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Corrected entry: In the scene where the tidal wave goes through New York and the wave is shown crashing over the Statue of Liberty, the Statue of Liberty is facing towards New York - it should be facing the opposite way.

David Hancock

Correction: Checked, double-checked - simply not so. The camera pans around the statue in a sweeping motion so parts of the city are seen in the background, but when it finishes the circle and moves slightly closer, it is evident that the statue is facing the way it is supposed to be.

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Corrected entry: When Jack and his buddy find the door in the library, where his son is supposed to be, a very bright light is shining through underneath the door. Then he opens the door and the room behind that door is just totally dark. (01:49:15)

Correction: The room is not 'totally dark'; we can see the pink glow of the fire on the frost on the back of the door as soon as Quaid opens it. He was able to see the fire more brightly from the outside because of the contrast it formed with the darkness in the corridor. When the door swings open we can even see the small gap between it and the snow which allowed that small amount of firelight to escape.

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Corrected entry: When everybody in the Public Library hears a strange sound and goes out to investigate it, they all go to the front part of the library where you see the entire first floor flooded. However when Sam and the other two men come back from going to the ship and are running from "The Big Freeze" the snow slopes down to the very bottom of the first floor. How can this be? The first floor was flooded and would have frozen over.

Correction: If you're talking about the exterior shots, it's clear that the snow covers at least the bottom floor; the guys have to get in through the very top of one of the arched windows. If you're talking about interior, we see the same room we saw everyone assembled in earlier, before most of them leave on their ill-fated attempt to get out of the city. To get there, running from the floods, they have run up some steps, through a revolving door, and then up more steps - higher than the water, over which they then look out. Either way, this is not a mistake.

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Corrected entry: Laura cuts her left leg when the tidal wave hits New York. When the others find out about the wound late in the film the cut is on her right leg.

Correction: Laura cuts her right leg - the shot underwater when we see it happen shows her from the back.

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