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Escape From New York (1981) - 10 corrections

Directed by John Carpenter, starring Donald Pleasence, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Isaac Hayes, Kurt Russell (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-fi, Thriller

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In Snake's first attempt to rescue the President, he kills a guard with a thrown knife. However, the shots are out of order. First they show the guard reacting to getting knifed and the "thwip" sound of the knife going through the air is overdubbed. Then they cut to Snake actually making the motions to throw the knife. If you look closely you can see that he is making the entire throw in the second shot, his hand is not simply continuing to move after throwing the knife. [The initial sound effect is from the crossbow that the enemy is holding. Watch the arrow carefully.]

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Why on Earth does the President have a British accent? This is an oddity that needed to be explained in the film, but never was. Are we supposed to assume that his parents moved to the U.S. before he was born? If that was the case, he would have lost his accent to a significant degree just from learning grammar/phonics in American schools, hanging around with American friends, etc. He couldn't have been a hermit who would've avoided these types of activities since apparently he was well-known enough to successfully run for President. [Something being unexplained is not a mistake, just an unanswered question. A detailed backstory on the President is unnecessary in the film and would only break up the narrative flow. Many films feature characters with accents either that do not match their supposed background (Kevin Costner as an American-sounding Robin Hood, Sean Connery as a Scottish-accented Russian submarine commander to name but two) or that bear little or no resemblance to an actual accent from the relevant country, to the extent that, as with many other common movie conventions, it is not considered to be a mistake.]

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Snake is supposed to bring the president back in the glider, but where would he sit? The cockpit was barely big enough for Snake to climb in alone. [Since all we see are close up shots of Snake in the glider, there could have been enough room behind him for another passenger.]