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Visible crew/equipment: After Ana's husband has finished weaponizing the warheads in his civilian lab, Ana kisses him. The reflection of a boom mic is visible on the right lens of her glasses. (00:55:45)

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Visible crew/equipment: When the bad guys are pulling up to Rainer's mother's house, the shadow of the crane, camera and operator is visible on the road, on the left side of the screen. This is about three quarters of the way through the movie.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Brubaker hides out in the Petrol station, the two helicopter pilots approach the window. A reflection of a member of the crew wearing glasses can be seen reflecting in the window where the pilots stand.

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Visible crew/equipment: In Servo's room, Trace Beaulieu's hand is very visible operating Crow. Watch the bottom of frame when Crow approaches the Interocitor and says "Well, let's see what this baby can do." (00:48:00)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Frank and Tracy are about to surrender at the hotel and the cops start shooting, Frank yells "What the hell is going on here?" Frank then hides behind the car and you briefly can see the boom mike reflected in the car window. (00:52:20)

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Visible crew/equipment: After Billy has grabbed Gizmo from the laboratory he walks into the men's room. When the voice says "I hope you washed your hands", you can see the camera man moving reflected on the wall. (00:20:35)

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Visible crew/equipment: Throughout the movie, the cables that help the robots V.I.N.C.E.N.T. and Old Bob fly are visible.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Kevin remarks how they must have run into an invisible barrier, the reflection of something can be seen in the barrier. Might be a camera or some other kind of equipment. (01:17:00)

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Visible crew/equipment: At the end when Dr. Angelo and Peter are escaping the blast, just after Angelo jumps down over the facility wall and calls for Peter to follow, for a second you can see someone holding the back of Peter's shirt to help him drop down, or it might be a rigging of some kind.

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Visible crew/equipment: As the priest is loading his luggage in the car, a large light is reflected in the quarter panel. It is not the sun, as that is ahead to our right while the light is behind us to the left. (00:51:20)

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Visible crew/equipment: When the SUV is struck by the large truck and is pushed along while upside down, a camera mount can be spotted (helps if you use slow motion) and also, a tow truck can be seen actually pulling the SUV along the street. (00:05:15)

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Visible crew/equipment: When the crew is escaping with the beryllium sphere, there a shot where you can see the filming crew at the top left corner of the image. (00:53:55)

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Suggested correction: Having watched it carefully, I can't see any film crew in shot at any point in this sequence.

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Visible crew/equipment: When R enters the control room where Cyper is waiting and the camera moves towards Cyon, you can see the reflection of the camera in the curved glass. (01:35:20)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Walter is driving down the highway with his family in tow, right after he explains to his kids why they're moving, he looks over at Joe with her head slumped against the window, and the reflection of some filming equipment (possibly the camera) is seen on the window at the bottom-right corner of the screen. (00:13:20)

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Visible crew/equipment: Near the end when Wilford and Don and Kitty are about to sneak into the Oceanic Center, they are scoping out the scene. As they turn the corner, the shot changes to a shot mounted on the hood looking right at Wilford. You can make out the top of the camera's shadow near the right windshield wiper. (01:30:45)

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Visible crew/equipment: When the Overlord is busy destroying the Diner, when he starts destroying stuff on the counter, you can see the small rods pop up that flip the saucers and glasses into the air. You can also see the compressed air they used, to aid with the effect.

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Visible crew/equipment: Near the end of the movie, when Enik is pleading for his release you can see human hands in the reflection of his eyes. It should be claw type hands of a Sleestak.

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Visible crew/equipment: After exiting the turnstile, Sator looks through the window separating the two rooms and watches his past self interrogating the Protagonist in the opposite room. In the shot where his past self is shown hitting the Protagonist across the head with his gun (in reverse), the wheels of the camera dolly can be seen reflected in the window to the left of shot. (01:24:45)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Paris introduces himself to Riddick after the bottle drops, you can see the film crew in Riddick's glasses when he drinks from the bottle.

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