Deep Impact

Visible crew/equipment: When the kid is on the motorcycle looking for his wife, you can see a camera and crew reflected in the black helmet. It's when we see the traffic jam and the rental van shot.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Vicky and Chuck tell Sarah and Leo to take the baby with them, he's hurriedly placed in the baby carrier. At the start of the next shot, just as they all rush toward the motorcycle, at the right side of the screen one of the location shoot's huge lights (similar to a Mole-Richardson) is visible, along with (presumably) two crew members standing beside it. At least two of the crew's lights can be seen in the DVD's Special Features, "Creating the Perfect Traffic Jam." (01:40:10)

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Mistakes

Factual error: While the tidal wave is enveloping Manhattan, there is a scene where Washington Square Park is destroyed. A large arch is hit by the wave before reaching the rest of the park. The problem is the arch is on the UPTOWN side of the park, not the DOWNTOWN side which according to the movie was the direction the wave was coming from.

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Quotes

Alan Rittenhouse: I know you're just a reporter, but you used to be a person, right?

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Trivia

Trivia: When everyone gets out of their cars in the traffic jam and watches the comet pass overhead, they were really looking at a crew helicopter passing over. In post production, the helicopter was covered up with the comet.

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Questions

Question: All of the residents of Eastern United States were informed by the president when the smaller of the two meteors were to strike in the Atlantic Ocean, yet, even with ample time to evacuate away from the area of impact, why did it appear the residents all chose to leave on the final day? (Clogged highways and chaos).

Answer: There is no logical reason. It can be argued that people are just stubborn and/or reluctant to leave their homes under any circumstance. However, this is a movie, and showing the last-minute chaos of people attempting to evacuate heightens the tension and the drama.

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Answer: When the president announces the strikes, he says it will occur in 12 hours so they didn't have days to evacuate 100 million people, only hours.

The president tells people to leave with around 10 hours left before impact.

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Answer: They were trying to send missiles, which failed. The president spoke and that's when people started to leave.

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