Best movie visible crew/equipment of 1977

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Star Wars picture

Visible crew/equipment: At the beginning when R2-D2 is in the escape pod and C-3PO is arguing with him there is a shot of C-3PO from the side and you can see the reflection of the camera in his head.

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Saturday Night Fever picture

Visible crew/equipment: In the end scene when Tony comes to Stephanie's house to apologise, you can see the microphone coming down from the ceiling. (01:52:20)

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Smokey and the Bandit picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Snowman stops off at the diner, when he enters and leaves from the diner, various crew-members and equipment are visible in the windows on the doors.

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind picture

Visible crew/equipment: When the little boy is looking out the window of the farmhouse toward the sky to see the incoming spaceships (where he says "toys" rather excitedly), as the camera closes in toward him you can see the shadow of the camera/crane on the right side of the screen. The shadow changes as the camera zooms in. (00:49:55)

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The Island of Dr. Moreau picture

Visible crew/equipment: During the opening scene when the boat is being pushed ashore you can see the shadow of the boom mike in the water's edge.

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Capricorn One picture

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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Annie Hall picture

Visible crew/equipment: At the very beginning of the scene where Alvy and Annie are arguing over Annie's adult education teacher, David, and Annie is getting into the cab, a film crew member is visible up the sidewalk, just above the roof of the cab. As the scene starts, he drops his arm as a timing signal to the old woman carrying a grocery bag to begin her walk into the scene, where, seconds later, Alvy turns to ask her a question. (00:52:25)

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The Car picture

Visible crew/equipment: When 'The Car' catches the truck, it tries to shove it off the road. The 3rd attempt happens as the Car gets very close to the camera, then veers across the screen, our left to right. The clear shadows of several crew members aboard the camera truck are visible on the front of the Car. (01:24:50)

johnrosa

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Suspiria picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Suzy gets into the taxi, and talks to the driver, in shots through the glass divider screen, you can see, to the left, the reflection of the face of a crew member. (00:03:15)

Hamster

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Exorcist II: The Heretic picture

Visible crew/equipment: When the camera is pulling back really fast being chased by the people in Africa, its shadows can be seen multiple times on the characters and the walls.

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The American Friend picture

Visible crew/equipment: After Bruno Ganz shoots the man in the train station he walks out onto an open-air concourse. In the overhead shot facing him, we can see the strip of duct-tape on the ground marking the spot where he is supposed to stand.

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Rollercoaster picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Harry is on the roller coaster for the second time (whilst being run over the park by the bomber), as the coaster is going down the final decent before the return loop, there are two camera men with a camera stood on the ground in the middle of the loop. (01:01:35)

Mr Manchester

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Sweeney picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Regan is leaving the scrapyard after speaking to Ronnie Brent camera lights are reflected in the side of the silver car.

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Confessions from a Holiday Camp picture

Visible crew/equipment: Crew members are reflected in the windows of the hearse when it drives past the limousine and in the side of the limo as it follows the hearse.

eric 64

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Voodoo Passion picture

Visible crew/equipment: Throughout the whole intro, most bandmembers, in particular the second drummer from the left, are more focused on peeking at the camera than on anything else.

Sammo

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Telefon picture

Visible crew/equipment: A boom microphone is visible at the top of the screen in the office scene, about 11 minutes from the start of the film.

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