Visible crew/equipment: During the Corvette scene when Arnold is driving, there is a shot looking at Bill Paxton talking and on his shoulder is the shadow of the boom mike. (00:55:10)
manthabeat
1st Feb 2005
True Lies (1994)
8th Jan 2005
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Revealing mistake: During the sequence with the Native Americans chasing the Delorean in the beginning, in one shot looking up at the sky you can see contrails from a plane, obviously not around in 1885. (00:19:25)
5th Jan 2005
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Revealing mistake: In the extended version of the film during the buffalo hunt, there is a shot of a buffalo making a turn and in the distant horizon, you can briefly see a modern radio tower on top of a hill.
15th Nov 2004
The Polar Express (2004)
Trivia: The ticket that gets lost often times floats almost exactly like the feather does in the beginning of "Forrest Gump" (1994), another Robert Zemeckis-Tom Hanks film.
9th Nov 2004
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Question: How where the flying ball shots in the beginning done? I know it could be a helicopter, but some of the shots go through branches etc. Not too easy with a helicopter.
31st Oct 2004
Captain Ron (1992)
Visible crew/equipment: When the family is leaving the first dock (after Captain Ron's car falls in the water) there is a shot of him, Martin Short, the wife, and the little boy. Look at the boy's shirt, there is a clear shadow of the camera on it. (00:21:45)
13th Oct 2004
Fight Club (1999)
Revealing mistake: Towards the beginning when Edward Norton is ordering out of the catalog, he is walking into his kitchen. Look at his shadow to his left, it doesn't change distances indicating a blue or green screen.
18th Sep 2004
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Question: They use a pinch in this movie to cut the power. How does a pinch actually work? Why did they need one in this film?
Chosen answer: They needed to shut off the power in order to turn off the detectors in the lift-shaft. There was no way to do that locally, so shutting down the entire city was the only option, using an EMP, a massive wave of electromagnetic energy that disrupts electrical equipment. In real life, pinches are generally used to create high-intensity X-rays for scientific study, and they're very large - much larger than the one seen in the film. It is true that they cause electromagnetic interference when fired, but nothing like on the scale seen in the film. However, given that the only source of an EMP with the strength to really black out the whole place would be a nuclear explosion, it's understandable that the makers of the film decided to play around with the laws of physics a bit.
13th May 2004
Animal House (1978)
Trivia: During the scene where John Belushi is sneaking around, you see him slip and then get back up. The slip was accidental but the film makers left it in the movie.
9th May 2004
Independence Day (1996)
Trivia: The movie the kids in the RV are watching (in the beginning) is The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), one of many references to alien science fiction in this film. (00:09:55)
22nd Apr 2004
Secret Window (2004)
Continuity mistake: In one of the scenes where Mort is sitting on the couch with the table in front of it, there is a Mountain Dew can on the table and it keeps changing positions throughout the shots to and from Mort.
18th Apr 2004
Enemy of the State (1998)
Trivia: The cat that Gene Hackman has is the same cat that was in Men in Black, and similarly, the cat is put into a bag in this film just like in MIB.
14th Apr 2004
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Question: Does anyone know the city this was filmed in, or any location used in the film?
Chosen answer: According to IMDb, the filming locations for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial are: (1) 7121 Lonzo Street, Tujunga, L.A., California (2) Crescent City, California (3) Culver Studios, Culver City, California (4) Granada Hills, L.A., California (5) Northridge, L.A., California (6) Wrightwood, California.
14th Apr 2004
The Nutty Professor (1996)
Trivia: The comedian who makes fun of Sherman is none other than Comedy Central's now famous Dave Chappelle.
3rd Apr 2004
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Revealing mistake: Towards the beginning of the movie Starsky and Hutch are driving the Torino and they get a call over the police radio. There is a shot of the car pulling a u-turn on a bridge from above. Look at the bottom of this shot, you can see tire marks where they practised the move before. (00:17:10)
15th Mar 2004
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Visible crew/equipment: In the scenes where Sloan, Cameron and Ferris are driving to Chicago for the first time in the Ferrari, there is a brief shot of the Ferrari passing a car on a bridge. Look in the bottom right hand of the screen, a perfect shadow of a person on the road. (Original VHS version, it has been taken out of the recent TV versions).
15th Mar 2004
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Trivia: The majority of the airport shots in this film were not filmed at Dulles, it is Stapleton Airport in Denver.
11th Nov 2003
Speed (1994)
Continuity mistake: After Jack shoots Harry in the leg, Denis Hopper runs out the door which is wide open. The explosion shot (seconds later) happens and we see the door completely shut. (00:22:05)
21st Oct 2003
The Truman Show (1998)
Visible crew/equipment: After Truman sees his father as a homeless man there is a scene where he runs into a vehicle (before the dog runs past). This shot is from the ground looking up. Take a look at the reflection in the passing car, you can see the crew and equipment. (00:15:50)
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Chosen answer: Computer animation.
JamesP