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Romancing the Stone (1984) - 37 mistakes

Directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Danny DeVito, Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance

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Revealing: When Michael Douglas attempts to swing on a vine over a deep abyss, the (fake) rock that he runs into on the other side gives like a marshmallow.

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Continuity: When Ralph drives off with Zolo in the car and turns around in the road, the bus passengers are shown further up the road. However, once the car is in forward motion, they are not seen again.

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Continuity: When Joan tries to cross the gorge on the decrepit bridge the distance of planks on this bridge differs largely, depending on the camera angle.

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Continuity: Before Joan and Jack go down the waterfall in Ralph's car they are seen heading for the sliding roof to get out. In the next, wide shot a split second later they are hanging on to the sides.

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Continuity: When Jack and Joan finally get to Cartagena he gives her a necklace when they are at dinner. When he is holding the necklace in his hand it looks like a bead necklace. Then when he puts it on her it is a totally different kind of necklace.

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Continuity: When Jack goes down the mud slide he loses his hat. In the next shot the hat is back on his head.

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Continuity: When Zolo stops Ralph's car he shows him a police ID. The way he holds up the ID differs completely, depending on the camera angle.

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Factual error: When Ralph's Renault R4 goes head on into the shallow and rocky river it emerges without a dent.

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Audio problem: When the military asks Jack where the heart is, after he replies it's in a safe place, another guard uses his rifle to hit him in the groin - the hit is clearly fake.

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Continuity: When Joan and her editor wait for a cab to take her to the airport it is snowing in some camera angles, in others not. Her jacket is either dry or wet correspondingly.

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Revealing: It's quite visible that the vine Jack uses to cross the gorge is a rope.

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Continuity: When Jack is digging for the stone his front hair is dangling loosely, but in all frontal shots when he looks at Joan it's stuck to his forehead.

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Continuity: After Joan and Jack jump out of the car in the waterfall, Jack exits the water, stands on a rock, and waves at Joan. When the angle changes he is coming out again, repeating all the movements.

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Continuity: When Jack and Joan's Renault takes a nose-dive in the river, Elaine's hair is dry and fluffy in the angles shot from behind, but drenched in water in the ones shot from the front.

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Revealing: After Jack crosses the bridge, the guards shout "No los alcanzaremos" in a very obvious Mexican accent, revealing that the movie was not shot in Colombia.

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Continuity: After zooming through the cornfield in the SUV, the windshield swaps from dry and clean to covered in water between frames.

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Continuity: Joan asks the bus driver where her blue suitcase is and takes her left hand to brush her hair. When the angle changes, the hand is down holding her bag firmly.

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Continuity: When the people step off the crashed bus, depending on the shot they're either outside the bus or coming out again. Furthermore, once outside, their positions change randomly depending on the shot.

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Continuity: After Joan's bus crashes, the parrot on the jeep keeps changing positions in every single shot.

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Continuity: When the bus crashes, the sign on its roof falls, yet when the angle changes it's back on its place.

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