Best family movie mistakes of 1978

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The Wiz picture

Visible crew/equipment: As the Tin Man gets to the end of his song, he's dancing in front of three mirrors. If you look past him as he's centered in the middle mirror, you can see the camera lens looking out of the canvas at him.

Movie Nut

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The Cat from Outer Space picture

Continuity mistake: When Jake and Link are watching TV Jake is lying on top of the settee. Link says hi to Jake and the camera switches from Link to Frank. In the next shot Frank sits down and Jake is gone. He had no time to move.

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Hot Lead and Cold Feet picture

Revealing mistake: While Billy and Eli are on the river, with Eli in the front and Billy in the background, pay attention to Eli's paddle. When it passes in front of Billy, you can see right through it to see Billy through the paddle. (00:56:25)

Garlonuss

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International Velvet picture

Continuity mistake: In the first film, "National Velvet," the Pie, Velvet Brown's horse that ran in the Grand National, was a gelding (neutered). In the sequel, the Pie has somehow become a stallion again and sires a colt many years later that Velvet's niece names Arizona Pie.

raywest

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Return from Witch Mountain picture

Continuity mistake: When Tony and Tia are being driven to their hotel, the same footage is shown behind them a few times e.g. A truck turning off the road when their driver shouts at an overtaking driver and a few minutes later when he shouts at the same driver again.

Heather Benton

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band picture

Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the movie, after FVB (Aerosmith) sings, and Strawberry Fields (Sandy Farina) falls off of the platform. She lands on her front, but when Billy Shears (Peter Frampton) runs down the stairs to her, she is on her back.

mrslaura

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A Hitch in Time picture

Factual error: In the 1953 sequence when the headmaster is driving Fiona and Paul home, the yellow car parked in the road is a Vauxhall Viva HC, which didn't start production until 1970.

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The Sea Gypsies picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Travis and Jessie investigate what was reflecting sunlight, a Kodiak Bear attacks. When Jessie climbs a tree to get away from the bear, you can see a hand reaching down to help him get out of harm's way. (01:15:00 - 01:16:00)

Regulus

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