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The Replacements (2000) - 26 mistakes

Directed by Howard Deutch, starring Gene Hackman, Keanu Reeves (add more)

Please note: The movie is notset in 1987. It is not based on the 1987 players strike, other than the fact that in 1987 there was a players strike and they used replacements. At no point does the movie say "Based on a True Story", nor do they EVER reveal the year to be 1987. Similarly, this movie is not set in the NFL, but rather an unnamed fictional league (much like in "Any Given Sunday"). They never mention the NFL, you never see the NFL logo. Therefore, any "mistake" which references a NFL rule or team is not a mistake at all, since the rules and teams in this fictional league may be different from the NFL.

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Mistake Continuity: When Nigel, the welsh place kicker for the Sentinels, sets up to make his first field goal for 65 yards, he is shown in a close-up with his helmet chin-strap buckled properly. The camera cuts away from him to the ball, then back to him where his chin-strap is dangling loose on his helmet, cuts away again to the ball, and finally back to him a third time where his chin-strap is once again buckled properly.

Mistake Continuity: During the last game he slides into the endzone and when he stops the centre of his body is clearly on a border of green field and grey field. But when the shot changes to a different camera he is nowhere close to any green field.

Mistake Continuity: In the last Game after number 81 drops a long pass, they proceed to go out on the field to try the same play again. However when they start the next play the ball has been spotted at the 3 yard line, and when Keanu Reeves makes his second pass to 81, it is clearly at least 20 yards.

Mistake Continuity: During one of the film's inspirational moments, Gene Hackman writes in very large letters the word FEAR.  Pay close attention to the E in FEAR specifically the bottom straight line that makes the E. At one point, the bottom line on the E appears normal straight, at another point it has a distinctive curve on the bottom line that makes the E. Obviously, this scene was filmed over two different days and the word FEAR was written in two different ways.

Mistake Continuity: In the scene after the first game where a fan is complaining on radio about the team and the camera is panning Washington the cars in the scene are going backwards on the freeway and streets.

Mistake Continuity: For the final touchdown, Keanu throws the ball really far for the deaf guy to catch. And when the deaf guy catches it he falls just over the line, yet in the next scene he's way past the line, but still lying on the ground.

Mistake Continuity: Number 12 from San Diego was standing on the side lines when the cheerleaders were doing their sexy dance. The next second #12 is quarterbacking.

Mistake Continuity: After halftime of the last game is over, Shane Falco is seen making a remarkable entrance onto the field. In one shot we see him running through the endzone to get to his team's sideline. In the next shot you can see he's already there, then it switches back to him in the endzone.

Mistake Continuity: When Nigel is kicking one of his field goals, you can see the Jumbotron in the background. The entire time, (even during the kick) the Jumbotron is on Danny Bateman, who is on the sideline. The Jumbotron should be showing Nigel as he makes his kick.

Mistake Continuity: When the players are in the locker room when the coach talks about FEAR if you look at the play with the letter C by it under the play, it says Z but when he talks about FEAR it's gone.

Mistake Continuity: When Nigel, the Welsh place kicker for the Sentinels, sets up to make his field goal for 65 yards he is seen flicking his cigarette off to his right. The scene changes to the bar (where you see him flick it again on the T.V.) then back to the field and you can see the cigarette back in his right hand.

Mistake Continuity: During the fight in the bar, the welsh kicker hits one guy in his best parts and grabs the guy by his hair afterwards. The camera switches from in front of the kicker to behind him. Now his hands are nowhere hear his head/hair and there wasn't enough time to let go of the other guy's head.

Mistake Continuity: In the first game that they play, the Sentinels receive the kickoff, the shot of the guy catching the ball was from a far away view, then on the next kick off its an up close view of the player catching the ball but if you notice, the player does the exact same thing in both catches. Which means that they put the same catch in there, just different views of it.

Mistake Continuity: In the final game against Dallas, Falco arrives at halftime. The Sentinels are on offense to start the 2nd half and they proceed to get several unnecessary roughness penalties on them, which puts the offense's back against their own goal line. The problem is, in the following camera shot it shows Coach McGinty (Gene Hackman) on the sideline standing beside Falco (the quarterback), but Falco is supposed to be on the field with the offense. The very next camera shot shows Falco lining up behind the offensive line getting ready to run the next play, after the penalty.

Mistake Continuity: During the first game, one of the coaches says "They are running us up the middle too much". Yet they have not run a play yet. And the next play is a run, straight up the middle.

Mistake Continuity: Near the beginning of the film, number 56 (The player who tackled everybody) cut the top of his nose in a game. A closeup of his face shows this. The camera cuts away and shows a few other things. Then it shows him talking to the coach and you see blood running down the side of his nose, but the gash has mysteriously disappeared. During the bar fight, the cut has completely healed, then when they're in the locker room getting the "pep-talk," his nose is again cut and taped up.

Mistake Continuity: When Franklin is body slammed after asking the Dallas player for an autograph, he has grass chunks in his helmet. After the play is over, it shows him again (lying in the same position, indicating he hadn't moved a muscle), but the grass is gone.

Mistake Continuity: In the part where Reeves pulls into a parking space and he is met by a group of men, they flip his pick up truck on its side. Then his team mates shoot out the windows of one of the mens car. They then flip the pick up truck back over. The mirror on the drivers side is intact, but should have been crushed.

Mistake Visible crew/equipment: During the middle of the movie, when the team is gathered into a room and spoken to, watch the top of the screen, you can see a microphone slowly protruding into the picture and then go back up.

Mistake Continuity: In the beginning during the game, Washington towned the kick off in the endzone. Starting at the 20 yard line, they received two delay of game penalties. This should of put them on the 10 yard line but instead they start on the 6 or 7 yard line.

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