Continuity mistake: Superman's hands' position when holding the fuselage of the plane swap between shots.
Sacha
11th May 2007
Superman (1978)
11th May 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When young Clark is running next to a train, he passes by a pole on the ground. Half a second later the angle changes and he is inches away from the pole, which he passes by again.
10th May 2007
Superman (1978)
Visible crew/equipment: During the first scene in the Daily Planet, after Lois exits Perry's office saying "You forgot my report", two big stage lights get reflected on the left glass door.
10th May 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Clark shows Perry a white paper with directions of where to send the payroll, the way he holds the paper differs between shots.
10th May 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: Lois exits Perry's office and Clark enters to talk about salary. His hat swaps from facing up to down between shots.
10th May 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Clark is about to jump in front of the train, there's a crossing sign shaped as an X. Depending on the shot the front upper left part is either bent and about to break, straight, or missing.
10th May 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When the Kent's stop the truck and see the cradle, the sky swaps from sunny and clear to heavily cloudy in a second.
9th May 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Kent's father pulls over his car, he holds the steering wheel with his right hand on the top. From the side, barely a frame before, he has his left hand on the side.
9th May 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: The first wide shot of Superman arriving at the broken railway shows no logs hanging. The close shots, and then on, do show logs.
9th May 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: The way the bags are positioned in the Kent's pickup differs between the side and back angles.
17th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: Inside the cab arriving at the Daily Planet, the fruit stall has no van behind. Immediately afterwards, a van appears.
15th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Superman and Lois are being mugged in the alley, watch Clark's tie before and after entering; there's a thick blue coloured stripe near the knot, which later disappears.
15th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Lois exits the alley where Clark grabs the bullet, her hair is much shorter than when she entered.
15th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When the cab arrives in front of the Daily Planet, the sidewalk in front of the office is empty. A split second later there are people everywhere.
12th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Superman arrives at the ditch by the railway, the gap is 3 times his length. In the next shot the gap has shrunk and now measures exactly Superman's height.
12th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Lois interviews Clark, the position of the glasses changes between shots.
12th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Revealing mistake: In the extended version, when Luthor fires snow at Superman, the icicles bounce, rather than shatter, revealing they are some type of foam or plastic balls.
8th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When the cradle takes off, thousands of glasses fall on the floor, but the next travelling shot shows just four or five around the parents, and the rest of the floor clean.
8th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Krypton is exploding, Superman's mother looses her balance and falls backwards. In a new angle a frame later she is up-straight loosing balance again.
8th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: In Lex Luthor's lair, the bottles to the left of the TV broadcasting the news disappear in the following shot.
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