Visible crew/equipment: When Charles Dance shoots his boss in the swimming pool, he starts talking to the camera about moving into the real world like Danny. Look at the glass mirror and windows behind him - you can see the film crew and cameras following him.
Last Action Hero (1993)
Plot summary
Directed by: John McTiernan
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ian McKellen, Charles Dance, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney
A young boy, Danny, prefers to live in a dreamworld of movies and adventure, much to the distress of his mother. He idolizes the character of Jack Slater, an action hero played by Arnold Schwarzeneggar, and when his friend who runs the projection box at the theatre gives Danny a magic ticket, he gets sucked into the movie and becomes part of the action.
Spending half the time trying to convince Jack that it's all make believe and the other half enjoying himself, things get a bit too real for Danny when Benedict, the bad guy of the piece, finds the ticket and returns to wreak havoc in a world where evil can win. Danny and Jack must go back to the real world and return Benedict to where he belongs before he unleashes the villains of every movie running.
More mistakes in Last Action Hero
Jack Slater: Did you make a movie mistake? You forgot to reload the damn gun.
Benedict: No, Jack. I just left one chamber empty.
Trivia: When Jack and Danny go inside the police station the first time, Danny notices Robert Patrick coming out of the station. This is a nod to Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
Question: All of the actors in this film are actually credited as either themselves, or their character in the Jack Slater films (eg. the reporters recognise Tom Noonan as himself at the film premiere). However, the actress playing Whitney is actually called Bridgette Wilson, not Meredeth as Danny points out. Why was this?
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Answer: Most likely, she was not a well-known enough actress to have name recognition like Arnold.
Brian Katcher