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William said:
One thing I've noticed-and it really sticks out to me since I ride public transportation almost exclusively these days-is the fact that moviemakers can't get the Chicago L system right.
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It doesn't show up much, but usually the DC Metro is usually <span style="font-style: italic">not</span> the DC Metro. Details, details :smile:
 
Movies are for entertainment. I bought E.T. for my kiddos and in watching it for something like the millionth time I noticed in several shots that kids were mouthing the words in the background of several shots.

Also, in Bullitt, the hubcaps fell off the Dodge Charger not McQueen's Mustang. Plus, for continuity check out the green VW Bug that crops into the background throughout the chase.

Cheers,

Steve
 
SteveTR said:
for continuity check out the green VW Bug that crops into the background throughout the chase.
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There is also a white Austin Healey that shows up about 3 times.
 
Knowing Bob Newharts sense of humor, that whole intro was probably meant as an inside joke to Chicago natives.
Story goes that the editor of Bullett liked the double clutching sounds so much he had the sound guys add them into all his shifts, both up and down. It's said McQueen took a pretty good ribbing from his racing buddies the first time they saw the film.
 
In the movie "No Way Out" there's a critical scene where the main character takes a polaroid picture of a girl. The camera makes a motorized "click-whirrrr" sound. He then takes the piece of film and peels the paper print off the polaroid negative. Only problem is that film (type 108 or 669) was used in cameras that the user had to pull the film out via a tab so the print and negative were laminated by two rollers, and they didn't make that sound.

Ok ok, no biggie unless you're a photographer having used that film a lot :smile:
 
TR6BILL said:
And what was the purpose of his double clutching during the chase scene?
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They over-dubbed a GT40 engine instead of the Mustang engine, hence the double-clutch sound.
 
Basil,

You are soo funny.
 
SteveTR said:
Also, in Bullitt, the hubcaps fell off the Dodge Charger not McQueen's Mustang.
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Oops... hey, it's been a while since I saw th' flick. Th' Mustang had alloy wheels.

...and I'm old. :smirk:
 
I would love to make fun of you - more. Yet, at breakfast with some friends (all in their forties), I was picked out to be asked, "Would you like a Senior Menu". I fumed.
 
*WHEW*

My sides hurt, Steve!!!

...only 'cause I can relate... and I'm not alone now. :smirk:


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T'was a singular moment when my wife and I took Mom and step-dad out to dinner and we ALL got the senior discount!! :laugh:
 
Being a flier for many years, I have a tendency to pick apart aircraft films, especially war films. The amount of absolute dumb film editing in 1940s and 50s aviation films are incredible. Like, an F4 takes off from a carrier and when returning he has to land in the water, shows him in the cockpit of an F4 setting up to land, but when he lands, he's in an F6. Pretty neat maneuver. The dumb part is, the two aircraft look nothing alike. And so many more. Many mistakes like that were done trying to inject real WWII footage into a Hollywood film. But I still love them anyway.
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PAUL161 said:
Being a flier for many years, I have a tendency to pick apart aircraft films, especially war films. The amount of absolute dumb film editing in 1940s and 50s aviation films are incredible. Like, an F4 takes off from a carrier and when returning he has to land in the water, shows him in the cockpit of an F4 setting up to land, but when he lands, he's in an F6. Pretty neat maneuver. The dumb part is, the two aircraft look nothing alike. And so many more. Many mistakes like that were done trying to inject real WWII footage into a Hollywood film. But I still love them anyway.
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The <span style="font-style: italic">Black Sheep Squadron</span> tv show was good for that sort of thing. That, and they'd often reuse the same vintage footage. Or even some of the same new footage. You notice these things during a marathon on cable!
 
Jet contrails high above the heads of attacking Indians.
 
If you watch the movie "The Core" in the first or second chapter of the movie there is a scene in Trafalgar Square where a bunch of birds going crazy! If you watch real close, as birds are smashing into a glass store front, you will see this rather interesting "pigeon":

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