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The Graduate (1967) - 72 mistakes

Directed by Mike Nichols, starring Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman

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Mistake Continuity: Before Mr. Braddock introduces Benjamin at his birthday party we get a good look at the lawn chairs on the left of the screen and they're all in the shade. Several shots later when Benjamin finally comes out in his Scuba gear the lawn chairs are in the sunlight. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Visible crew/equipment: Benjamin brings up Mrs. Robinson's purse and she says, "All right then put it in Elaine's room" and the shadow of the camera man's head can be seen on the right of the screen on the door. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Continuity: Benjamin says, "I'm going home now" and the red and white plastic ornament above Elaine's bed is casting a shadow on the large "R" behind her head board. In the next shot the lighting is different and there is no shadow. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Continuity: Benjamin and Mrs. Robinson have a rendezvous and while they're in bed he tries to get her to talk about her life and her husband. If you look closely at the top of the nightstand to her right there's only a pack of cigarettes and the switch to turn off the lamp. They speak in the dark for a few seconds that she turns the light back on and the nightstand is full of all sorts of other stuff that wasn't there before. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Continuity: The two large black liquor bottles that we saw on the left of Mrs. Robinson's bar have been moved several feet to the right as Mr. Robinson pours Benjamin a nightcap. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Continuity: Benjamin calls Mrs. Robinson from the Taft Hotel lobby and asks her to meet him for a drink. At first he's standing in a dark phone booth then in the next shot as he walks out the area is all lit up. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Continuity: Benjamin brings up Mrs. Robinson's purse who says, "Put it in Elaine's room, where we were". He proceeds to put it next to a vase on the first shelf to the right of her picture. We've seen this shelf a few seconds before and all that was there was a cup and a pink basket that are now gone. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Continuity: After Mrs. Robinson corners him in Elaine's room, Benjamin runs down stairs and picks up his drink just before Mr. Robinson walks through the front door. When we saw the drink earlier as he put it down just before they went up to see Elaine's picture, it was half full, now it's empty with a few ice cubes in it. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Continuity: The hotel desk clerk sends Benjamin over to the Singleman party and he speaks to Mr. Singleman and the other people at the door. He turns around to leave and in the next shot the people he was talking to are gone. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Visible crew/equipment: As Mrs. Robinson sits at the bar, Benjamin says, "You really didn't think I'd do something like that?" and you can see the shadow of a crew member's head moving behind the bar. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Continuity: Mr. Robinson pours Benjamin a scotch and puts the large black liquor bottle back down facing outward the same way as the other one. As Mr. Robinson hands him his drink Benjamin says, "thank you, thank you very much" and if you look closely at the label the black bottle of scotch has been rotated 90 degrees to the left and is no longer facing them. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Continuity: As Mr. McGuire and Benjamin walk out of the kitchen to the pool area to speak, the dark red lipstick mark on his cheek left by Joanna when she kissed him is now gone. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Visible crew/equipment: As they walked out of Benjamin's room to go downstairs to the party the shadow of the boom mike can be seen moving across the left side of the hall way. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Continuity: Mrs. Robinson barges into Benjamin's room and he stands up as she walks in. The fish in the tank are all at the side closest to him but in the next shot it looks as though there's no fish in the tank at all. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Visible crew/equipment: As Benjamin and his parents go downstairs to the party the film jumps as the cameraman accidentally hits the door while walking in front of them as they leave the room. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Visible crew/equipment: In the beginning of the movie Benjamin talks to his father in his room before he and his parents go downstairs to the party. As they walk out of his room the shadow of a cameraman can be seen on the left of the door. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Continuity: Mr. McGuire asks to speak to Benjamin and takes him through the kitchen where some other people are talking with drinks in their hands. The woman kisses him on the cheek and the man puts his arm around his back but in the next shot they're not even close to him. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Continuity: Mrs. Robinson barges into Benjamin's room thinking it's the bathroom and the door is touching the wall behind it. In the next shot the door has been moved out about eight inches from the wall behind it. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Visible crew/equipment: Before Benjamin and his parents go downstairs to the party the camera shadow can be seen on his mother's back as she helps him put on his jacket. (Time) Submitted by ????

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Mistake Deliberate "mistake": When we look toward the bar, Mrs. Robinson's calf is well below the edge of the bar. In the next classic shot of Benjamin filmed from behind the bar through Mrs. Robinson's bent leg, her calf is above the bar. (Time) Submitted by ????

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