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Airplane (1980) - 9 major mistakes

Directed by Jim Abrahams, starring Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, Lorna Patterson, Peter Graves, Robert Hays, Robert Stack (add more)

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Revealing: In the dance sequence, we see Elaine twirling Ted around and throwing him into the crowd. Watch the top-right-corner of your screen, as the stunt-double lands in the audience you can see Robert Hays (Ted Striker) in the top-right-corner waiting to pop out.

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Revealing: When Kramer is walking through the airport and all the cult members come after him and he's flipping them behind him, look down to the lower left and you can see the mat they are landing on.

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Other: When Striker says to Randy "You better leave sweetie, you might get hurt up here," watch Elaine who was trying not to laugh.

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Visible crew/equipment: Early in the movie, there are scenes of a doctor's office with a human heart bouncing on the desk and you can clearly see the string that pulls the heart.

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Other: During the disco scene, Elaine is dancing with a fisherman who was just stabbed in the back. The fisherman has a knife sticking out of his back and you can clearly see the block that the knife is stuck in protruding from his shirt. There are holes from other takes too.

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Other: During the fight between the girl scouts, one of the girls falls backwards and knocks into the camera's tripod, shaking the camera a bit.

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Visible crew/equipment: In the disco dance sequence where Elaine is twirling, you can see the ropes that keep her attached to the camera rig.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Striker unlocks the automatic pilot, you can see strings at the top left corner to lift him up.

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Visible crew/equipment: Striker is in the pilot's seat and a vulture is sitting on the back of it. On the bottom-left of screen you can see someone's forearm in a white sleeve, giving the suggestion that either Randy or Elaine are standing, and leaning on the pilot seat's armrest. However, Randy is not in the cockpit and Elaine is sitting in the co-pilot's seat.

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