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The Meaning of Life (1983) - 32 mistakes

Directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Carol Cleveland, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones (add more)

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Fantasy

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Revealing: When the Indian servant is stabbed in the back by one of the Zulu warriors, we can see that he is wearing something under his jacket to enable the spear to stick to him.

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Other: In the marching up and down the square skit, the guy behind Eric Idle is trying not to laugh.

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Revealing: When Mr. Creosote pukes on the menu, the puke comes out before his mouth opens.

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Visible crew/equipment: At the end where everybody in Heaven is in the play room, one shot pans past the bare-breasted women in helmets. On the last woman, a camera shadow skims past on the back of her helmet.

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Visible crew/equipment: The third time that Mr. Creosote throws up onto the floor and John Cleese calls for the cleaning woman, the pipe that the fake puke comes out of is visible in front of his mouth. Then it retracts afterwards.

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Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the Galaxy Song when they walk out of the stars and back into the house, you can see the thing that they're standing on.

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Continuity: During the parade scene, one of the men says he's learning the piano, and Michael Palin screams at him. In a close shot of MP's face he's screaming into the man's right ear, but in a wider shot it's the left ear.

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Revealing: During the sperm song in the "Miracle of Birth part II" there is one shot where the kids are dancing down the street. Watch the girl at the front on the left. She hesitates and then runs to catch up to the front line. Then when they go round the corner, she has to be moved along by the other kids as she stops to stare at the camera.

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Audio problem: Throughout the Galaxy Song, the mouths don't match some words.

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Audio problem: The young soloist during the "Every Sperm is Sacred" song is missing her two front teeth, but articulates perfectly, even the s's. It's obviously been dubbed.

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Continuity: The third time that Mr. Creosote vomits - watch the table behind him that Graham Chapman is sitting at. They all change positions slightly during the next shot of them. This is most noticeable on the man sitting nearest the camera. In the first shot, he is holding a napkin, in the second shot he isn't.

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Continuity: When the search party are walking through the forest, two Zulu POWs are carrying the injured man's bed at the front, and a guard and the doctor are carrying it at the back. When they come into the clearing, the Zulus are nowhere to be seen and the doctor and the guard are at the front. Whats more, when they start shooting at the "Tiger" the doctor pulls out a gun and starts firing.

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