Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: George 'Buck' Flower, Keith David, Meg Foster, Roddy Piper
Visible crew/equipment: When Nada is escaping with Holly, you can see the reflection of the film crew on the car. (00:44:15)
Dr WilsonVisible crew/equipment: After Nada opens the box and looks at the shades, if you look carefully, you can see the filming equipment reflected in the lenses.
Movie Nut
Revealing mistake: During the big fight scene, you can tell easily that Frank is wearing knee pads (try looking when his pant leg is wet). Construction workers will often wear knee pads for work but most often they wear them on the outside of the pants to save the knees of their pants. (00:58:50)
Trivia: Roddy Piper and Keith David decided to fight for real, only faking the punches to the face.
Grumpy ScotQuestion: Why did all the police officers destroy the shantytown? And why did they beat the blind priest to death?
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Answer: As part of the alien takeover, they're suppressing any resistance and discussion of the plot. They know there's a group, led by the preacher, who are onto the conspiracy and that they're somewhere in the camp. They destroy the camp to disburse them and prevent word from getting out.
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