The Langoliers
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Continuity mistake: When Nick grabs onto Toomey's nose with his fingers, his thumb can be seen pressed against one of the fingers he is holding onto the nose with. When Gaffney walks over to them so that he can take Toomey back to his seat, his thumb is away from the other fingers. Then a few shots after that, his thumb is pressed against the other fingers again. (00:16:22)

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Continuity mistake: After Rudy asks Brian and Nick where everyone went, it cuts to everyone in the cabin. In the establishing shot, Dinah can be seen in the seat in front of Albert and is sitting on the armrest. The camera then cuts to a closer shot of Albert, and the seat in front of him is visible in the corner of the shot, but Dinah cannot be seen in it. (00:27:37)

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Continuity mistake: When Rudy asks if anyone knows how to work the little oven up in the galley, he raises his right arm and points to it with his thumb. Then it cuts to a closer shot of him and his arm is suddenly lowered. (00:30:57)

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Continuity mistake: When boarding the plane, the airport manager puts Brian's bag into an overhead bin. Standing next to him, Rudy can be seen opening an overhead bin and his hands are placed on the door whilst he opens it. In the next shot, his hands are suddenly inside the overhead bin, putting his bag inside it. (00:06:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Nick tells his associate he carries out the hit, the associate grabs onto his shoulder and is shown pulling on the collar of Nick's shirt when he does so. When the camera changes angles to focus on the associate, Nick's collar doesn't appear to be getting pulled on at all. (00:01:43)

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Continuity mistake: When Nick bumps into Laurel, she drops her bag. When she goes to pick it back up, her hands are near the lower half of her body. When the shot cuts to Nick, her hands are now raised to be level with her chest. (00:03:15)

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Continuity mistake: When they take off from Bangor you see the landing gear retract, but in the next shot it's back down again.

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Craig Toomy: Oh I'm real scared now.

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Trivia: In the scene near the end of the movie, there is a board meeting on the tarmac. The Chairman of the Board is Stephen King who is the author of The Langoliers. (02:10:15)

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Question: Is there a reason why when they're in the past they can't catch up with the present, but when they land a little into the future, the present can catch up with them? Are they not moving along on their own timeline? And if not, why are they not left in that moment and stand there to see the present come and go without taking them?

Answer: Think of time as a gear with only one tooth, and think of them as a gear with only one notch. In the past, the one tooth has forever passed their notch and they'll never be carried along in the flow of time again. In the future, the tooth comes along, snags their notch, and they're back in the flow of time.

Phixius

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