Visible crew/equipment: After Bobby is pushed off the cliff by Grace, towards the end of the shot of him rolling on the rocks, a black pad is visible under his shirt and attached to his trousers which was used for the stunt.
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U Turn (1997) - 31 mistakes
Directed by Oliver Stone, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Claire Danes, Jennifer Lopez, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn (add more)
Visible crew/equipment: In one shot of Bobby laying on his back, after being pushed off the cliff, his shirt is open at the bottom and a long black microphone wire running up his chest is visible.
Visible crew/equipment: In one shot of Grace having sex with Jake, underwear is visible on her hip.
Revealing: After Grace pushes Bobby off of the cliff, in some shot's the Sheriff's dead body breathes.
Continuity: Between shots Grace goes from walking backwards to forwards, when meeting Bobby for the second time.
Revealing: As Bobby drives along the dirt roads at the start of the film, in one shot when the camera is filming inside the car, you can clearly see the gear is in park position yet the car is "driving."
Continuity: When Grace is sitting at the edge of the cliff, talking to Bobby, in the wideshots you can see that there is no gun next to Jake on the rocks. The gun then appears when Bobby looks over at Jake and notices it.
Visible crew/equipment: Metal clamp and wires attached to the vulture near the start of the movie.
Continuity: When Bobby strangles Grace to death, after strangling her, you can see Grace's arm by her side, yet in the following overhead wideshot both her arms are far out away from her side
Continuity: When Bobby is having sex with Grace, in some shots his shirt is dry and in others it is wet with sweat.
Visible crew/equipment: In the opening credits after the car radiator bursts, in one shot the shadow of a high crane filming the overhead shot is very visible.
Continuity: When Bobby is in the diner, he is given his bottle of beer. In the two shots before the Sheriff drops the pot of coffee between the shots Bobby's bottle of beer moves it's location on the diner bar.
Visible crew/equipment: When the shopkeeper shoots the second robber, as he flies backwards you can see a long black wire coming from out his shirt.
Revealing: When Bobby pushes Jake's dead body down the cliff, it's blatantly obvious it is a dummy. You can easily tell by the way the limbs move and flex about.
Visible crew/equipment: When Jake says "your just like your mama, always scared of things," the shadow of a boom mike is clearly cast on the wall behind Grace.
Visible crew/equipment: Reflected in the phone as Bobby speaks to Grace.
Continuity: As Bobby falls from the cliff, his sunglasses fall off his face twice between shots.
Continuity: Grace's legs change position while she is lying dead at the bottom of the cliff.
Continuity: Jake's arm changes position while he is lying dead at the bottom of the cliff.
Continuity: When the Sheriff pulls up there is a shot from inside his car showing that the rear window is wound down nearly all the way. As he drives away, the rear window is fully up.
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