Best movie visible crew/equipment of 1980

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The Changeling picture

Visible crew/equipment: When John is playing the piano, after the door opens by itself in the music room, there is a shot that revolves around him. If you look in the large mirror in front of the piano you can see the pole of the boom microphone reflected (behind the chandelier). (00:19:21)

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Any Which Way You Can picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Clyde is demolishing Patrick Scarf's Cadillac, he is using both hands to hold up the front windshield. In the next shot, you can see a crew member wearing an ape glove to help Clyde move the windshield.

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Death Ship picture

Visible crew/equipment: When the survivors of the cruise liner sinking approach the ominous ship, it's supposed to be deserted, but as a window opens, a person's arm holding a stick to open the window is visible.

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Love in First Class picture

Visible crew/equipment: When the main character and his family are first seen making their way to the train, the rightmost one in a row of three eerie blonde pageboy-haired children keeps looking into the camera. Generally, throughout the movie, there are plenty of instances of child actors looking into the camera, mainly young Malcolm (Lorenzo Aiello). (00:05:15)

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The Fog picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Dan (the weatherman) calls Stevie to tell her the fog bank has shifted direction there is a shot inside the weather station where the camera moves in slowly on Dan and you can see its shadow on the equipment it passes by. (00:20:35)

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Popeye picture

Visible crew/equipment: After Olive threatens Wimpy, she goes to enter the Commodore's boat. When the camera is looking up the stairs to see her foot entering the shot, you see shadows playing on the ceiling and stair well. If you watch closely, you can tell that the shadows are of the camera man and the camera.

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Alligator picture

Visible crew/equipment: In the opening shot of the movie, several people (presumably the film crew) are reflected in the eye of the titular reptile. (00:00:15)

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Super Fuzz picture

Visible crew/equipment: Dave tells Evelyn to 'freeze' while he's rationalizing future marriage plans, and walks around her from the right. As he reaches her left side, the boom and a gaffer (camera guy) are visible at far left for a split second. (01:06:10)

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Bronco Billy picture

Visible crew/equipment: In the bar fight scene, the camera crew is visible right after Lefty hits one of the bar patrons.

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Herbie Goes Bananas picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Paco runs across the street, you can see studio lights reflected in the side of a VW camper as it goes by.

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Visible crew/equipment: After Hart 'knocks' the pencil cup off his desk, Doralee bends down to pick them up and he walks around to 'help' her. They are both on their knees. As they start to get back up, the very tip of the boom mic can be seen just above their heads, along with a faint shadow on the wall of the camera guy.

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