Raising Arizona (1987) - 22 mistakes

Revealing: When H.I. runs away after a robbery, you can see very fresh tire tracks made by the camera car on the wet pavement. The street was deserted, so the tracks couldn't have been from another car.

Continuity: In the scene where the dye pack explodes and Gale wipes off a spot to see H.I. and Ed coming right at them, you can see that H.I. is the one driving when the car swerves. Ed was driving in the previous scene.

Continuity: When Hi, Gale and Evelle are sitting in the trailer talking about robbing the bank, watch the newspaper on Hi's lap. It goes from being folded to being fully opened in his hands between shots.

Visible crew/equipment: When John Goodman and William Forsythe are digging out of prison, they emerge through a hole in the ground in the mud and rain. As they come through the hole, you can see the foam that makes up the top layer of mud that they dig through bend and wobble.

Continuity: In the classic fight scene between the two convicts who escaped jail and Nick Cage, the first shot of the destroyed trailer had Cheetos Puffs all over the floor. In the next scene there are Cheetos Crunchy all over the floor.

Continuity: In the scene where Nic Cage is trying to choose a baby, his tattoo switches from right to left arm and back about four times.

Continuity: Nick & Holly are having lunch outside their trailer with their friends & kids. One of the kids throws jelly at Nick Cage and hits him in the head, and a piece of jelly with a cherry in it falls on his plate. The camera cuts away as Holly and her friend are talking about Paediatricians. Cut back to Cage and the jelly is gone from his plate. Back to Holly then back to Cage shows the jelly is back!

Revealing: As Hi is racing after the baby, a close-up of his tired face driving the brown Caprice shows the gear selector is in "Park".

Continuity: When the guy with the broken nose enters his car you can see the exhaust-fumes on the right, indicating that the engine is already running. But then we clearly hear him start the engine again.

Continuity: When H.I. is standing in front of the old man's truck, it is a Chevrolet. When he is looking forward through the windshield, and later when he flies out of the truck, it is a Dodge.

Continuity: At the end, when H.I. is being dragged out from underneath the pickup, watch the shadows made by the car; they grow longer, then short, then long again.

Continuity: When H.I. (Cage) is running through the grocery store after he robbed the convenience store, the clerk shoots three quick shots at him. But, the gun's only a two barrel shotgun.

Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Nicholas Cage is trying to retrieve a baby from under the crib, when the other baby falls on him, you can see a hand holding it.

Visible crew/equipment: During Hi's dream sequence where he describes the lone biker from hell, at several points you can see the shadow of the camera car on the road and on the bottom left of the screen before the rabbit gets a grenade thrown at it. This is visible on the VHS version.

Continuity: In the scene where HI and his boss are talking about swapping wives, as they are walking and the camera POV is about five feet away looking at them (rolling backwards) you can see the track the camera is rolling on.

Revealing: When Nathan Arizona Sr. first meets the Biker from Hell in his office at the furniture store, listen closely to the traffic driving by outside. It is generated by a music synthesizer.

Continuity: In the scene at the end where Nathan Arizona puts the gun in the baby's crib he does not leave it there. You never see him pick it up but it's in his hand when he leaves the room.

Continuity: After Glenn has informed HI that he will be back to take the baby, he peels off in his station wagon. The tires show a large black patch, free of dust, where it was contacting the ground prior to pulling away. The rest of the tire and car was dust covered.

Continuity: When Hi, Ed and Dot are sitting at the picnic table talking about the baby's education, look at the mustard bottle in front of Dot. It changes position between shots.

Continuity: When the dye packet explodes in the station wagon, the inside shot shows the back windows are only lightly splattered. When seen from outside, the back windows are covered entirely.