The Langoliers
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Continuity mistake: When Nick grabs onto Toomey's nose with his fingers, his thumb can be seen pressed against one of the fingers he is holding onto the nose with. When Gaffney walks over to them so that he can take Toomey back to his seat, his thumb is away from the other fingers. Then a few shots after that, his thumb is pressed against the other fingers again. (00:16:22)

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Continuity mistake: When Rudy asks if anyone knows how to work the little oven up in the galley, he raises his right arm and points to it with his thumb. Then it cuts to a closer shot of him and his arm is suddenly lowered. (00:30:57)

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Continuity mistake: When boarding the plane, the airport manager puts Brian's bag into an overhead bin. Standing next to him, Rudy can be seen opening an overhead bin and his hands are placed on the door whilst he opens it. In the next shot, his hands are suddenly inside the overhead bin, putting his bag inside it. (00:06:25)

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Continuity mistake: After Rudy asks Brian and Nick where everyone went, it cuts to everyone in the cabin. In the establishing shot, Dinah can be seen in the seat in front of Albert and is sitting on the armrest. The camera then cuts to a closer shot of Albert, and the seat in front of him is visible in the corner of the shot, but Dinah cannot be seen in it. (00:27:37)

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Continuity mistake: When Nick tells his associate he carries out the hit, the associate grabs onto his shoulder and is shown pulling on the collar of Nick's shirt when he does so. When the camera changes angles to focus on the associate, Nick's collar doesn't appear to be getting pulled on at all. (00:01:43)

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Continuity mistake: When Nick bumps into Laurel, she drops her bag. When she goes to pick it back up, her hands are near the lower half of her body. When the shot cuts to Nick, her hands are now raised to be level with her chest. (00:03:15)

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Revealing mistake: Near the end, as they approach LAX, the woman says there is nobody on the ground, that it's just the same as Bangor, but actually you can see a few cars moving on the ground.

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Nick Hopewell: Do you ever watch Mr. Spock on Star Trek?
Craig Toomy: What the hell are you talking about?
Nick Hopewell: Because if you don't shut your cakehole, you bloody idiot, I'll be happy to demonstrate his Vulcan sleeper-hold for you.

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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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