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** ''VideoGame/{{Supplice}}'' has a minor, recurring enemy resembling the Langoliers.

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* CreatorCameo: Creator/StephenKing plays the director of the board meeting Toomy was supposed to attend, in a hallucination toward the end.

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* CreatorBacklash: While refusing to go into specifics, Creator/DavidMorse said in an interview that filming for the miniseries was difficult, and he had a much better time filming "The Green Mile."
* CreatorCameo: Creator/StephenKing plays the director of the board meeting Toomy Toomey was supposed to attend, in a hallucination toward the end.end.
** Director Tom Holland also appears as Harker, Nick Hopewell's handler who drops him off at the airport in the beginning.



* PlayingAgainstType: Before this movie, Bronson Pinchot was known for playing quirky comedic characters. Then he played the psychotic Craig Toomy... though [[HamAndCheese in a quirky comedic way.]]

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* PlayingAgainstType: Before this movie, Bronson Pinchot was known for playing quirky comedic characters. Then he played the psychotic Craig Toomy...Toomey... though [[HamAndCheese in a quirky comedic way.]]


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** Also, due to the time the film was made, no one has cell phones.
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** He lampshaded this in interviews promoting his dramatic turn. "[[IAmNotSpock I'm not]] [[Series/PerfectStrangers Balki anymore]]," he stated.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted in the TV movie. LAX and Bangor International appear as themselves.



* FakeAmerican: Kate Maberly (Dinah) is actually British.

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* FakeAmerican: In the miniseries, Dinah is portrayed by the English Kate Maberly (Dinah) is actually British.Maberly.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The titular Langoliers were originally going to be portrayed using puppets in the mini-series but for some unknown reason they switched to be rendered in extremely dated CGI.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Laurel Stevenson's reason for booking an expensive flight from Los Angeles to Boston is to meet a guy she's never actually met in person but corresponded with through a personal ad in a magazine. The story was written in 1990, so this was plausible at the time, but Laurel's gullibility aside (which she admits to), the internet and webcams have made this plot thread rather dated.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Laurel Stevenson's reason for booking an expensive flight from Los Angeles UsefulNotes/LosAngeles to Boston UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} is to meet a guy she's never actually met in person but corresponded with through a personal ad in a magazine. The story was written in 1990, so this was plausible at the time, but Laurel's gullibility aside (which she admits to), the internet and webcams have made this plot thread rather dated.
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** He lampshaded this in interviews promoting his dramatic turn. "[[IAmNotSpock I'm not]] [[PerfectStrangers Balki anymore]]," he stated.

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** He lampshaded this in interviews promoting his dramatic turn. "[[IAmNotSpock I'm not]] [[PerfectStrangers [[Series/PerfectStrangers Balki anymore]]," he stated.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: A cast with [[Series/PerfectStrangers Bronson Pinchot]], David Morse, and [[Series/QuantumLeap Dean Stockwell]] will tend to elicit this reaction.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Laurel Stevenson's reason for booking an expensive flight from Los Angeles to Boston is to meet a guy she's never actually met in person but corresponded with through a personal ad in a magazine. The story was written in 1990, so this was plausible at the time, but Laurel's gullibility aside (which she admits to), the internet and webcams have made this plot thread rather dated.
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* FakeAmerican: Kate Maberly (Dinah) is actually British.
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** He lampshaded this in interviews promoting his dramatic turn. "[[IAmNotSpock I'm not [[PerfectStrangers Balki]] anymore]]," he stated.

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** He lampshaded this in interviews promoting his dramatic turn. "[[IAmNotSpock I'm not not]] [[PerfectStrangers Balki]] Balki anymore]]," he stated.
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** He lampshaded this in interviews promoting his dramatic turn. "[[IAmNotSpock I'm not [[PerfectStrangers Balki]] anymore]]," he stated.
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* CreatorCameo: Creator/StephenKing plays the director of the board meeting Toomy was supposed to attend, in a hallucination toward the end.
* HeyItsThatGuy: A cast with [[Series/PerfectStrangers Bronson Pinchot]], David Morse, and [[Series/QuantumLeap Dean Stockwell]] will tend to elicit this reaction.
* PlayingAgainstType: Before this movie, Bronson Pinchot was known for playing quirky comedic characters. Then he played the psychotic Craig Toomy... though [[HamAndCheese in a quirky comedic way.]]
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