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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 99 mistakes

Directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Dee Wallace-Stone, Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas (add more)

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-fi

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Continuity: When Elliott asks Mike about joining the Dungeons and Dragons game, Steve turns his head toward Elliott. In the next shot Steve is staring down at the kitchen table instead.

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Continuity: While escaping from the cops, right before ET makes the bike fly, Elliot is pedalling standing away from the seat, half a meter above ET's head. A frame later, from the front angle, he is seating, his head at ET's level.

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Other: When one the bikers escaping from the cops cries "We made it!", 15 men appear from the each side. Plus, there's a dozen or so police cars in front, as it is later revealed. Although this adds up for more action and suspense, it is absurd to believe neither he nor any of Elliot and Mike's friends saw none of them.

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Continuity: When the van enters the playground, the 3 friends and their bikes are parallel to each other. A frame later, the guy with a red cap is several meters behind.

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Continuity: The van reaches the playground, skids and white chunks fall off the rear, covering the grass. When the angle changes, the grass is clean and the chunks are falling down again, though much less amount than before.

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Continuity: When the van enters the playground, a woman in blue walking by the curb suddenly disappears in the following angle.

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Continuity: At the end, when ET tells Gertie to be good, the plant disappears, only to reappear in the next angle.

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Continuity: Elliot shows ET where home is and a close-up shows ET's hands very close together fidgeting with a red object. When the angle changes, the hands are way apart, and the object is gone.

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Continuity: When Elliot opens the solar system book, ET's finger is on the edge of the page. A frame later it's several inches above.

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Continuity: When Elliot opens the book with the solar system, the book pages are folded, yet a frame later, from a different angle, the book is opened wide.

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Audio problem: When Elliot frees the frogs and cries "I gotta save you, I gotta let you go!", his lips aren't moving.

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Visible crew/equipment: When drunken ET is about to grab the comic book, watch the microwave door. Right before the angle cuts, someone's moving shadow is reflected.

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Continuity: When Elliot burps, the pencil on his desk disappears between shots. Also, the paper swaps from laying on the edge to several centimeters away.

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Continuity: When ET grabs the potato salad the position of his fingers differs between the first and second shot.

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Other: When ET walks to the fridge, there's a shot of Elliot's classroom with the camera moving towards him. Watch the chubby kid on the right, who can't help staring at the camera for a brief second.

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Continuity: When ET meets Yoda, a group a kids crossing the street from left to right followed by a nurse suddenly appear out of nowhere.

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Continuity: When Gertie tells her mom "Mommy he can talk!" the remote control she was holding a second ago disappears.

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Continuity: When drunken ET drags a blanket filled with stuff behind the TV, the type of stuff changes when the mother arrives home.

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Continuity: When Elliot and ET are in the bathroom and the phone rings, the chord changes positions between the wide and close-up angles.

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Continuity: When Gertie replies she's going to Elliot's room, she swaps from holding her trolley with one hand to two.

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