The-Immortal

15th Oct 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Cole is at his wife's funeral, his new girlfriend/wife is standing by his side with her hand on Cole's son's right shoulder, but in the following shot both hands are on the son's shoulders. (00:28:35)

The-Immortal

15th Oct 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Cole and Campbell stop a couple of guys from breaking into a car, the guy with the gray hair, who is talking to Cole, is pointing his gun at the side in one shot, yet in the following shot he is pointing it straight at Cole. (00:17:30)

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15th Oct 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Jim and Jack are in the morgue, and Jack says, "Is there anything else you like to comment on?" the doctor is standing next to Jim writing something down on a pad or piece of paper (you can see the pencil), but in the following shot he is not writing on anything and his hands are behind his back. (00:12:10)

The-Immortal

15th Oct 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Campbell and Cole are inside the Chinese herbal-like shop, the woman behind the counter offers Campbell a drink. When he goes to drink it he holds the cup with two hands but in the following shot he's holding it with only his right hand. (00:14:05)

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21st Sep 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Cole and Campbell get a call over their radio about a suicide, Cole picks the receiver up with his left hand, but in the next shot it is in his right hand. (00:05:00)

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21st Sep 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Cole and Campbell are at the motel crime scene looking at the bodies on the wall, in one shot the woman's face is looking away from the male, but in the next shot she is now looking towards the male. (00:04:00)

The-Immortal

21st Sep 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Campbell first walks into his office to find Cole sitting there, he says his line, and in this shot his arms are in front of him holding a folder, then in the following shot his right hand is now on the desk. (00:02:55)

The-Immortal

29th Jul 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Cole and Campbell are in the car, if you look out Cole's window there is a blue car there, but when Campbell turns on the siren and turns right, the blue car has gone, and there is now a jeep there instead. (00:05:20)

The-Immortal

29th Jul 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Cole is in the Roslov's house with the killer, Cole puts the killers head through a TV screen completely smashing all the glass, yet in the following shot, only the middle of the TV screen is cracked and has a small hole. (00:48:20)

The-Immortal

29th Jul 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: At the end of the film, when the bad guy is trying to escape by going out the front door of the motel, if you slow it down, you can see that the door is slightly open, but in the following shot there is no gap in the door. (01:19:45)

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Sacha

29th Jul 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: In the middle of the film when Jack Cole is in the church with Christopher Maynard, in one shot Christopher holds his gun with two hands, and in the following shot he his holding it with one, and then back to two hands. (00:41:00)

The-Immortal

29th Jul 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: Close to the end of the movie when Jack Cole is riding in the car with the two Russian mafia guys, one of the guys says "Coldest winter I can remember in L.A., the wettest too." The guy puts his hand up to adjust the rear view mirror, and then puts his hand down; in the following shot, you can see he puts his hand down again. (00:59:30)

The-Immortal

29th Jul 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Cole and Campbell are at the motel looking over the crime scene, there is a shot of between the victims' bodies, if you look closely at the hands in this shot, they are moving. (00:04:15)

The-Immortal

29th Jul 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Jack Cole goes home to see his children, he talks to his new girlfriend/wife, if you notice from the back, the wife's/girlfriend's hair is different when the shot goes to the front. (00:25:00)

The-Immortal

29th Jul 2005

The Glimmer Man (1996)

Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the film, when Cole saves Campbell from falling, they then proceed to swing down the rope, and if you look closely, you can see a crewmember's arm sticking out of a window holding a piece of equipment attached to the rope, making sure that they don't swing out too much. (01:19:00)

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