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In both Jaws and Deep Blue Sea there is a scene involving a license plate. In Jaws it is removed from the belly of the dead tiger shark. In Deep Blue Sea it is removed from the teeth of a tiger shark.  Not only are both sharks the same but both plates are from Louisiana. The license plate number is the same in both films: 007 o 981 Exp 72-73.  See more...

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Deep Blue Sea (1999) - 59 mistakes

Directed by Renny Harlin, starring Michael Rapaport, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgard, Thomas Jane (add more)

Genres: Action, Horror, Thriller

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Continuity: The man with the cross has a wound on the left hand side of his head.  Later in the movie it has moved down.

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Continuity: At the start of the film when the man is trying to remove the licence plate from the sharks mouth you see a shot of him holding on to the fin on the huge shark from above the water. you can see the man is a good bit away from the mouth of the shark yet when we see the underwater shot he is just finger tips from the license plate.

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Continuity: When Blake and Dr Susan McAlester (Saffron Burrows) emerge to survey the damaged research facility, you can clearly see coastline in the background, although earlier in the movie we see a weather map showing the facility clearly way out in the the ocean.

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Continuity: Look carefully at the licence plate when Blake removes it from the shark's mouth.   It bends and flexes as though it's made out of rubber or even cardboard.  Of course in the next scene when he throws it on the walkway, it's an ordinary licence plate.

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Continuity: When Carter is sitting in front of one of the small hatch-like doors around the time that they were climbing the ladder to escape from the rising water, one can clearly sea that the door is no more than twice the width of Carter (4 feet at most) yet the 45 foot shark about 10 to 12 feet wide seems to have no trouble squeezing through.

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Continuity: At the beginning, when Dr. McAlaster is getting off the helicopter, she is wearing trousers, but when she is talking to Franklin, she is wearing a dress.

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Continuity: When Samuel L Jackson is talking to LL Cool J for the first time, LL Cool J's facial expression changes instantly.

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Factual error: When the rescue helicopter approaches Aquatica, the pilot gives his call sign as "X-ray Alpha two eighteen." Numbers in aviation are read individually; the pilot should have said "X-ray Alpha two one eight."

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Continuity: When the shark rises above water with Jan partially in its mouth, its teeth are in about the level of her waist. As Carter grabs onto Jan, it moves its teeth up to the top of her chest. In the wide shot that follows, though, its teeth are back at her waist, then in the last shot of her being pulled underwater, they are up way higher again, at her chest.

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Continuity: When Preacher says "Leave that to the white folks, brother" to Franklin you can see that Preacher looks rather serious. When it cuts, he is smiling.

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Visible crew/equipment: After Preacher says "Feeding time" and the camera moves toward the window, you can see the camera's shadow down in the left corner of the screen.

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Continuity: When the shark is attacking the oven which the preacher is in, the shark severely damages the oven's glass door. Later, when it cuts to a shot from outside while the shark is bashing against the door, only a few cracks are visible in the glass.

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Continuity: When Preacher, Susan and Carter realise the only way out of Aquatica is to swim and they start filling the room up with water, Preacher holds out his hands to Susan and Carter. Carter then holds his hand out flat for Susan to take, and she puts her hand on top of his. However, in the next shot Susan's hand is on top and Carter's is underneath.

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Revealing: Carter dodges a shark underwater at the end of the film and goes for a ride while holding onto its fin. Watch carefully when you see him from the front, his hair is perfectly blow dried yet he's completely submerged in water.

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Plot hole: Mako sharks have been known to leap out of the water, sometimes into boats. Therefore, it is quite possible, perhaps even more so, for these specialised Makos to jump.

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Revealing: As one of the lab crew is showing Tomas Jane the suspended tiger shark you can see a horizontal line in the water in the background. this is the edge of the water tank used to film the exterior scenes (mentioned in DVD extras).

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Visible crew/equipment: As Preacher and his parrot are about to go up the stairs to a higher level, you can see a wire attached to the parrot.

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Continuity: When we first meet Preacher and he is feeding "Bird" some cream off his finger, the amount of cream on his finger changes between shots.

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Factual error: Without wanting to go into extreme details, the genetics and biochemistry of the entire film is flawed. No geneticist in their right mind would even think about using gene therapy - a technique which is not entirely successful yet - to increase the size of the gland. One would use any of multiple techniques to identify and clone the gene responsible for the protein in question. It is cheaper, more successful, and a lot safer and quicker to do. A copy of the gene could be inserted into E. coli and produced on a mass scale in a beaker on land. After the protein had been isolated it would not be able to be given to patients in a pill form because it would be digested in the gut (like insulin for diabetics).

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