Visible crew/equipment: In the very first scene, the boom mic is very obvious at the top of the screen.
Visible crew/equipment: When Gort picks up Patricia Neal next to the flying saucer, you can see cables leading down to her body to keep her hoisted. (01:20:15)
Visible crew/equipment: "Wordmans" visits Sal in his dressing room and the boom mic is seen in shadows on the wall.
Visible crew/equipment: When Logan and Jenny Agutter meet the shiny robot in his ice lair, you can see the reflection of the film crew many times on the shiny body of the robot. (01:07:00)
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene towards the end of the movie when they are at the dinner table, Dory is telling Kelly about the time his father shot a squirrel and cried. If you look closely at the lower right hand window towards the back, you see a face appear in the window. It looks almost ghostly.
Visible crew/equipment: When the camera is focused on an actors face, most of the time you can see white screens and stage lights in their eyes.
Visible crew/equipment: Part of a fluffy boom mike is visible at the top of the screen when they are arguing about crossing the bridge. [Edited in DVD]
Visible crew/equipment: The boom mic is visible in the top corner of the Volvo's windshield, when Michael Douglas waves goodbye to his daughter on the street at the beginning.
Visible crew/equipment: When Nicholas Cage goes and throws the satchel charge into the Japanese bunker, as he turns to run his helmet falls off and you can plainly see that it is not Cage but his stunt double.
Visible crew/equipment: Throughout the film, set equipment such as the boom mic and pole, reflector screen or monitor are visible in the reflections of characters' eyeglasses and sunglasses. Such as when one of the Sharpettes asks, "So what's the theme of the summer's talent show?" in Sharpay's next close-up the boom mic and pole are visible in the reflection of her sunglasses.
Visible crew/equipment: As Ellie runs up the stairs of the observatory after hearing the first audio transmission from space, she runs towards doors with two large glass windows in them. As she opens the doors, a crewman/cameraman is visible in the right window for a brief fraction of a second.
Visible crew/equipment: When Abraham is introducing the roles of what the children are going to play, he demonstrates what Suzette is going to do on the drums and falls back. If you see under him, you see a kind of pillow to break his fall. When the shot changes you see that it's not there.
Visible crew/equipment: When Verbal drops the Zippo lighter in the police office, Chazz Palminteri leans down to pick it up. When he leans down out of frame, there are 2 "C-stands" visible in the background. These shiny, adjustable stands are general-purpose utility holders on a movie set, used to position lights and light control material for a setup (i.e. flags, scrims, diffusion, etc).
Visible crew/equipment: When Dodd pulls in behind Leonard in the alley the crew is reflected in his SUV. (00:53:00)
Visible crew/equipment: When Amanda is tangled in all the ropes and straps in the plane you see a diver behind her trying to hide from the camera man.
Visible crew/equipment: When Sean Penn is outside the motel with the gun, he fires three shots past Benicio Del Toro's head into the ground behind. When Benicio falls to the ground you can see an ear plug in his left ear. (01:49:05)
Visible crew/equipment: Michael Douglas spots Sharon Stone's car after the high-speed highway chase and as he walks up to her you can see the reflection in his sunglasses of the cameraman walking in front of him. (00:42:10)
Visible crew/equipment: Towards the end, when they're listening to the harpsichord, Ethan Hawke says that he's going to take her picture. Around then (in the video, at least), a boom mike drops in slightly from the top of the screen.
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where we see Elliot talking to Lee, while Lee is driving in his Porsche, in the view from right in front of him, you can see the reflection in his sunglasses, of the trailer pulling the car and the equipment. There also is an outline of two crew members.
Visible crew/equipment: When Frank humiliates Dorothy and Jeffrey watches from inside the closet, you can see someone walking out of the bathroom. This happens right after Frank leaves and before Jeffrey steps out of the closet. (00:47:41)