Hamster

12th Jan 2006

Phantasm II (1988)

Continuity mistake: When the Priest keeps hearing the banging noises at the door, he walks over and locks the door. He then goes back to his desk, pours a drink and his bottle of Jack Daniels changes between shots. (00:34:10)

Hamster

12th Jan 2006

Phantasm II (1988)

Continuity mistake: Near the end of the movie, Mike gets sucked into the Phantasm dimension, followed shortly by Reg because he grabs hold of Mike to save him. Reg is left struggling to pull him out, with his feet stopping him from flying into the dimension because they are caught on one of the silver poles. However in a following shot, as the Tall Man carries Liz into the other room, in the background you can see the poles, and Reg's feet are missing from being caught on it. In the next shot we see Reg's feet still caught on the pole, saving him from entering the dimension. (01:23:15)

Hamster

11th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the movie, when the people stand against the wall as they return back to normal time, you can see tape markers on the floor, as they stand by the wall. (02:55:15)

Hamster

11th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When the airport manager tells Brian his ex-wife died in a fire, they exit gate 54, but in the next shot, as they continue to walk down the terminal, it shows them exiting from gate 51. (00:05:00)

Hamster

11th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

Continuity mistake: After Albert knocks Craig Toomey unconscious with the toaster, as it shows different angles of him laying on the floor, his tie is alternately hanging out/tucked into his suit. (01:48:55)

Hamster

11th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

Continuity mistake: As Brian lands the plane down to Bangor, his headset is on in a frontal shot, but in a reverse shot it isn't. (00:47:05)

Hamster

11th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

Continuity mistake: As they are going down through the clouds to Bangor, in the wide shot before Bethany faints on Albert. Bethany has vanished from the seat beside Albert. This is before she has fainted. (00:47:25)

Hamster

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Suggested correction: The scene you are referring to is less than a second, and if you blink, you'll miss it. The only way to spot this mistake is to pause it or rewind numerous times, meaning it is not a valid mistake.

11th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

The Langoliers mistake picture

Visible crew/equipment: When it shows Toomey's father sitting down with a newspaper, as he gets up to shout at Craig, a boom mike is visible, above him. (01:06:35)

Hamster

11th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

Visible crew/equipment: When Craig's father slaps Craig, and Craig then falls down to his knees on the floor, you can see a red tape marker on the floor by Craig's feet. (01:07:20)

Hamster

11th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

Other mistake: When the plane lands in LAX, as it slows down on the runway, in one shot the lettering (LI011) on the plane is reversed in one shot. (02:49:50)

Hamster

11th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

Revealing mistake: When everyone goes up to the second floor on the escalator, behind them outside through the glass doors you can see people walking about. (01:09:10)

Hamster

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Suggested correction: I have rewatched this scene and saw no people.

Daniel Offerman

11th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

Continuity mistake: The position of the plane on the runway and the distance it is from the terminal often changes, when Dinah looks at it through the glass, as Toomey runs around from the Langoliers, etc.

Hamster

5th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

Question: Were the airport scenes shot on location at Bangor and LAX airports? If so, I'm curious as to find out how they achieved the effect of no-one being there. I mean, is it possible to desert a whole airport for filming? I would have thought that to be rather impossible, to close the airport whilst shooting. Any help?

Hamster

Chosen answer: Yes, they were at those locations. Filming with nobody around is possible, either by shooting indoor scenes at night, when the terminals are closed, or outdoor scenes on unused sections of the airport. If maintenance is going to close a runway (or a whole terminal) for a week, a film company can rent the space (at a price of course!) to keep it closed a few extra days for filming. As well, many shots can be established in real locations, but followed by filming on sets built to replicate parts of the real locations. You could film a whole movie's "setting" in an afternoon by taking select shots, then spend a couple of months in a studio on closeup shots which don't require the large, real, backgrounds.

4th Jan 2006

Chicago (2002)

Question: What does the "pop, six, squish, sisarow, lipshits." or whatever it was? I didn't catch it too good, but what did it mean? It was in the "He had it comin'" song. (I know the pop refered to the gum, six was about his six wives and Lipshits was the name of the boyfriend.) What were the other two?

Hamster

Chosen answer: Each sound had a significance in the story told by the convict. "Pop" was the sound of the chewing gum. "Six" was the number of wives. "Squish" was the sound of her husband "running into" her knife ten times. "Uh-Uh" was the response from the one who was asked "did you do it?" Cicero was the name of the hotel where Velma killed her husband and sister. Lipschitz was the name of the boyfriend who went to "find himself."

K.C. Sierra

4th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

Question: Why is it that the bullet bounced off Albert chest, and didn't pierce into his skin or anything, yet the knife blade was able to enter Dinah? I never understood why the bullet did no damage to him, yet the blade did.

Hamster

Chosen answer: Because as time runs down, food loses its taste, drinks lose their fizz and the gunpowder in the bullet had lost most of its explosive force. It was unable to propel the bullet very hard. The knife still retained its edge as physical objects didn't break down.

Grumpy Scot

4th Jan 2006

The Langoliers (1995)

Question: Are the creatures we actually witness, eating up the LAX airport, actually Langoliers? I have heard from friends who have read the book that they are not Langoliers. Also Mr. Toomy's description of them (he says they have legs and are hairy) doesn't hold up. Are they Langoliers? If not, what are they? And if not, why do the characters refer to them as Langoliers?

Hamster

Chosen answer: The Langoliers don't exist, they are Toomey's version of the boogeyman. The creatures that "eat" the past are close enough to what Craig believes that he thinks they are the Langoliers. And it's as good as anything else to call them, so all the others adopt the name as well. No one could actually know what they are called as most people move into the future along with the natural flow of time and the few that do travel into the past are eventually killed by them.

Grumpy Scot

Continuity mistake: At the clambake, the waiter behind the table picks up a clamroll with his tongs. In the next shot it has vanished from the tongs.

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Kenneth and Mark run over to the golf buggy, as they talk the position of the chinstrap hanging down from Mark's hat keeps changing from hanging down / hanging over his shoulder.

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Anne is scared by Charlie, in the gazebo, she dries herself off with a towel, throws it to the floor then she dresses, and they walk to the bench. In the next shot you can see the towel is now hanging up over the side of the gazebo.

Hamster

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