The Langoliers
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Continuity mistake: When the Langoliers bite off Toomey's leg, he falls to the ground and his tie can be seen falling over his right shoulder. When the camera cuts to an angle behind him, the tie cannot be seen over his shoulder. A couple of shots after that, the tie suddenly over his chest. (02:14:35)

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Continuity mistake: When preparing to fuel up the plane, Bethany bends down and opens the fuel tank. Once she stands back up, her back is hunched forward slightly, her right arm is in a reaching position and her leg is bent. When the shot cuts, she is standing fully upright, her arm is no longer reaching downward and her leg is unbent. (02:01:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Dinah is trying to explain what she is hearing, as she is saying "I heard it when we got off the airplane, then I decided it was just my imagination", Nick is shown in the background looking at her. It then cuts to a close-up shot of her, and Nick is suddenly looking to the right. (01:10:05)

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Continuity mistake: When Toomey's father is telling Toomey that the Langoliers will come for him, Toomey starts crying, saying "What can I do" and putting his hands on the front of his father's blazer. When the shot cuts, his hand is suddenly around his father's back. (01:07:50)

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Continuity mistake: After Nick lets go of Toomey's nose, Toomey is shown placing his left hand over his nose. When the shot cuts, it is now his right hand placed over his nose. (00:17:00)

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Continuity mistake: Just after Brian and the airport manager walk out of the terminal, they walk into the lobby area and the manager tells him "Looks like a full flight." When the manager says this, he puts his hand on Brian's arm. But in the next shot, his hands are at his side. (00:05:35)

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Continuity mistake: When everyone begins walking to Bangor Airport, in the wide shot Brian is behind the rest of the group. When the shot cuts, he is suddenly ahead of Gaffney. (00:58:27)

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Continuity mistake: After Laurel picks her bag back up after bumping into Nick, when the two share a glance and the camera is on Laurel, she has one hand against her shoulder. When the shot cuts, both her hands are away from her shoulder. (00:03:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Nick is speaking with his associate about the next target, just after Nick tells him he won't do it, the associate is shown leaning toward him slightly so that he can grab onto him. The associate stays in this position when he gives Nick the envelope, until Nick gets out of the car, where the man leans back into his seat. When the shot cuts, the man is leaning toward Nick again. (00:01:43)

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Continuity mistake: When Dinah is trying to explain that something is out there, Brian says to her it's just her imagination. Nick is shown next to him with his right upper arm at his side. Cut to Dinah, and Nick's right upper arm is suddenly extended slightly due to his hand being placed on his hip. (01:09:50)

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Continuity mistake: In the cockpit, after Brian fails to make contact with Denver, he tells Albert to look out the left side of the plane. Albert then leaves the cockpit and Bob turns his body 90° to the left so that he can see Albert walking away. When the shot cuts back to Brian, Bob is positioned directly forward. (00:21:47)

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Continuity mistake: When the surviving passengers are standing on the runway after arriving at the airport in LA, they are shown looking around and there is a shot where Brian turns his head to the left slightly. The shot then cuts to Laurel, and Brian is suddenly looking slightly to the right. (02:52:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Toomey's father is telling Toomey to tell the board room that he lost the money and that it was a mistake, in the shot from behind Toomey, his hands are placed flat over his ears. When the shot cuts back to him, it is now the sides of his hands over his ears. (02:10:41)

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Continuity mistake: When Toomey is about to tell the board room how much money he made, he says "I didn't make any", before being interrupted by his father's voice. He grabs onto the side of his head and points his head downward slightly. In the next shot, his head is suddenly pointed down further. Then in the shot after that, his head is back to its original position. (02:10:35)

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Continuity mistake: When Dinah projects the image of the board room into Toomey's mind, there is a moment where he trips over a few meters away from Albert and Bob. After Dinah tells him to keep running, there is a shot of Toomey continuing to run. But a couple seconds after that, it's shown that he hasn't even ran past Albert and Bob yet, even though he wasn't far from them a couple seconds ago and kept running. (02:09:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Albert is explaining to Nick how Toomey killed Gaffney, in the shot where he says "If I'd have walked in first he would've killed me instead", he is looking straight forward. When the shot cuts, Albert is suddenly looking at Nick. (01:53:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Bethany meets up with Bob, and they wonder where everyone is, Bethany is shown putting a cigarette in her mouth. The cigarette is straight and unbent when she places it in her mouth, but in the next shot, the cigarette is suddenly bent slightly. (01:52:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Albert strikes Toomey with the bag for the last time, in the shot of Toomey turning around after getting struck, Albert is holding the bag with his left hand. When Toomey lands on the ground in the next shot, Albert is suddenly holding the bag with both hands. (01:49:18)

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Continuity mistake: After Nick has finished explaining to Dinah that he has to get the blade out, in the close-up shot of Dinah while Nick says "Fold those two table cloths", Nick has his hand on top of Dinah's head. In the next shot, his hand is away from her head. (01:46:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Dinah starts walking over the cafe counter to find Toomey, Rudy can be seen behind with his hands at his side. When it cuts to a wide shot of the cafe, he is suddenly holding onto back of a chair with his right hand. (01:41:52)

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Craig Toomy: Oh I'm real scared now.

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Trivia: In the scene near the end of the movie, there is a board meeting on the tarmac. The Chairman of the Board is Stephen King who is the author of The Langoliers. (02:10:15)

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Question: After Brian and the others escape the Bangor airport and are on their way back to LA, before they get to the time rip, Brian says to Nick that he wanted kids and she didn't and he did "something that he never thought he'd do" and that he always wanted to tell her sorry. What was that thing he did that was so bad, there is no mention of what he did unless he is talking about the divorce. Could someone please clarify this?

Answer: In the book he slaps her across the face during a heated argument. I can only assume that is what he is talking about.

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