Best movie visible crew/equipment of 1970

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Husbands picture

Visible crew/equipment: In the final scene (shot outside), one can clearly see the boom mic enter the top of the frame when Cassavetes's character is talking.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Kris is singing "Put one foot in front of the other", he opens a door through the snow and walks through it. If you look inside of it you can see a staple holding the two set pieces together.

Paul M Leslie

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Visible crew/equipment: In the shot in central park a microphone from the crew appears in the top right hand corner of the screen as the couple are walking along. Spotted in a video version of the film.

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Visible crew/equipment: During the battle at Little Big Horn, just before Custer shouts "Fools, shooting their own horses." there is soldier holding his horse, and there is a long rope running horizontally across the screen keeping the horse in place. (02:01:00)

NancyFelix

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Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Luke has stolen the Jaguar from the old rich guy, there is a part where Luke drives the Jag up the wall of the tunnel and lands it on top of a truck. It is obvious that the car that goes up the wall isn't even real, it looks more like a Matchbox or Hotwheels car....

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There Was a Crooked Man... picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Woodward has Paris draped over his horse, he's leading the horse back to the prison and you can see the square piece of black equipment they added to the foot rest of the saddle, that the stuntman is holding on to so he doesn't fall off the horse. When Woodward arrives at the prison, it's gone.

MCKD

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Visible crew/equipment: When Klove is preparing to make a bed for Simon, and when he says 'The young lady will be quite comfortable', the shadow of a microphone is visible in the left upper corner of the screen.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Brent is standing in the black crash-landing crater talking to Nova, two of his camera marks are visible behind him: They are made of white tape on the black ground. Seconds later in a wider shot they are gone. (00:10:30)

SoylentPurple

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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion picture Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion mistake picture

Visible crew/equipment: In his car, the police investigator briefly stops in the middle of the road to put on a tie. There is a close-up shot where he begins to place the tie around his neck. In the shot, the reflection of a crew member sitting in the passenger seat can be seen reflected in the sunglasses that he is wearing. (01:12:29)

Casual Person

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Visible crew/equipment: When Mike and Susan prepare to start putting pieces of snow in the kettle, in the shot where Susan hands Mike the kettle, and he begins taking the lid off, the camera crew can be seen reflected on the kettle. (01:16:00)

Casual Person

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Visible crew/equipment: When Terry Scott parks his car to visit Jenny Grubb, he stops at a Mini and sees a couple kissing in the back. If you look carefully, you can see a shadow of the boom mic in the background.

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