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The Outsiders (1983) - 14 mistakes

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise (add more)

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Factual error: When Ponyboy and Johnny go to the bar to see Dally, there is a song playing on the juke box called 'Jack Daniels if you please' by David Allan Coe. This song was written and released in 1978 although the movie takes place in the '60s.

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Continuity: In the shot where Johnny has just killed Bob, the Soc, Bob is lying with his head to the side. But when Johnny cleans his blade from Bob's blood, Bob is facing upward in the background.

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Continuity: When Dally falls off of his chair in the drive-in movie theater, you can hear Ponyboy's laughter above them all. When the shot changes to Cherry, you can see Ponyboy with a serious face on in the background but you can still hear him laughing.

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Continuity: When Johnny and Ponyboy are in the park and the Socs show up, Johnny reaches for his switchblade and his back pocket has a hole in it. Later when he really takes the switchblade out, the hole is gone.

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Continuity: When everyone is at the movies and Cherry throws her soda in Dally's face, he's dripping wet; you can see him blinking soda out of his eyes. A few lines of dialogue later, his face is completely dry, even though he didn't wipe it off with anything. It couldn't have dried so fast.

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Continuity: When Ponyboy and Randy are talking, the camera keeps switching back to Two-bit making fun of the other Socs. When it does this you can see Ponyboy and Randy in the background. If you look carefully at Randy his arms are resting down the side of the car, but when the camera goes back to him as a close up his arms are resting on the roof of the car. This happens several times.

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Continuity: There is blood on the edge of the fountain after Johnny stabs the rich kid; the blood vanishes in the rest of the shots.

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Continuity: In the first few scenes Johnny's scar keeps changing size.

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Continuity: When Dallas is helping the kids out of the church during the fire, the boards covering the window change from shot to shot; first they are ripped out so you can see his waist and then they are as high as his chest.

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Continuity: When Ponyboy is getting jumped, the Socs try to stick a handkerchief in Ponyboy's mouth, and while they run away the handkerchief disappears.

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Continuity: When Dally robs the magazine store, as he takes the money and runs away you see the shop keeper reach downwards for his gun, but in the next shot his hand is up in the air holding it. It's far too quick for a normal person to carry out.

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Continuity: In the drive-in scene where Ponyboy and Cherry get up to get popcorn and soda, Ponyboy leaves with the popcorn Dallas gave him. They both purchase more popcorn and soda in the snack bar yet when they return to their seats, Ponyboy only has the popcorn he left with and Cherry has nothing.

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Deliberate "mistake": During the rumble scene there is a "Soc" whose clothes are completely dry and clean right before the Socs surrender. He's wearing a light blue shirt.

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Continuity: In the scene where Dallas and Pony are driving to the hospital after the rumble, look at the drivers seat window. The condensation on the window changes in two shots; first it looks like someone wiped the top area with their palm, and in the next shot, it looks as if no one touched it. It's on the outside of the window, and it is unlikely Dally would have bothered to clear it while talking to Ponyboy.

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