Lynette Carrington

24th Jan 2008

National Treasure (2004)

Continuity mistake: Ben dipped the George Washington button in a liquid solution. But, when he puts it into the gift box, it is considerably larger than before he dips it.

Lynette Carrington

Trivia: When the soldiers bring the car to the castle, there is a black horse with the solider that runs onto the cobblestones and loses its footing, causing its back end to go down.

Lynette Carrington

12th Nov 2007

Blame it on Rio (1984)

Raiders of the Lost Ark mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Indy and Brody meet at the University with the two government officials, a group of rolled maps or plans are placed on a podium horizontally. Halfway through the scene, they are all laying vertically.

Lynette Carrington

Audio problem: When Marion meets up with Indy on the steps of the building at the very end of the film, she asks what was going on in there. Her first few lines of dialogue were dubbed in after shooting. Her mouth isn't moving with the dialogue.

Lynette Carrington

Continuity mistake: When the child-catcher captures the children in the cage, the circus decorations fall off as the wagon quickly pulls away. Two shots later, the wagon is shown passing the fallen circus decorations on the street.

Lynette Carrington

Revealing mistake: When Chitty crashes at the car race, it jumps over a small berm and a line of fire blows up in front of it before the car hits it's mark.

Lynette Carrington

Other mistake: When the Bulgarian soldiers storm the village to find the children, one soldier pushes open a door and the soldier next to him butts the already-open door with the end of his gun, making him fall forward slightly.

Lynette Carrington

21st Oct 2007

The Kingdom (2007)

Trivia: On the day where the big explosion was filmed on the Gilbert, Arizona set, the sound was so enormous, that surrounding communities called '911, unaware that a movie was being filmed.

Lynette Carrington

17th Sep 2007

Tequila Sunrise (1988)

Trivia: The hot tub used in the love scene was constructed of untreated wood and the water wasn't chlorinated. Michelle Pfeiffer, her double, and Mel Gibson suffered splinters and rashes during filming. Michelle lost time off the set as she recovered from her rash.

Lynette Carrington

6th Sep 2007

Witness (1985)

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Suggested correction: I always thought Shaeffer and Co arrived at dawn, not dusk. Workers could have been in the fields a bit later when the bell rang. But the morning does seem to brighten quickly.

15th Jan 2006

Air Force One (1997)

Trivia: All the women who survive in the film are wearing pants. The filmmakers didn't want women in skirts to go flying out of a plane.

Lynette Carrington

Continuity mistake: When the repo men are taking Joe's car, the driver and the passenger get in. Immediately following, Joe and K.C. are speaking and the passenger gets into the car again.

Lynette Carrington

3rd Jan 2005

Casper (1995)

Trivia: Early in the film, an SUV is smashed by a wrecking ball in front of Whipstaff. A real SUV was smashed for that film and it was obviously one that had been in a wreck previously. Notice that the passenger door is crooked and pulled away from the frame.

Lynette Carrington

31st Dec 2004

Casper (1995)

Trivia: The interior of Whipstaff was built at Universal Studios. Early in production there were several moderate earthquakes in the Los Angeles area and many of the large cracks that appear on the walls, etc. were real.

Lynette Carrington

29th Dec 2004

Casper (1995)

Continuity mistake: When the priest comes to Whipstaff in the beginning of the film, his cross is firmly snagged on his button. Next shot, it is perfectly free from being stuck.

Lynette Carrington

19th Dec 2004

Blade Runner (1982)

Character mistake: When Deckard is talking to the street merchant trying to identify the snake scale, the identification number he reads aloud is not the number that shows on the monitor. (00:47:30)

Lynette Carrington

24th Nov 2004

Weird Science (1985)

Continuity mistake: When Chet gets home the morning after the big party, he does an about face at the bedroom door and starts to kick it open on one side. On the inside of the bedroom door, it shows Chet actually kicked the door in on the opposite side. (00:25:05)

Lynette Carrington

14th Nov 2004

Carrie (1976)

Trivia: Actor Michael Sheard appeared uncredited as the UBoat captain in Raiders. He also appeared uncredited as Adolf Hitler in the Last Crusade.

