Visible crew/equipment: After dinner at Susan's parents' house, Ben and Susan leave in Ben's car, and then we see a brief conversation between Susan's parents discussing Ben. Throughout the conversation you can see a microphone at the bottom of the screen picking up their lines. (00:21:23)
Jack Vaughan
22nd May 2021
Salem's Lot (1979)
18th May 2021
Children of Men (2006)
Visible crew/equipment: After the roadside ambush scene, when the police pull the car over, Luke says "I can't outrun them" and the camera follows Theo looking out the back window. In this shot you can see the top of the head of a crew member wearing headphones crouched down in the small boot space behind Theo's chair. Also, after Luke shoots the two policemen, just before Theo gets out the car you can see a piece of the elaborate camera rig sticking out over the top of the car, above Theo's door. (00:29:40)
13th May 2021
Urban Gothic (2000)
Revealing mistake: When Straker attacks Leo in the hidden temple area, Kate repeatedly hits Straker with a metal bar that is bending with each strike. (00:19:14)
9th May 2021
Puppet Master (1989)
Visible crew/equipment: Near the end, when Alex kicks Neil into the elevator, you can see the hands of a crew member throwing the elevator doors shut, not the puppet. (01:14:13)
9th May 2021
Puppet Master (1989)
Visible crew/equipment: At the beginning of the movie, when the two assassins get out of the car, you can see crew members (filming from a low angle for Blade's POV) reflected in the car door as it opens. (00:04:47)
9th May 2021
Puppet Master (1989)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, we see, from a POV shot, Blade running towards a road when the car carrying the two assassins pulls up in front of him and the two men get out. The shot then changes to an overhead view of the car. Blade should be visible in front of the car but isn't. (00:04:46)
7th May 2021
The Prisoner (1967)
Revealing mistake: At the end of the episode when Number 6 and Number 2 are addressing the crowd, in the long shots facing 6 and 2 you can tell Number 2 has been replaced with a double. (00:47:51)
7th May 2021
The Prisoner (1967)
Visible crew/equipment: When Number 6 is hypnotising Number 86 with his wristwatch, as the camera moves in towards 86, you can see its shadow cast on 6's sleeve. (00:42:39)
7th May 2021
The Prisoner (1967)
Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the episode when Number 6 gives Number 2 the device and tells him to leave the island immediately you can see the shadow of the boom microphone on the stone wall behind them at the top right of the screen. (00:47:17)
7th May 2021
The Prisoner (1967)
Visible crew/equipment: Just before Number 6 and the woman break into her father's watch shop there is a shot of the shop's front door, as the camera moves in on the door you can see the face of the cameraman reflected in the door glass in the bottom right. (00:32:01)
7th May 2021
The Prisoner (1967)
Audio problem: During the scene when Number 6 warns Number 2 of a potential assassination attempt on him Number 2 brushes it off and says "it's the little watchmaker that concerns you" but his mouth does not match this. (00:29:43)
7th May 2021
The Prisoner (1967)
Revealing mistake: Obvious stunt double for Patrick McGoohan in some shots during his exercise routine. (00:11:53)
6th May 2021
Salem's Lot (1979)
Revealing mistake: At the end of the movie, when Ben stakes vampire Susan in the heart, she throws her head back in pain and you can see her real teeth behind the fake vampire teeth.
6th May 2021
Salem's Lot (1979)
Visible crew/equipment: When Ben is discussing Danny Glick's condition with Dr Norton, Susan walks in and says she and Ben are going out. Ben stands up and puts his jacket on and you can see the shadow of some equipment (probably the boom microphone) moving around on the wall at the upper left part of the screen. (01:15:59)
30th Apr 2021
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Trivia: The name of Harvey Keitel is never revealed during the film and is only credited as "LT."
30th Apr 2021
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the film LT parks his car behind a red and white street sign but when he gets back in (after putting the rapists on a bus) his car is now parked in front of the street sign. (01:27:11 - 01:31:08)
30th Apr 2021
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Other mistake: At the end of the film when LT get's the two rapists out of his car to walk them to the bus station you can see a yellow cab parked in front of LT's car - the driver can be seen looking straight at the camera and then waving at it. (01:27:12)
30th Apr 2021
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Other mistake: When LT is driving the two rapists to the bus station, he aims his gun at them threateningly and stops the car. Two women (obviously not extra's) walk past the car and look in and you can hear one of them say "they've got a camera." (01:26:31)
30th Apr 2021
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Other mistake: At the end of the film when LT marches the two rapists through the bus station you can see numerous bystanders staring straight in the direction of the camera, cast and crew. (01:28:03)
30th Apr 2021
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Other mistake: After LT gets the $30,000 off the drug dealer he goes to one of his girlfriend's apartments and as he walks through the bedroom the cameraman accidentally bumps into him. You can even hear it. (01:04:07)
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