Meteor

Meteor (1979)

3 revealing mistakes - chronological order

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Revealing mistake: When the meteor is about to strike downtown Manhattan, the bay area image is a blatant photograph, with the boats and ripples completely still for several seconds. (01:19:49)

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Revealing mistake: When the tidal wave floods the city and the road, one can see a thick line where the water footage was pasted over the city footage. Furthermore, all of the cars keep driving despite the chaos, and not a single object falls down.

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Revealing mistake: Despite the heavy snowfall in Siberia, not a single flake falls on the people or clothes, nor is there any ice on them, revealing the snow is just footage matted over the scene.

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Continuity mistake: Malden enters a bar to meet Connery. Sitting on Connery's right is a white-hared guy, so Malden sits on his left. We switch to watch the TV, and when we return, Malden is now on Connery's right.

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Dr. Paul Bradley: Why don't you stick a broom up my ass? I can sweep the carpet on the way out.

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Trivia: The avalanche scene, where a "splinter" that hit the Swiss Alps causes the avalanche consists of stock footage from the made-for-TV movie Avalanche, which made its debut a year earlier. (00:59:20 - 01:01:20)

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