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Steel Magnolias (1989) - 27 mistakes

Directed by Herbert Ross, starring Daryl Hannah, Dolly Parton, Dylan McDermott, Julia Roberts, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Sam Shepard, Shirley MacLaine, Tom Skerritt (add more)

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Continuity: In the scene where Ouiser sits and lets out a belch, if you look in the mirror, you can catch her laughing.

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Continuity: At the wedding, Darryl Hanna's glass of coke is full when it's poured, but the level's lower when it's handed to her.

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Continuity: During the scene that Truvy is styling Shelby's hair for the wedding, we see Truvy start taking the rollers out of the left side of Shelby's hair. The camera then goes to another character and when it comes back Truvy is again taking the rollers out of the left side of Shelby's hair while the rollers on the right side are now out.

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Continuity: When you see Shirley MacLaine laughing in the mirror after she belches at Truvy's, you can also see that her hat is back on her head, after she's taken it off and laid it on the chair.

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Continuity: In the scene where the women are putting the Easter eggs into the trunk, the first shot shows Annelle placing cartons into an almost full trunk. It is also shown that there are many more on the hood of the car. When Ouiser shows up, Annelle continues to place them in the trunk. There was no more possible room in the trunk to hold all of the cartons that were on the hood.

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Visible crew/equipment: As Ousier's dog's leash snaps and the dog runs off, a wire can briefly be seen attached to the dog's collar.

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Continuity: When Shelby gets out the bath and is talking to Jackson you can see her neck and face is wet, but in the next shot, as she turns around she's perfectly dry.

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Continuity: When Ouiser is trying to tie up her dog and hold it back, between shots her handbag repeatedly goes from hanging on her arm to laying on the floor.

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Continuity: When walking by Truvy's beauty spot, Annelle has a tissue in her hand. In a wide shot she folds it up with both hands, but in the next closeup, it's unfolded in her left hand.

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Continuity: When the boys put an ice cube down Mama's back, you can see the ice cube fall out of her shirt. She then still pretends there's ice down her back, asking Shelby to get it out.

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Continuity: In the scene at Truvy's before Shelby's wedding, Shirley MacLaine shows up with her dog, which she ties to the tree in a standard single knot (like that's going to hold a St. Bernard). When Drum shoots the firecrackers into the trees at the birds, you see the dog become agitated and break the leash, which is no longer tied, but secured around the tree by slipping the length of leash through the handle part.

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Continuity: When we see Truvy styling Shelby's hair for the wedding, her hair changes dramatically as the camera cuts between Shelby and the people she's conversing with.

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Revealing: In the scene where Shelby goes into kidney failure and is passed out on the stairs of her home, Jackson runs over to her and grabs her up. Looking closely, you can see Shelby hold her head up. If she were really unconscious, her head would fall back as Jackson sweeps her up into his arms.

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Continuity: In the scene where Julia Roberts' character is getting a manicure before her kidney transplant, she sets her arm up on the table. The camera cuts away and the next shot of her shows her putting her arm on the table, again.

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Continuity: In the scene at Shelby's reception when the whole crowd of guests are dancing to "On the Bayou," at one point everyone gathers around a particular couple who are burning up the dance floor. If you look at the crowd gathered as the shots change from different angles, Dolly Parton and Olympia Dukakis, among others, are in different places each time.

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Continuity: At Truvy's, during the diabetic attack. The juice glass that Sally Fields is trying to force down Shelby (Julia Roberts) changes levels during the different cuts, but nobody refills the glass.

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Continuity: When Julia Roberts' character Shelby has a diabetic attack in Truvy's shop, she is given a glass of orange juice, and she shakes so much that she spills about half the glass. But when Daryl Hannah grabs some paper towels and goes to clean it up, there's at least 2 glasses' worth of juice on the floor.

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Continuity: In the scene where Shelby is getting her hair done before her wedding, she begins to have a diabetic attack. Sally Field lifts up the hair dryer she is under...then in the next shot, you can see her lift it again.

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Continuity: In the wedding scene, when Drum Walks Shelby down the aisle, Clarie walks across the church doorway twice, once in the long shot, and again in Drum and Shelby's close-up.

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Continuity: After Shelby dies, her mother (Sally Field) goes to pick up Jack Jr. While he is running to her, in one scene he has a toy in his hand, the next he doesn't and when Sally Field picks him up, he has it again.

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