Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Revealing mistake: Joan gets splashed by Jack's water skis and goes inside the boat to watch a picture of the two of them on a tropical beach. The picture is blatantly fake: Jack's legs become invisible at one point, his skin looks wiggly were it's been pasted and no shadows match at all.

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Continuity mistake: Jack falls while water skiing and the position of the wave surrounding him has no continuity between the front and back angle.

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Continuity mistake: When the bicycle man explains what the graffiti means, he puts a pot inside his basket next to another pot, but when the angle changes only the first pot is seen. Also, the position and number of blue woolen balls changes between shots.

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Revealing mistake: Jack is on a platform next to the burning stage. In the close-ups it's Michael Douglas, but in the wide angles it is a skinny stuntman with light hair who looks nothing like him. (01:34:10)

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Continuity mistake: During the initial wedding, Jack flies with a rope and crashes face towards some barrels, which roll down the deck. When the angle changes, the barrels are falling again and Jack has changed positions 180ยบ.

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Continuity mistake: While Jack pilots the plane, the noise and wind coming out of the turbines is either huge or none, without any logic at all.

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Continuity mistake: The Jewel walks on stage on a burning floor with flames at ground level, but in the close-up the flames are suddenly two meters high. Then cut to the previous angle and back to the ground-level flames.

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Continuity mistake: When Ralph is riding on the camel chasing the train, in the wide angles (with an obvious stunt) his clothes flutter. In the close-ups, with a fake background, the clothes remain still.

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Continuity mistake: The train is about to enter a tunnel and a "bump" is heard. We immediately discover it's Ralph crashed against the side of a tunnel. Problem is the camel has magically managed to face the opposite way and, what's even more magical, it's now been safely tied up by a big fat rope.

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Continuity mistake: From the shots around, the well is not quite big, with its edges almost near Joan and Jack's feet, but on the aerial shots (where it's an obvious blue-screen) its size is humongous.

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Continuity mistake: Ralph gets squashed by the donkey's butt near a dark, secluded stable, surrounded by stacks of hay. When he's rescued, the stacks are gone and the donkey's moved away from the place it was, but Ralph remains underneath him.

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Continuity mistake: Jack stops water skiing and places a white towel around his neck. A frame later the towel is flipped and now looks red and blue with anchors on, the previous white part being on the back side.

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Continuity mistake: When the guards chase the boy who's written on the wall, a biker falls on the ground and stares at the guards. A frame later his bike is already standing up again.

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Continuity mistake: Jack and Joan step off the dingy while Ralph spies inside a crate. The amount of net hanging out of it differs between shots and also a hand suddenly appears between one frame and the other.

Sacha

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