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All the President's Men picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Bernstein rushes into the phone booth early in the movie, in the metal edge of the booth you can see a reflection of the camera man.

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King Arthur picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Arthur is riding with his knights in the open field, there's a front shot of the cavalry line. When the camera lowers down to where we can see the legs of the horses, the trail of the camera stage is visible on the ground.

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Spartacus picture

Visible crew/equipment: When the slaves roll the flaming ball down the hill, we see it strike several Roman soldiers. Look closely, they are actually stuntmen dressed in asbestos suits.

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Seven Years in Tibet picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Brad Pitt is taken prisoner by the English, he tries to escape and is thrown in prison. As the camera turns back to the door, the shadow of a microphone is visible left to the door.

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Brotherhood of the Wolf picture

Visible crew/equipment: Toward the end of the movie, right before Fronsac has it out with Jean Francois, he kicks everyone else's butt. There's one shot where he kicks an attacker who proceeds to go flying back. When he hits the ground and the dust and leaves start to settle, you can see the wire leading out of the shot.

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Rough Riders picture

Visible crew/equipment: While Teddy Roosevelt is gathering information on casualties in the first battle, a microphone pops into the shot at the lower left.

Jean G

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Schindler's List picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Schindler and Goeth are having a conversation in Goeth's villa, and Goeth says that he knows that Schindler wants his own sub-camp, you can see the shadow of the camera on Schindler's right arm.

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Three Kings picture

Visible crew/equipment: Right after the argument between Archie and Ron you see for a second the silhouette of a cameraman rushing by in front, almost covering the whole screen. (00:09:10)

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1776 picture

Visible crew/equipment: At the end of 'Sit Down John' as Adams is walking out of the Assembly Room, you can see a crew light reflected in the tally/vote board behind him. It's also rather bright in a room, at night, that is only supposed to be lit by candles.

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World Trade Center picture

Visible crew/equipment: About 20 minutes in, when the group of guys exits the lift and they see the large line of people, a boom mic is reflected in the window of the Crabtree & Evelyn shop.

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Hitler: The Rise of Evil picture

Visible crew/equipment: In the second episode as Geli takes out her bike, with a Hitler painting. You can than see a modern yellow jacket worn by the director an film crew standing in shot. All on the left of the car, before the camera pans into Geli for a close up. (00:13:50)

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The Social Network picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Mark first meets the Winklevoss twins, just as they are about to leave, right after one of the twins says, "We row crew," Armie Hammer's face hasn't been added properly and you can see that it's a different actor. (00:22:10)

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Suggested correction: It does look weird because of how the guy on the left's head is tilted, and how they pasted his face. But it's not his stand-in, for sure. Plus, according to YouTube videos, the stand-in has a different nose.

Sacha

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Quo Vadis picture

Visible crew/equipment: An absolute cracker from an epic movie - in one of the huge crowd scenes when they all go through the huge gates, you can clearly see a wee man in blue overalls eating a sandwich, he quickly realises there is a shoot on and tries to blend in with the crowd and enters through the gates.

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Downfall picture

Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where the officers are arguing after their meeting with Hitler you can see a boom microphone towards the top right of the shot. When the men move the boom operators' shadow is visible on the wall to the right of the shot. Taken from the UK Blu-Ray release. (01:28:20)

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Che: Part One picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Che is outlining his conditions to the UN, one of the cutaways shows some soldiers crossing a muddy river. During the scene, a crew member in contemporary clothing can be seen standing on a grassy bank to the left of the frame.

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