked on ''Jurassic Park,'' ''Return of the Jedi'' and ''The Empire Strikes Back,'' co-produced this giant-screen look at how Hollywood's magicians do those giant effects.

''When we go behind ...

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