Lynette Carrington

14th Oct 2004

What Lies Beneath (2000)

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Continuity mistake: When Claire first sees the ghost, Norman rushes in and Claire grabs and hugs him. Her hand was just in the tub yet as she's hugging Norman, her hand is dry. She would have left some kind of a wet mark on Norman's shirt.

Lynette Carrington

11th Oct 2004

Random Hearts (1999)

10th Oct 2004

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Revealing mistake: When in the vault, the Asian acrobat does a flip on to another structure. The flip has been digitally manipulated as his movements are very choppy and unnatural. (01:26:35)

Lynette Carrington

10th Oct 2004

Presumed Innocent (1990)

Continuity mistake: When Rusty is at the restaurant with his family, he is talking to his son. The son has a glass of milk in his hand and then immediately, he has a fork and knife. It alternates like this several times.

Lynette Carrington

Trivia: When this film was made, many of the original, Russian crew members involved in this historic incident were very upset about the submarine crew being portrayed as drunkards. Oddly enough, one of the promotional items given out at premieres and to executives was a silver K-19 vodka flask.

Lynette Carrington

Continuity mistake: When Robin crashes the plane at the end of the film, it appears that she crashes it about 1/4 mile off shore. But when everyone runs out to the wrecked plane, it's just a few feet from the shoreline.

Lynette Carrington

Continuity mistake: When Ben appears to the injured Luke (on Hoth), Luke is reaching out with his left hand calling, "Ben. Ben." As Han appears, Luke is found with his right arm reaching out. (00:13:35)

Lynette Carrington

Continuity mistake: When the officers on Hoth are discussing that the shield must be shut, Leia is standing in front of a spaceship. Immediately, she is several feet back leaning against the spaceship.

Lynette Carrington

6th Oct 2004

Star Wars (1977)

Star Wars mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Luke and his aunt and uncle are eating at the table, the white drink pitcher alternates from being next to Luke's cup to being across the table throughout the scene.

Lynette Carrington

4th Oct 2004

Star Wars (1977)

Other mistake: There is a scene where two sandpeople are running to intercept Luke Skywalker after spotting his landspeeder. One of the actors is holding on to his mask in a desperate attempt to keep it on. (1997 version).

Lynette Carrington

3rd Oct 2004

Licence to Kill (1989)

Plot hole: Bond goes after Lupe after she leaves the casino table, and they have quite a lengthy, hush-hush conversation. It's a casino, and there are cameras everywhere. Certainly, this would have been brought to Sanchez's attention since he was already leery of Bond and possibly Lupe.

Lynette Carrington

28th Sep 2004

Blame it on Rio (1984)

Continuity mistake: Robin is walking through the offices of Dazzle magazine and stops at a photo shoot where a female model is standing at a desk with a male model. The immediate next shot, the female model is sitting on the other side of the desk.

Lynette Carrington

Factual error: As Robin and her fiancee are heading off to Macatea, there is a quick shot of an Aloha Airlines plane as it is landing. Aloha Airlines does not operate there or anywhere near there, but the movie was filmed in Hawaii so they apparently used what they had.

Lynette Carrington

25th Sep 2004

Mean Girls (2004)

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Continuity mistake: When Cady runs into her teacher on the first day of school and spills coffee all over her, look at Tina Fey's pants. It looks like she is wearing rubber pants when the coffee is spilling down her front. The color of the pants also change during this shot. (00:02:50)

Lynette Carrington

Raiders of the Lost Ark mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Indy is fighting the big German at the base of the airplane, Indy reaches down and grabs a handful of sand to throw in his face. You can see the finger marks in the sand from a previous take.

Lynette Carrington

7th Sep 2004

Frantic (1988)

Continuity mistake: When Dr. and Mrs. Walker arrive at their hotel room in Paris, Dr. Walker throws his jacket on the very corner of the bed. Throughout the next several scenes, the jacket position changes.

Lynette Carrington

5th Sep 2004

Frantic (1988)

Continuity mistake: Midway through his shave, Dr. Walker is interrupted by the bell of his hotel room. The blobs of shaving cream on his chest change from the shot in the hotel room to the next shot in the hallway.

