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Almost Famous (2000) - 27 mistakes

Directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Anna Paquin, Billy Crudup, Jason Lee, Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit (add more)

Genres: Drama, Music

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Continuity: In the poker scene where Russell loses and has to trade Penny for a case of Heineken, Russell gets up to talk to William. Russell brushes his hair behind his ears, and in the next shot, his hair is down again. His hair goes back and forth the entire scene.

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Plot hole: In the scene when Russell comes to William's house, thinking it is Penny's, confusion ensues as he begins to question where he is. William's sister, Anita, stands there equally confused as she gazes at Russell, looking as if any random person came to the house, showing no signs (neither speechless shock nor excitement) of recognizing the now famous rock star. Her reaction is completely inconsistent with her character given her fervent love for rock 'n roll. Indeed, not only did she serve as the sole catalyst for William's passion for rock 'n roll but she left home earlier in the film because their mother forbade her listening to it. Moreover, she'd just flown home with William following William's long tour with Russell and Stillwater. Thus, there is no credible possibility that she would not recognize Russell, making her reaction wholly inconsistent with her character.

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Continuity: In the scene when Penny is completely out of it because of her OD, she and William are dancing. At one point William's left hand touches her face. We see he is wearing a white dotted shirt that comes down to his wrist. When the shot zooms back out, he is wearing a jacket over that shirt and the sleeves are rolled up to his elbows.

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Continuity: When William is 11 his eye colour is dark brown.  When he is 15 his eye colour blue-green.  You would think the makers would have tried to make the two William characters have the same characteristics.

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Continuity: In the scene toward the end of the movie where William and Anita go home, Elaine comes to meet them on the porch. Will goes inside while Elaine and Anita hug. In the first shot they are hugging cheek to cheek (both faces toward the camera), but the next shot shows them breaking their hug and they are hugging with each chin on the other's shoulder.

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Continuity: In the scene where Penny overdoses, she's wearing calf-high tan boots. She falls over on the couch and dances with William while wearing them. When the doctor rushes in and forces her to vomit in the tub, however, her boots are suddenly gone.

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Continuity: In the scene where Penny and William are at the airport and shes ready to go back home after her overdose, her hair is a complete mess, it looks frizzy and dirty. However when she is shown on the plane a few minutes later, her hair is back to normal, curly and clean, like she just did it.

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