The Stand

Visible crew/equipment: 25:05 into the second episode of the TV miniseries, in the scene where Nick Andros and Tom Collins meet Julie from the drug store, the boom mic is seen for several seconds at the bottom right of the screen after Julie crosses the street to meet them.

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Revealing mistake: When the camera pans across Kareem Abdul Jabar's dead body sprawled out on the steps, the corpse blinks.

Revealing mistake: When Harold Lauder crashes his motorcycle through the guardrail on the mountain road, the stuntman is ejected from the bike before the actual crash.

More mistakes in The Stand

Trivia: In the scene where the judge is killed by the two sentries, one of the sentries is played by director Sam Raimi (of Spider-man fame).

Trivia: Normally Stephen King only has cameos in movies based of his books but in this one he plays an actual character.

Trivia: Toward the end of the movie when Stu and Tom are driving back to Boulder in the snowcat, there are two sentry's on duty. One is Stephen King himself, and the other is Mike Lookinland who played Bobby Brady on the Brady Bunch television show. In fact, when they are hugging the Stu and Tom, you can even hear Stu call him "Bobby".

More trivia for The Stand

Mother Abigail: "Once in every generation, the plague shall fall among them." That's what is says in the book... Seems you might have went a little far this time.

Kyle G.

Mother Abigail: I hear ya lord, and I'm in the way of doing your will. But I don't much like it!

Kyle G.

Question: At the beginning of the movie, what is the name of the song playing during the opening credits and who is the artist?

SAZOO1975

Chosen answer: The song is "Don't Fear The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult.

Damian Torres

Question: What is the book on Stu Redman's bed when he is in the hospital?

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