Hamster

20th Apr 2005

Freeway (1996)

Visible crew/equipment: When Vanessa enters the Hi-Way Café, as the glass door closes behind her, the reflection of a boom operator holding up a long boom pole is perfectly visible. (00:48:20)

Hamster

20th Apr 2005

Freeway (1996)

Visible crew/equipment: When the camera first pans across the blackboard with the sentence "The cat drinks milk" on it, there is a perfect shadow of a boom mic cast above the sentence. (00:02:50)

Hamster

15th Apr 2005

Now and Then (1995)

Visible crew/equipment: When Roberta runs over to the limo, to talk to the driver about letting her use the limo to get to the hospital, there is a microphone bobbing around, perfectly reflected on the limo windshield. (01:25:30)

Hamster

14th Apr 2005

Now and Then (1995)

Visible crew/equipment: When Sam is trying to get the bracelet out of the sewer, the bracelet "falls" off of the ledge. However a wire is clearly attached to it, giving it a tug to make it appear to fall. (01:05:10)

Hamster

14th Apr 2005

Now and Then (1995)

13th Apr 2005

Now and Then (1995)

Visible crew/equipment: When the two boys are in front of the Grinch's front door, a big monster comes out of the front door, scaring them. The boys then jump off the side of the rocks, and a cable attached to them is perfectly visible.

Hamster

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Suggested correction: I've watched this scene over and over, and there is no cable visible as they jump.

zenee

Visible crew/equipment: When Shelly and Vera are getting ready to leave the store we see Shelly start the car and you can see the microphone in the windshield of the car. (00:31:35)

Hamster

Visible crew/equipment: When Chris is on the wooden beam in the stable, as she jumps down to land on Jason you can see a safety wire to the bottom left of the screen. (01:19:35)

Hamster

Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D mistake picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Chris drives away from Jason, you can see a large white reflector screen or set light, reflected in the left side of the windshield. (01:16:05)

Hamster

21st Feb 2005

The Cell (2000)

Visible crew/equipment: In one scene Julia is in the cell and the sprinkler turns on. It stops, then she goes to the glass panel and starts banging on it and yells "Let me the fuck out! Let me out!", and you can see the reflection of a cameraman with a camera trying to keep a low profile, as she runs across, banging and shouting this. (01:08:10)

Hamster

18th Feb 2005

Labyrinth (1986)

3rd Feb 2005

Simone (2002)

Simone mistake picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Viktor knocks on the car window and says to the driver "To hell please", a boom mic is perfectly reflected on the front windshield. (00:03:10)

Hamster

30th Jan 2005

Hook (1991)

Visible crew/equipment: After one Lost Boy fires an arrow at Peter's butt, you can see a thin piece of fishing wire that hangs past the bow and in front of the Lost Boy, either used to launch or control the arrow. (00:53:40)

Hamster

30th Jan 2005

Hook (1991)

Hook mistake picture

Visible crew/equipment: When the pirates try to get Peters shoes, after he first arrives at Neverland, Tinkerbell starts fighting them. In one shot a pirate gets hit by a very large saucepan, and falls back-first off a balcony. The very long wire is very visible. It's really long and goes all the way from attached to his back, to offscreen. (00:36:00)

Hamster

28th Jan 2005

Child's Play (1988)

Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the film, the burnt head and body of Chucky are thrown across Karens bedroom, below the window. The body twitches, then suddenly jumps up. The body's (one) leg actually doesn't touch the ground! The body rises with no real support, so if you look under the body, you can see a black rod/sheet (coming from through the carpet), pushing the burnt body up. (01:21:50)

Hamster

26th Jan 2005

Child's Play (1988)

Visible crew/equipment: When Andy upwraps his Good Guy doll, he says "A Good Guy! I knew it!", after he says this, you can see the shadow of a crewmember cast on Karens bare legs, moving around. (00:13:50)

Hamster

23rd Jan 2005

Child's Play (1988)

Visible crew/equipment: When Chucky has the voodoo doll of John, he walks along, then says "And you have a date with death!" After saying that, he turns, prior to stabbing the voodoo doll. After he says it, and turns, you can see the large, bald, shiny head of a puppeteer, crouched behind him!! (01:01:55)

Hamster

19th Jan 2005

Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)

Visible crew/equipment: After solving the "60659" mystery, Kate opens a portal, revealing nothing but darkness outside it. It then cuts to a shot of the watch ticking, then back to Kate who is still kneeling down. In this shot you can clearly see down her blouse, and the long black mic wire and mic is very visible. (01:22:45)

Hamster

18th Jan 2005

Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)

Visible crew/equipment: When Julia and Max are talking about Alex Trusk, Max then goes on to tell Julia that he designed the concept for the variable time-speed rooms. As he walks across the room, exclaiming "It was for a game! Now here we are!", watch the floor to the right of the screen, and you can see some black crew equipment laying there, which is nothing that belongs to Julia or Max. (01:08:25)

Hamster

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