Continuity mistake: When Dinah projects the image of the board room into Toomey's mind, there is a moment where he trips over a few meters away from Albert and Bob. After Dinah tells him to keep running, there is a shot of Toomey continuing to run. But a couple seconds after that, it's shown that he hasn't even ran past Albert and Bob yet, even though he wasn't far from them a couple seconds ago and kept running. (02:09:10)
Casual Person
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Albert is explaining to Nick how Toomey killed Gaffney, in the shot where he says "If I'd have walked in first he would've killed me instead", he is looking straight forward. When the shot cuts, Albert is suddenly looking at Nick. (01:53:25)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Bethany meets up with Bob, and they wonder where everyone is, Bethany is shown putting a cigarette in her mouth. The cigarette is straight and unbent when she places it in her mouth, but in the next shot, the cigarette is suddenly bent slightly. (01:52:20)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Albert strikes Toomey with the bag for the last time, in the shot of Toomey turning around after getting struck, Albert is holding the bag with his left hand. When Toomey lands on the ground in the next shot, Albert is suddenly holding the bag with both hands. (01:49:18)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: After Nick has finished explaining to Dinah that he has to get the blade out, in the close-up shot of Dinah while Nick says "Fold those two table cloths", Nick has his hand on top of Dinah's head. In the next shot, his hand is away from her head. (01:46:30)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Dinah starts walking over the cafe counter to find Toomey, Rudy can be seen behind with his hands at his side. When it cuts to a wide shot of the cafe, he is suddenly holding onto back of a chair with his right hand. (01:41:52)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: Dinah, Laurel, Bethany, Gaffney and Rudy go into the cafe to find Toomey no longer there. When Dinah deduces his location, in the shot of her saying "Behind something", Bethany can be seen behind Dinah, in between her and Gaffney. Gaffney then walks over to her and Bethany cannot be seen. When the shot cuts again, she can be seen behind Gaffney and should have been visible in the previous shot. (01:41:47)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: Brian tells Albert to crack open a can of soda. In the shot of him holding the can, whilst he uses his right hand to crack he has two fingers from that can, pressed against the side. Then there is a close-up of the can opening and those two fingers are now curled against the side. (01:39:58)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Albert lights the second match, in the close-up of his hand, he has the match placed between his thumb and index finger. In the next shot, it's between his thumb and middle finger. (01:37:50)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: When everyone is wondering what to do, Gaffney walks up to Brian and asks him what they do now. In the shot of Gaffney walking up to him, Brian has his left hand on the left side of his face and right hand on the right side. It then cuts to a close-up of Brian where his left hand is now on the right side of his face. (01:34:25)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Gaffney takes the bottle of beer off Rudy, he holds it in his right hand and takes a sip. He then turns to the bin to spit it out and moves the bottle to his left hand. In the close-up shot of him spotting the beer in the bin, the bottle has moved back to his right hand. (01:15:35)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Bob is explaining to Rudy that the sandwich isn't spoiled, Rudy is holding a bottle in his left hand. It cuts to Albert and Bethany for a few seconds. When it cuts back, Rudy's right hand is holding the bottle and his left hand is in his pocket. (01:15:15)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Rudy hands the sandwich to Bob for him to taste, he is shown holding a bottle of beer in his left hand, and his right-hand level with the left one. When Bob goes to spit out the bite, Rudy's right hand is suddenly at his side. Bob then says "That's not spoiled", and Rudy's right and left hand are level again. (01:15:05)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: When everyone is in the airport cafe, just as Rudy goes to take a bite out of the sandwich, it seen in his right hand. When he spits it out a few seconds later, the sandwich is now in his right hand. (01:14:43)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Bob is asking Dinah if the sound is closer than when she first heard it, Laurel is standing right beside her with her arm around Dinah's shoulder. In a different angle, Laurel is suddenly standing with a slight distance from Dinah with her arm by her side. (01:13:05)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: Just after Toomey goes into the Airport Security closet, the others are shown walking up an escalator. In the shot from behind, when they reach the top, they are all shown standing one behind each other. In the next shot, Nick, Brian and Rudy are suddenly standing a couple meters ahead of the others. (01:08:55)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: After Toomey has the imaginary confrontation with his father and hears Brian shouting his name, he has each hand on both sides of his face. In the next shot, his left hand is over his mouth and his right hand is over his left hand. (01:08:22)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: After Toomey starts crying into father's blazer, his father gets him off him by grabbing onto Toomey's blazer around his shoulder. When the shot cuts back to Toomey, the shoulder doesn't appear to have been pulled on at all. (01:07:55)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: Bob removes the battery cover to a clock to see if the batteries are still inside. Once he removes the cover in the close-up shot, the cover is held so that it is pressed against the edge of the clock. When the camera cuts back to Bob, the cover is away from the clock. (01:01:40)
31st Aug 2022
The Langoliers (1995)
Continuity mistake: In the reception area, after the frozen clock is shown, Dinah and Laurel hug. Dinah is placing her left arm around Laurel's waist. But in the next shot, her left arm is lowered. (01:00:25)
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