Best fantasy movie mistakes of 1996

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The Nutty Professor picture

Visible crew/equipment: At the party towards the end, Sherman leaves and Carla comes after him. As she runs toward him, the battery pack slides down her leg.

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Matilda picture

Factual error: It is stated that Miss Trunchbull competed in the Olympics in shot put, javelin, and hammer throw. According to her jersey those were the 1972 Olympics. The hammer throw wasn't added as an Olympic event for women until 2000.

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Mars Attacks! picture

Other mistake: When the general passes the clipboard to the President to sign the nuclear release, the clipboard is actually upside-down. (00:55:55)

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Michael picture

Revealing mistake: In many scenes, particularly the dance scene in the bar, Michael's wings disappear and/or reappear. If you look closely throughout the movie, his wings are often completely gone.

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Dragonheart picture

Continuity mistake: When Bowen first catches up to Draco under the waterfall, he is completely soaked as he stands there and talks to him. Draco takes off flying and Bowen goes after him on his horse and is now completely dry, hair and all.

MCKD

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The Craft picture

Continuity mistake: Before Bonnie's operation to remove her scars they can be seen across her back and down one arm, yet in at least two scenes before the operation she is seen wearing sleeveless or very short sleeved tops with no scars visible.

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Phenomenon picture

Continuity mistake: When John Travolta is showing the young boy how to tighten the air filter top, he makes sure the boy gives the wing nut an extra twist. Next he notices a car coming up the road and he leaves. When the FBI agent comes over and looks inside the hood of the truck, the air filter top is again off, the air filter is out and the carburetor is exposed.

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The Frighteners picture The Frighteners mistake picture

Visible crew/equipment: Outside the chapel, when Frank backs into the pedestal the statue begins to topple over. In the shot facing up, as the pedestal falls and Frank puts his arms out to catch the statue, the wires used in this stunt are perfectly visible. (01:35:05)

Super Grover

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The Crow: City of Angels picture

Factual error: Throughout the movie, we can hear Ash's motorcycle shift gears, but we can see that his hands never disengage the clutch, a must do for a smooth shift like we hear.

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Aladdin and the King of Thieves picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Jasmine is about to walk down the isle for the first time, birds fly down with a white carpet. In the shot where Jasmine walks down the isle, the carpet is gone.

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Joe's Apartment picture

Continuity mistake: When the roaches are watching Joe and Lily make out on the couch, there are a few roaches swinging in the lamp. When the lamp tips over onto Lily, there are far more roaches that spill onto her than were on the lamp.

luchador

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Hellraiser: Bloodline picture

Revealing mistake: When Le Merchant is offended by his wife's comments and puts the Lament Box into the travel chest, a section of the gold veneer on it has bent upwards.

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James and the Giant Peach picture

Continuity mistake: Throughout the flight with the seagulls attached to the peach stem, the length of the peach stem gets shorter and then longer and then shorter again.

rabid anarchist

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Wish Upon a Star picture

Audio problem: There is a scene when Alexia eats a muffin. On the first bite, it makes a sound as if it was hard.

Dr Wilson

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The Wind in the Willows picture

Continuity mistake: During Toad's walk on the road dressed in a tealady's dress, when the camera is at his feet, his green tights are pulled down to the shoe, but when Toad puts his foot on the stone sign his tights are all the way back up his legs.

drwhoben

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Leprechaun 4: In Space picture

Revealing mistake: When the Leprechaun gets sucked into space, he grabs onto the edges of the cargo bay's doors. You can see pieces of his hands disappear into the doors, showing that it's CG.

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