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Grease (1978) - 44 corrections

Directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Jeff Conaway, John Travolta, Kelly Ward, Michael Tucci, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing (add more)

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance

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In the scene where the T-Birds pull up at Frenchy's the night of the slumber party, the front porch is all along the front of the house & there is nothing in the yard. But when Sandy goes outside and is singing Hopelessly Devoted, it's a small little corner porch and there is a swimming pool in the yard. [Sandy goes out onto the BACK porch to sing, not the front porch, that's why they look totally different. That's where you'd also be most likely to find a small swimming pool and I can't imagine Sandy wanting to go out onto the front in her nightgown in the middle of the night.]
Edit Corrected by romaaron
During the cafeteria scene in the beginning, Patty comes along and Frenchy rests her head on her left hand with her elbow on the table. The shot changes after Rizzo says "It's the biggest thrill of my life" and Frenchy's head is instantly no longer resting on her hand, and her elbow is off the table. [During the moment the camera cut to Rizzo saying her line, Frenchy could have easily moved her hand. It takes only a second.]
Edit Corrected by SAZOO1975
During the song Summer Lovin', Rizzo lies down on her side on a picnic bench and puts on sunglasses. In the next shot, when she kicks Sandy and another girl off the bench, the sunglasses are off. In the following shot, they are on again. [The camera is not always on her. Who is to say she didn't take her glasses off then put them back on? People tend to do this.]
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During the dream car dance sequence, look at the many wires guiding the engine as it is lowered into the car with Danny riding on it. Also, notice the size of the white hook and chain. In the next shot, when the engine is in place and the chain is going up, it is a much smaller hook and the chain jumps around like a plastic prop. [Like you said. A dream sequence. They were imagining what the car would look like. Nothing they showed in the song sequence actually took place.]
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During the race at thunder road just before the car that Danny is driving leaps he drives through a puddle splashing the camera lens. [Having water splash onto the lens could well be intentional by the director (and therefore not a mistake). The concept is known as 'breaking the fourth wall', and is sometimes used to help bring the audience into the action.]
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In the soda shop scene where Sandy and Danny are at the jukebox, the reflection of the boom mic is clearly visible in the chrome part of the jukebox. [This post just isn't true. I watched that scene frame by frame, and I see nothing.]
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When Kenickie is first shown, he has two charms on his necklace. One is a small square one, the other is a star inside a circle. The camera cuts to Zuko, then when it cuts back to Kenickie, the square charm is gone. It reappears in a couple of scenes later in the movie, then disappears again. [The smaller charm is hidden behind the star in the circle charm, whenever two charms are worn on the same necklace, one is normally behind the other unless spacers are used.]
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When Sandy is in her cheerleading outfit, her hair is pulled back at the top of her head in a ponytail. The ponytail is very long. Yet, in the rest of the movie, her hair is short. [Actually, every time her hair is up in a ponytail (like in the drive-in scene), it is long - fashion at the time included clip-in extensions, so this is realistic.]
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In "Greased Lightning," when John Travolta is lifted up by a chain to get the motor, he has no leather jacket; when he comes back down with the motor, he now has his T Bird jacket back ont that he threw off earlier. ["Greased Lightning" is a fantasy sequence, which like dream sequences, are not bound by the standard laws of convention.]
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At the race, Frenchy is heard asking Marty the question, "What did she give him?" but her mouth isn't moving- in fact, its chewing gum. A common misconception is that Jan is saying this line and not Frenchy, but the voice sounds exactly like Frenchy's and not at all like Jan's. [If you watch this scene on the DVD widescreen version, you actually see Jan ask Marty this question. Even though it may sound like Frenchie's voice, you can't argue with what's on the screen.]
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In the opening animated sequence, it shows Rizzo putting on a top and her neck stretching. She looks in the mirror, and her head comes up to the top of it (so you should at least see part of her face), but in the reflection it shows more of her elongated neck where her head should be. [She also looks close to her 40's - I don't see how the animated start has anything to do with the movie.]
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During "We Go Together" when John Travolta jumps into the shot from the right, followed by Olivia from the left, you can see that Olivia has removed her high heels to jump into the shot. The shoes are on in the previous shot and in the following shot. [No they aren't. She is holding them in her hands as they are running off, which is the very next shot after she jumps into the scene, and after she and Danny run off, you don't see her again until they are driving off in the car, and then you don't see her feet at all.]
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How is it possible that Cha-Cha and Danny win the dance contest when Danny and Sandy were the only pair left on the floor? Yet nobody noticed the switch? [The principal does notice. But it doesn't matter, they're still the best dance couple according the judges.]
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When Frenchie is the only person remaining in the soda shop a guardian comes on and starts singing a song. While he is singing the song (toward the end of his singing) all the girls scatteringly head back toward the stairs. While they are walking up, one of the girls trips over her high heels. It is clearly shown, she's toward the front going around the back of the seat Frenchie is sitting in, around the round thing. [So she tripped. How's that a mistake?]
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When Rizzo is shuffling her cards on the first day of school, during the announcements, you can see the string through the cards that keep them together. [So Rizzo uses a fake deck, where's the mistake there?]
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During 'You're The One That I Want,' Danny falls at the feet of Sandy. When he gets up, you can see dirt on Danny's black shirt, but when they go into the funhouse, the dirt disappears. [The dirt was probably brushed off before he got into the funhouse.]
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A lot of the songs that are played at the dance are songs that are in the stage version but weren't included as "character" songs in the film. For instance, the song Danny sings along to at the dance, "Those Magic Changes", is sung by Sonny in the stage version. ['Those Magic Changes' is actually sung by Doody in the stage version.]
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In the drive-in scene, just after Sandy has rejected Danny and slammed the car door into his privates, look very closely at the car door. At the end of the movie, we see the car is a bright red colour which is covered with lots of dust during the rest of the movie. In this series of shots you can see 'John's' written into the dust (using a finger, obviously) on the car door, obviously referring to John Travolta. This is best seen in the digitally remastered version. [This is not exactly a mistake. True it is oddly coincidental that the name John would be written, but it is possible that someone at the drive-in signed their name in the dust.]
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Henry Winkler and Marie Osmond were the first choices to play Danny and Sandy. Winkler turned down the role to avoid being typecast, as he was better known as the Fonz (from the TV show "Happy Days"), a character known for wearing a black leather jacket; Osmond declined for "moral reasons," probably due to her strong Mormon beliefs. [The part about Henry Winkler was right, but Marie Osmond later apologized and admitted that she had never actually been offered the part.]
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In the last song there is a shot over the fairground which shows a spinning rotor cage full of people. Back on the ground two seconds later the rotor cage is clearly visible in the background and obviously empty. ["We Go Together" is a montage of the carnival, not a true-to-the-minute depiction of time. (As evidenced by Jan and Doody "jumping" onto one of the rides and back off within a matter of seconds.) However, even with that, the rotor cage has time to land and empty between shots.]
Edit Corrected by CocoCami

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