Question: Why is there someone (looks like a policeman) lying in the road when Jeff's girlfriend, Diane, vanishes from the service station? (00:22:00 - 00:24:00)
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The Vanishing (1993)
1 question
Directed by: George Sluizer
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Sandra Bullock, Nancy Travis
Continuity mistake: After Jeff has kicked and punched Barney, he is lying on the ground and blood is covering his mouth and nose and is staining his blazer. When he gets up, the blood patterns have changed and his blazer is no longer stained.
Barney Cousins: To me, to kill is not the worst thing you can imagine. There is more.
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Answer: He is a crew member lying in the road directly behind the brown G.R.S. Dye Works semi-truck (presumably trying to remain hidden from the camera's view), and we even see his right hand waving off the traffic ahead of him (00:22:05).