Best action movie continuity mistakes of 1977

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Continuity mistake: When the Gold Leader says to the Red Leader, "Red Leader, this is Gold Leader," at the start of the Battle of Yavin, the two Y-Wing fighters outside his cockpit suddenly disappear. This was fixed in the 2004 version. (01:46:05)

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Continuity mistake: Sheriff Buford T. Justice gets out of his car and leaves the door open. A few moments later, we see a different shot of the car with the door closed. Then a truck drives by and tears the car door off which is open again.

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Continuity mistake: In a scene in a town on the rooftops as the British fight the Nazis, we see that the townsfolk were truly ahead of their times as they nearly all have television antennas.

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Continuity mistake: When the blonde girl is persuaded to talk to the Trogladyte, in different shots, her hair is either over her shoulders, or off her shoulders.

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Continuity mistake: Jack Lemmon is picked out of the ocean by two men in a rubber boat. Both have dark hair and moustaches, one is balding. When they arrive back at the ship, both men have blond hair, are clean shaven, and are obviously younger. (01:24:10 - 01:24:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Evel Knievel goes to the insane asylum to break his buddy Will out of the institution, he crashes through the front door with the Stratocycle, breaking off the airplane-style wings on each side of the bike in the doorway. In the next shot, as he rides down the hall, the wings are still intact.

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Continuity mistake: During a conversation between Charles Bronson, Lee Remick and the bar owner, one of the cutaway shots of Lee Remick is reversed. The part in her hair changes sides and she is looking in the opposite direction.

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Sweeney picture

Continuity mistake: The bus stops, and the hitmen are behind it in the blue Volvo estate; a white car stops behind the Volvo. When Regan and Bianca get off the bus there are no cars behind the blue Volvo, the angle changes and the white car is back, and the hitman shouts out of the passenger window for the driver of the white car to back off. (01:00:46)

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Continuity mistake: When Vivian crashes the VW bug into a tree in the park, it shows front hood damage on impact. Moments later, after some exposition, she backs out, and drives away with the hood intact.

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Continuity mistake: Near the end, while Kabakov is atop the blimp, he finally attaches the cable hook to the blimp. Just as he wraps the canvas strap around the hook, Kabakov's white shirt is neatly tucked into his pants, whereas in the previous and following shots, his white shirt is fluttering in the wind and we can see his abdomen and back. (02:18:55)

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