Lynette Carrington

20th Aug 2004

Hanover Street (1979)

Continuity mistake: The water and mud stains on Quinn's shirt change quite a bit between shots in the lagoon scene where Quinn is trying to get the snake out of Robin's shorts.

Lynette Carrington

The Butterfly Effect mistake picture

Revealing mistake: In the first scene of the film, Evan is writing frantically in a journal and his last words that the camera zooms in on are "Save her". Look closely and you can see that those same words are already indented on the page as indicated by a visible letter "s" and "h" and a period that had already been written on the pad of paper. Obviously they had done some other takes. (00:01:35)

Lynette Carrington

12th Jul 2004

Secret Window (2004)

Continuity mistake: Mort throws Shooter's hat over his telephone. The phone is completely covered and the hat has an indentation on top. In the next shot, the phone rings and part of the phone cord is now seen hanging out from underneath the hat and the top of the hat is now perfectly round.

Lynette Carrington

Trivia: The Oval Office set from the movie "Dave" was reused for this film, with minor modifications.

Lynette Carrington

25th Jun 2004

Blade Runner (1982)

Continuity mistake: When Leon goes to sit down for his test, he appears to be wearing a name tag that is attached to the left breast of his outfit. Once he sits down, you only see the printing on the shirt. (00:05:00)

Lynette Carrington

25th Jun 2004

Blade Runner (1982)

25th Jun 2004

Mosquito Coast (1986)

Trivia: The set of the "Big Boy" explosion is still sitting in the middle of the jungle of Belize. It has remained virtually untouched since filming.

Lynette Carrington

22nd Jun 2004

50 First Dates (2004)

14th Jun 2004

Working Girl (1988)

Trivia: You can see a quick cameo by Ricki Lake in the wedding reception dance scene. She is the bridesmaid that Jack asks for information about nicknames for the girl that is dancing with Trask at the time.

Lynette Carrington

12th Jun 2004

Working Girl (1988)

Trivia: A then unknown Kevin Spacey has a cameo early in the film. He plays Bob Speck-the guy that Tess has an "interview" with in the limo. This is also one of the last films that you can see his large cheek mole in. He had it removed between See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Dad. Now all that remains is a small scar that can be seen when caught in the proper lighting.

Lynette Carrington

12th Jun 2004

Working Girl (1988)

10th Jun 2004

Working Girl (1988)

Trivia: Catherine tosses a huge black gorilla to Tess as she gets off the helicopter. This was an inside joke reference to "Gorillas in the Mist" which Sigourney Weaver had just finished filming and was released only three months before this movie.

Lynette Carrington

6th Jun 2004

Grease (1978)

4th Jun 2004

Grease (1978)

Continuity mistake: At the start of the Rydell fight song at the dance, Patty is standing right at the front of the stage. One second later, she is at the back of the gym.

Lynette Carrington

Trivia: When Indiana Jones is confronted with the two swordsmen and goes to draw his gun to repeat his easy kill from the first Indy movie, listen to the music. It's the same music that was played in Raiders of the Lost Ark in the marketplace shortly before he pulled his gun on the big twirling swordsman.

Lynette Carrington

Trivia: There was only one red sequined dress for Kate Capshaw to wear during filming. This practice is literally unheard of today. There are typically multiple pieces of movie wardrobe produced in case of damage, staining or loss.

Lynette Carrington

Continuity mistake: When Indy is at the banquet, he has a large silver platter in front of him with a smaller plate of food on top of it. When the maharajah speaks, his smaller plate of food has mysteriously disappeared.

Lynette Carrington

2nd Jun 2004

Witness (1985)

Trivia: Harrison Ford was very taken with the Amish and the beautiful scenery in which Witness was filmed. Mr. Ford is a supporter and contributor to the Lancaster Farmland Trust, which helps save and preserve precious family farmlands. The Krantz' farm (where Witness was filmed) was saved and preserved by this trust fund.

Lynette Carrington

Trivia: Due to a severe back injury, Harrison Ford was not even present for most of the conveyor belt scene. It was mostly done using his stunt double. Harrison was added in later with close ups and reactionary shots.

Lynette Carrington

12th Jan 2004

Grease (1978)

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Continuity mistake: When Danny is first shown at school, he is speaking face-to-face with a girl in a blue sweater. The immediate next shot, Danny is talking to a totally different girl in a purple sweater, and he has his back turned from the camera.

