Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

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Continuity mistake: Bob removes the battery cover to a clock to see if the batteries are still inside. Once he removes the cover in the close-up shot, the cover is held so that it is pressed against the edge of the clock. When the camera cuts back to Bob, the cover is away from the clock. (01:01:40)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

Continuity mistake: In the reception area, after the frozen clock is shown, Dinah and Laurel hug. Dinah is placing her left arm around Laurel's waist. But in the next shot, her left arm is lowered. (01:00:25)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

Continuity mistake: When everyone is looking at the empty airport reception area, there is a shot where Albert looks Bethany, and then she looks at him. The shot then cuts to Nick standing in the foreground of shot, and in the background, Bethany can be seen looking straight forward and not at Albert. (01:00:16)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

Continuity mistake: When the passengers are standing outside of the plane after landing, just after Dinah finishes talking, Nick asks Brian "What now" and Brian replies "You tell me." Nick is standing with his body facing towards Brian. When the camera changes angles, Nick's body has suddenly turned 90° so that it is facing towards the airport. (00:55:35)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

Continuity mistake: When Dinah finished explaining that there is no birdsong and no motors revving, she says "But" and Rudy is looking to the left. In the next shot, Rudy is suddenly looking at Dinah. (00:55:25)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

Continuity mistake: When Brian is trying to talk to the passengers after first landing and tells them that they know as much as him, Toomey walks down the cabin, walks past Brian and continues to walk down the cabin. Then in a closer shot of Brian, Toomey is shown walking past Brian a second time. (00:53:05)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Rudy goes to sit down in his seat with the others just before the plane goes to land, Gaffney can be seen in his seat with his mouth closed. It then cuts to a close-up shot of him, where his mouth is suddenly open. (00:44:45)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

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)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

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)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

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)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Dinah starts pressing a button after realising her aunt has disappeared. She is pressing the button with her right hand and has the left hand at her side. But in the shot where she goes to stand up, she suddenly has her left hand placed under her right hand. (00:08:28)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

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)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

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)

Casual Person

31st Aug 2022

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

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)

Casual Person

30th Aug 2022

Never Look Away (2018)

Continuity mistake: When the documentary presenter finishes talking about Kurt's art, just as he finishes saying "we can speak of a work without an author", his thumb is pressed against the microphone he is holding. In the next shot, his thumb is suddenly pointed to the left. (02:58:58)

Casual Person

30th Aug 2022

Never Look Away (2018)

Continuity mistake: When the documentary presenter stands in front of the painting of Kurt and Elisabeth, the cameraman can be seen to the left of the shot with the camera pointed downward. The cameraman then gives the presenter the thumbs up and the camera is suddenly pointed forward. (02:58:13)

Casual Person

30th Aug 2022

Never Look Away (2018)

Continuity mistake: When Kurt is preparing to paint over the projection of Carl's photograph, he rotates the canvas from a landscape position to a portrait position. When he finishes rotating it, his right hand is higher up than his left hand. But in the next shot, both his right and left hand are level with each other. (02:42:45)

Casual Person

30th Aug 2022

Never Look Away (2018)

Continuity mistake: When Kurt begins preparing the blank canvas to paint over the projection of the photograph, he is first shown holding the canvas with one hand on the left and right side. In the next shot, he suddenly has his right hand on top of the canvas. (02:41:45)

Casual Person

30th Aug 2022

Never Look Away (2018)

Continuity mistake: Just after Carl has left the restaurant, Kurt picks up a glass of wine and drinks from it. When he puts it back down, he is holding it near the top. But in the next shot, he is holding it near the bottom. (02:30:05)

Casual Person

30th Aug 2022

Never Look Away (2018)

Continuity mistake: Whilst Kurt and Ellie are on the train ride home after visiting her parents, when Kurt suggests that the job at the clinic will help, the curtains shown next to him are positioned away from the window frame. The two then stare back and forth for the next few seconds, but when it cuts to a shot of the two of them in the frame, the curtain has suddenly moved past the window frame. (02:24:57)

Casual Person

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