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Around the World in 80 Days (2004) - 27 mistakes

These mistakes are currently being ordered by time. Entries without times will appear at the end.

Directed by Frank Coraci, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ewen Bremner, Ian McNeice, Jackie Chan, Jim Broadbent, Steve Coogan (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Western

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Mistake Continuity: In the beginning when Passepartout has come crashing out of the window with the chair, the pillows on the chair change position between the shots.

Mistake Continuity: In the beginning when Passepartout escapes the policemen, there is a couple moving away from the fence. When it cuts to the policeman stopping, the couple moves away from the fence again.

Mistake Continuity: In the beginning when the old man gives Fogg the helmet, the tip of the helmet points down. When it cuts to a wide shot the tip of the helmet points up with no time for Fogg to turn it around.

Mistake Continuity: When the old valet has left Fogg, Fogg gets on his knees. It cuts to Passepartout beginning to fall off the tree, then when it cuts again Fogg is suddenly standing.

Mistake Continuity: After Passepartout has fallen off the tree and landed in front of Fogg, there's a broken twig on his back. When it cuts to him getting up, the twig is suddenly gone.

Mistake Continuity: When Passepartout is flying down the street with the equipment on his back, he crashes through a painting. When his head goes through the painting, a piece of it rips and hangs under his chin. When it cuts to a wide shot, the piece is gone.

Mistake Continuity: Passepartout crashes into a light post and lands right next to it. When it cuts to Fogg getting to him, he is suddenly a foot or two away from it.

Mistake Continuity: Arriving at the Royal Academy of Science, there is a wide shot where Lord Kelvin is giving a speech. He is leaning against the lectern with his left hand. When it cuts to a closer shot, his hands are together.

Mistake Visible crew/equipment: Inside the Royal Academy of Science, when the camera zooms in on General Fang's amulet, the reflection of the camera can be seen in it.

Mistake Continuity: When Passepartout takes the little red book from Fogg, his grip on it changes between shots. First his left hand holds the top left corner of the book and his right hand the bottom right corner. In the next shot, it's the opposite.

Mistake Continuity: After Passepartout has written the letter to his father, he picks up the jaded Buddha. He is startled by the phone ringing, drops the Buddha, and catches it with its head pointing down. When it cuts, its head is pointing up instead.

Mistake Continuity: When Passepartout and Fogg arrive at The Royal Academy of Science explaining about breaking the speed barrier, Lord Kelvin asks where his authorization is and mocks Fogg while laughing and lowering his right arm. When it cuts, his arm is back up to his stomach.

Mistake Continuity: When Passepartout and Fogg are arguing with the ticket seller about the train and Passepartout spots the Asian thugs, there is a shot that shows Passepartout's face and in the background you can see the ticket seller putting his cigarette to his mouth. Then it cuts and Fogg says "What?" and we see the man putting the cigarette in his mouth again.

Mistake Continuity: Passepartout, Fogg and La Roche come climbing up the drain after escaping the Chinese thugs, Fogg places his cane right by the opening. When it cuts, the cane is further away from the opening.

Mistake Continuity: When Passepartout is pursuing the air-balloon the jumps over a wall and lands on some sacks, making one of the sacks fall to the ground. When the thugs jumps over the same wall and runs away the sack is nowhere in sight.

Mistake Continuity: When Passepartout accidentally drops the Policeman out the window of the train, he falls to the right, you even hear him go to the right, but when the camera backs out, the train's engine is to the right, according to the way the guy fell, it should have been going the other way.

Mistake Continuity: On the train to Agra when Passepartout is telling the story about Wong Fei Hung to the kids we see Fogg looking in a book. A close-up shows a pen and a magnifying glass on the book. But when it cuts to a wide shot both items are gone.

Mistake Continuity: When Passepartout grabs the hot kettle and burns his hands, he throws it to the floor. A few shots later the kettle has changed position on the floor and the suitcase he threw away a few shots earlier has suddenly appeared beside the kettle.

Mistake Continuity: On board the S.S. Carmen when Fogg says "By these calculations I still be behind by one day" you can see a man climbing in the ropes behind them. When it cuts to the steamer captain the man in the ropes is gone.

Mistake Deliberate "mistake": When Prince Hapi says that Monique should be his seventh wife, she says "you have seven wives?" and he confirms. Actually if she is supposed to be his seventh wife he only has got six wives by now.

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