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)
The Changeling (1980)
Directed by: Peter Medak
Starring: George C. Scott, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh, Trish Van Devere
Continuity mistake: When John is pushing his car through the snow (with his wife and daughter) you can see the snow on the road is thick and solid. When John enters the phone box the snow suddenly becomes very slushy and muddy. (00:01:30)
Visible crew/equipment: When Claire is showing John the house for the first time you can see the shadow of the camera on the tablecloth on top of the piano when John approaches it. (00:09:57)
Trivia: Martin Scorsese called "The Changeling" one of the eleven scariest movies ever made in a list he published.
John Russell: It's my understanding... that there are, uh... twenty-three students registered... for this series of lectures on advanced musical form. Now, we all know it's not raining outside, and unless there's a fire in some other part of the building that we don't know about, there's an awful lot of people here with nothing better to do.
Minnie Huxley: That house is not fit to live in. No one's been able to live in it. It doesn't want people.
Question: Carmichael died at his home. Was it his ghost or something else that John saw in the house as it was burning?
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Answer: It was implied to be his "spirit" or "soul" that John saw.
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