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At the gas station scene when the Sheriff enters the building, the attendant is listening to a Walkman. The Sony Walkman wasn't released in the the U.S. till the following year (1980) and he wasn't reading Japanese instructions. See more...
Trivia
The name of the gas station is Kelvin. This was also the name of the spaceship that was destroyed in Star Trek, another J.J. Abrams film. See more...
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