Lynette Carrington

25th Nov 2003

What Lies Beneath (2000)

Trivia: When Claire goes to Madison's house, there is a framed picture of Madison and underneath it, there is a newspaper clipping from "The Guardian" that is very prominant. This certainly signifies what Madison was to Claire.

Lynette Carrington

25th Nov 2003

What Lies Beneath (2000)

Factual error: When Claire pulls herself out of the bathtub, she falls right over the center of the tub. The bloody fingerprints would have been wiped away or completely smeared by her nightgown and bathrobe during the fall.

Lynette Carrington

22nd Nov 2003

Cocktail (1988)

Continuity mistake: When the Angels are dancing at Natalie's place, Alex is wearing very high wedge heels. When they tip over the couch, Alex is suddenly barefoot. (00:13:30)

Lynette Carrington

Revealing mistake: There is a scene where Natalie Cook is on her surfboard riding the curl of a wave. It appears to be her head superimposed over someone else's body. The coloring and movement don't quite line up. (00:24:10)

Lynette Carrington

18th Nov 2003

What Lies Beneath (2000)

Revealing mistake: In an early shot shown from the neighbor's house, it is established that the Spencers' house is quite a ways uphill. Some of the later shots where Claire is spying on her neighbors and looking at their home, the angle of view does not appear to be correct. The neighbors' house looks like it's a lot closer and more level with the Spencers' home.

Lynette Carrington

18th Nov 2003

What Lies Beneath (2000)

Continuity mistake: When Claire goes to the Feur's house and sees Mary's shoe on the porch, she goes to pick it up. When she does, it is in a different position than when she originally saw it.

Lynette Carrington

Trivia: On the zeppelin, the Nazi shows around a flyer with Dr. Jones Sr.'s picture on it. At the second table, a woman shakes her head 'no' before even looking at the picture. Possibly just the character not bothering to pay attention, as could happen in reality, but worth looking out for.

Lynette Carrington

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Suggested correction: I watched this part five times, and Indy is not mouthing his father's lines. You can see slight movement in Indy's mouth when Henry is saying "when you were..," but that's not indicative of Indy mouthing the lines.

Phaneron

Continuity mistake: WHen Indy is hanging off the side of the tank, his face becomes completely caked with dirt. After he gets back up on to the tank, his face is relatively clean. (01:34:40)

Lynette Carrington

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom mistake picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Indy appears at the entrance of the mining caves to free the enslaved children, he punches out one of the guards and he goes flying in the air and across the gravel. You can see two suspension wires attached to the actor to drag him back through the dirt. (01:27:45)

Lynette Carrington

Continuity mistake: When Indy and Elsa are wading in the petroleum looking for the knight's tomb, Elsa unbuttons and opens her jacket and starts to take it off. In the next shot she opens her jacket and takes it off again. (00:34:15)

Lynette Carrington

Audio problem: When Indiana is fighting one of the bad guys on top of the rhino's car on the train, the rhino sticks his horn straight between Indy's legs. Indy says, "Holy smokes" but if you look, he actually says something else. (00:07:35)

Lynette Carrington

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Some bad guys throw knives at Indy as the band is seated and playing "Anything Goes". Then Indy throws a cymbal at one of the bad guys and the entire band is now gone. (00:09:30)

Lynette Carrington

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom mistake picture

Continuity mistake: A large pile of cash mysteriously appears on the table in the nightclub scene when Indy asks for the diamond. The glass nearby also refills itself. (00:04:15)

Lynette Carrington

2nd Nov 2003

Disclosure (1994)

Continuity mistake: After Meredith Johnson is "turned down", she goes storming out of her office after Tom Sanders. She leans very far over the stair rail to yell at him. In the following shots, it alternates between Meredith standing nearly straight up and leaning way over so the camera could get a cleavage shot.

Lynette Carrington

18th Sep 2003

Total Recall (1990)

Total Recall mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Doug is running from the bad guys after finding out what was going on from his "wife", he tucks his big gun in to his jacket pocket. When he is running through the scanner, that big gun is now in his pants. (00:28:15)

Lynette Carrington

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