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Director Tim Burton, who had stayed in the Landmark Hotel in Las Vegas on numerous occasions, decided to immortalize its final moments in "Mars Attacks". At one time owned by Howard Hughes, the landmark was demolished by the city of Las Vegas and the land used for a parking lot. The implosion, done by the world renowned Controlled Demolition, Inc., was played for comic effect as the result of an alien attack. See more...

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Mars Attacks! (1996) - 29 mistakes

Directed by Tim Burton, starring Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Glenn Close, Jack Nicholson, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker (add more)

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Thriller

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Continuity: At the beginning when the President is deciding to go public to the American people, Jerry moves his arms into his lap twice.

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Plot hole: If the president thinks it's so important that the Martians comes to the Congress to present their excuses, why didn't they bring the translating machine?

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Revealing: When the Nancy Reagan chandelier fall on the first lady, it is obviously a dummy with a wig.

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Continuity: When Byron, Barbara and the others are going to escape from the casino, the Martians break a wall behind them. The hole is different in the following shots.

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Continuity: When Byron's ex-wife is driving the bus, she sees her two sons playing at the arcade, when the bus passes right in front of the building. She makes an announcement to the passengers, then she brakes, but the bus stops right in front of the arcade.

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Continuity: The first time we see Tom Jones' backup dancers, they are about three feet apart. In the next shot, they are directly next to each other.

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Continuity: When Land is presenting to the investors during the invasion, a saucer flies behind him just as he puts on his hat. In the next shot, that saucer is gone, though there are others still in the background. It didn't move quickly enough to get offscreen in that time.

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Factual error: In the scene where General Casey greets the Martians, and the Army is surrounding the event, they have Soviet T-55 tanks painted with American Markings.

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Continuity: When Sarah Jessica Parker is talking to Pierce Brosnan on her show, her dog suddenly ends up in her lap. While she is talking her dog is beside her sleeping, when the camera cuts to another angle the dog is suddenly wide awake and sitting on her lap.

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