The 20 biggest mistakes in Jurassic Park

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Haley Joel Osment suggested to Steven Spielberg that his character (David) should not blink. Spielberg agreed and went further to suggest that none of the androids should blink. See more...

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Directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, William Hurt (add more)

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-fi

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Revealing: In the swimming pool scene, when David is sitting at the bottom of the pool, you can clearly see a scab on one of his knees.

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Continuity: After the pool incident when David is writing letters. Monica is looking over the letters that David has written. There's a point where you can see that she's still holding at least 2-3 sheets of paper but when the camera shifts back to the writing there's only one in her hand. There should be more than one paper in her hand.

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Audio problem: When Monica runs back upstairs to see what David did to her perfume bottle, the sounds of the footsteps on the stairs don't sync up with the steps we see her taking.

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Continuity: When David smashes his robot, the first blast turns the head to the right, but half a second later it's turned to the left.

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Continuity: In the forest, the mother says, "Only with the Meca you'll be safe", then David's hand swaps from grabbing her arm to her shoulder.

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Continuity: When the doctor takes out the chip filled with spinach, the amount of food on it differs between shots.

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Audio problem: When Henry asks David why he was going to cut Monica's hair, the sound is out of sync with his mouth.

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Continuity: In the scene where they are operating on David after he ate the spinach, if you look closely, you'll see that the little electronic gadget that pops out of David's torso comes out three different times.

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Continuity: The poem displayed in Dr. Know's booth and the one on the door in Manhattan are slightly different. Dr. Know displays the line "waters and the wild" whereas the poem on the door read "waters of the wild."

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Continuity: They show David staring at the silver dancers dangling above his bed in which he sees his reflection. Next shot shows him down too low to be seeing his reflection. Also, there is a sound of a wind chime, however the silver dancers are not touching to make the sound.

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Continuity: After smashing his robot, David stares at Hobby. David's jacket is closed, yet a frame later it's wide open.

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Continuity: During the snow, the shattered body of the Fairy disappears in the aerial shot, yet reappears in the next immediate shot.

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Continuity: When the frozen Fairy shatters, part of her legs and waist remain standing. When David is touched by the alien, half a second later, those remains are completely different.

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Continuity: When David exits the helicopter, the right leg of his pants swaps from soaking wet to dry.

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Continuity: After smashing his robot, David is comforted by Hobby, who extends his left arm. When the angle changes, he repeats the previous movement.

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Continuity: When David kills his robot, its position on the floor plus the mess around changes between shots.

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Continuity: When stranding David, the mother cries, "I gotta leave", and then her hand swaps from resting on his shoulder with extended fingers, to clutching his shoulder, between shots.

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Continuity: When David resurrects his mother, he moves her hair away from the left side of her face. On the next shot, her hairstyle is completely different.

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Continuity: About to strand David, his mother stops the car for a brief second. When she continues driving, a large amount of debris has appeared on the road.

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Continuity: When David is drawing and his mother arrives, the position of the chair changes between shots.

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