Visible crew/equipment: When Mann's car spins out on the gravel and comes to rest facing the truck, you can briefly glimpse the cameraman (purported to be Steven Spielberg himself) crouching in the back seat. (01:04:25)
Jean G
4th Aug 2009
Duel (1971)
29th Jun 2009
Night Gallery (1970)
Visible crew/equipment: When the chauffeur opens the limo door, the camera and film crew are reflected in the window. (00:03:10)
28th Jun 2009
Night Gallery (1970)
Visible crew/equipment: In the 1920s, Agatha takes a taxi to Muñoz's house. In the background, through the taxi's rear window, you can see a large white 1970s Universal Studios panel truck being loaded next to another building on the back lot. (00:02:45)
26th Jun 2009
Night Gallery (1970)
Visible crew/equipment: When the landlady opens the glass-paned door, it reflects a large, round studio light. (00:04:10)
26th Jun 2009
Night Gallery (1970)
Visible crew/equipment: While the janitor works on Justice's thermostat, a large piece of blocking tape can be seen on the carpet in front of the door in the background. (00:09:15)
12th Apr 2009
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Visible crew/equipment: Segment 2: When Millicent talks to the lawyer in the study, the microphone dips into shot above their heads. (Trilogy is a TV movie, so the mistake can't be dismissed as a theater projectionist's error.) (00:29:05)
12th Apr 2009
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Visible crew/equipment: Segment 2: During Therese's conversation with the doctor, part of the boom rigging can be seen overhead, glinting in the studio lights. (Trilogy is a TV movie, so it's not a theater projectionist's error.) (00:34:30)
7th Apr 2009
The Twilight Zone (1985)
To See the Invisible Man - S1-E40
Visible crew/equipment: When the woman ignores Mitchell and rushes into her apartment building, the glass door she opens reflects the camera, crew and studio lights. (00:06:20)
3rd Apr 2009
The Twilight Zone (1985)
The Little People of Killany Woods - S1-E34
Visible crew/equipment: When it's opened for Mulvaney, the hardware store's glass-paned door reflects several large, round studio lights. (00:06:05)
7th Mar 2009
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Death Wish on Tantalus Mountain - S5-E2
Visible crew/equipment: On top of the mountain, miles from any artificial light source, several studio lights and reflector panels are visible in the side of McGarrett's shiny black Mercury. (00:14:45)
6th Feb 2009
I Spy (1965)
Visible crew/equipment: At the end, when Scott and Kelly leave the corridor, the microphone shadow moves across the front of Scott's sweatshirt. (00:44:10)
9th Jan 2009
I Spy (1965)
No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise - S1-E9
Visible crew/equipment: During the opening sequence, the bad guys' red Ford Galaxy reflects a bank of studio lights when the door is opened. (00:03:30)
31st Dec 2008
I Spy (1965)
So Long, Patrick Henry - S1-E1
Visible crew/equipment: Kelly and Scott are being chased by Red Chinese agents and run up a flight of steps, passing two big studio light panels. When the bad guys run past the same place in the next shot, the panels are gone. (00:22:15)
9th Dec 2008
I Spy (1965)
Visible crew/equipment: As Kelly is getting dressed in the hospital room, someone's shadow strolls across the floor in front of him. Scott is standing still, and no one else is there, so the shadow must belong to a film crew member. (00:13:35)
20th Nov 2008
I Spy (1965)
Get Thee to a Nunnery - S2-E23
Visible crew/equipment: When Kelly and Scott get out of the taxi at the castle, the entire camera crew and lighting array can be seen reflected in the car's doors. (00:13:30)
20th Oct 2008
The Dead Zone (1983)
Visible crew/equipment: When Sarah drives away from the clinic in tears after seeing Johnny, the side of her car shows us two banks of studio lights, a reflector panel and part of the camera crew. (00:24:00)
15th Oct 2008
Men Into Space (1959)
Is There Another Civilization? - S1-E24
Visible crew/equipment: When the news reporter tries to grill McCauley about the space collision, the boom mike dips into the shot at the upper right of the screen. (00:05:00)
27th Sep 2008
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
A Matter of Mutual Concern - S4-E11
Visible crew/equipment: As the mob bosses gather for their summit meeting, one of their big black Lincoln Continentals reflects several banks of studio lights when it comes through the security gates. (00:16:40)
21st Sep 2008
Men Into Space (1959)
Contraband - S1-E21
Visible crew/equipment: While the crew are holding a conference inside the moonbase, an equipment shadow moves across the top left of the screen. In the same scene, a poor choice of camera angles also places two diagonal white ribs of a hatch door directly behind James Coburn, resulting in the bizarre impression of antennae growing out of his character's head. (00:12:00)
17th Sep 2008
Men Into Space (1959)
Moon Cloud - S1-E20
Visible crew/equipment: When Carter follows McCauley and Holcomb to the moon crater, a sound equipment shadow moves across a rock in the foreground. (00:19:15)
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