Deliberate mistake: When the scanners escape the apartment in the van and the assassins are in pursuit there is a street view shot of the assassins driving up next to the scanners' van. If you watch the street on the right side of the screen you can see people stood watching the filming in groups, out of harms way. (00:50:28)
Jack Vaughan
31st Aug 2020
Scanners (1981)
31st Aug 2020
Scanners (1981)
Revealing mistake: When Benjamin Pierce is attacked by shotgun-wielding assassins in his workshop there is a moment when he is staggering up a small ramp and you can see a wire or cord coming from the bottom of his pants leg and leading off-screen. (00:40:53)
31st Aug 2020
Scanners (1981)
Visible crew/equipment: When Cameron goes to meet Kim at her apartment he is met by another scanner. After "checking" Cameron over the scanner invites him upstairs. As the pair walk off a glass door shuts behind them and reflected in the glass you can see the boom microphone in full. (00:45:48)
31st Aug 2020
Scanners (1981)
Continuity mistake: When the female assassin first shoots at Pierce with the shotgun the pellets miss Pierce altogether, but he grabs near his thigh like he was hit there. Cut to a close up of Pierce's leg immediately after and all of a sudden there are three bloody holes in his thigh. (00:40:37)
31st Aug 2020
Scanners (1981)
Revealing mistake: Obvious stunt doubles replace Cameron and Kim when they run from the telephone box just before it explodes. (01:20:09)
31st Aug 2020
Scanners (1981)
Continuity mistake: After the scanner's head explodes, not only is the table clean in the next shot (as already submitted) but Revok himself is as clean as a whistle. He was sat right next to him. (00:12:33)
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