In order to get the background skies looking suitably stormy, the truck cab sequences had to be flooded with high-intensity lighting for contrast. As a result, Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton suffered minor retinal burns through much of the filming. A jet engine from a Boeing 707 was used to generate wind in some scenes. A recording of a camel's moan was slowed down and used as the sound of the tornado. Features The Shining (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick, and also has characters named ...[Read Story ]