Superman (1978) - 137 mistakes
Directed by Richard Donner, starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando
Continuity: When leaving the Daily Planet for the first time together Clark gets stuck in the revolving door behind Lois. He lets her go through ahead of him and gets in the next section as the door revolves. Cut to the exterior of the Planet when they emerge (just before they meet Rex Reed) and Clark is in the same section of the revolving door as Lois.
Revealing: When Lois is at the heliport, watch the wind flag on the left: when the helicopter arrives, the roaring wind from the vanes makes the flag move up and get stiff. In the close-ups, you keep on hearing the sound but the vanes are off screen. Watch and you'll see the wind flag is down, thus revealing that the engine is off and that the sound we are hearing is fake. Submitted by Sacha
Other: In the scene where Superman and Lois are flying through the clouds, there are a number of shots in which we see Superman from Lois' point of view. If you look closely, you can see that Christopher Reeve is not being suspended in these shots, but is, in fact, kneeling to look as though he is flying. You can tell by the profile of the red trunks.
Continuity: When Luthor switches the snow machine off, a wide angle shows the chamber totally covered in snow and ice, but the close-up of the vents and the walls surrounding are spotless. Submitted by Sacha
Continuity: The telephone poles close to the gap on the railroad disappear in the wide angles. Submitted by Sacha
Continuity: By the cradle, Jor-El and her wife are standing a couple meters apart. In the next shot they appear closer together. Submitted by Sacha
Continuity: In the extended version, when Superman talks with his father in the Fortress of Solitude about being a hero, one shot shows the crystals reaching up to Superman's waist. In the next shot they are at ankle level. Submitted by Sacha
Continuity: Liz places her kitty on her right shoulder and on the next shot the cat's gone. Submitted by Sacha
Continuity: When Jimmy is rescued by Clark in the Hoover Dam, Jimmy's hair during the flight is way longer than when he was hanging. Submitted by Sacha
Continuity: In the football field, all the player pass in front of Clark and leave him alone. In the next angle a player is passing by again. Submitted by Sacha
Continuity: When Ms. Teschmaker rests her arm on the file cabinet, a white roll of paper appears and disappears. Submitted by Sacha
Continuity: When the train is about to derail, we see a bunch of goats and donkeys under the bridge, with a kid dressed in jeans and a blue shirt, and a bearded man with a white jacket. When the shot changes, the man is wearing the kids' clothes and the boy has vanished. Submitted by Sacha
Continuity: When the young soldier is about to reanimate Ms. Teschmaker his helmet is behind her arm. When the Captain lifts him up the helmet appears one meter away from the arm. Submitted by Sacha
You may also like: Superman II | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Superman III | Superman Returns | Star Wars
