haron

14th Apr 2005

He Got Game (1998)

Revealing mistake: Just before Jake is checked into the Surf Hotel, there is a long scrolling shot following the car and shows where Jake's room will be. In particular, there is the Kennedy Fried Chicken sign with one window above 'Chick' and one above the 'K'. After checking into the hotel and the guards leave, we see Jake outside of his window. This shot involves a recreation of the original location because the two windows are now above the 'nnedy' and 'en'. Furthermore, the lights surrounding the sign have changed (some are burnt out or missing, and they don't flash at the same time interval).

haron

14th Apr 2005

Nuns on the Run (1990)

Revealing mistake: While running away from Morley and Abbott and the Triads, there is a shot where Charlie and Brian take cover behind a red car. This single shot is the amalgamation of two different shots because the camera suddenly jerks to the side, as seen by the position of the "Priority Avenue" sign in the background.

haron

14th Apr 2005

He Got Game (1998)

Continuity mistake: Sitting court-side at Tech University, the coach is holding the hands of Chick and Jesus. A subsequent shot of Chick and Jesus shows that they are not holding hands.

haron

14th Apr 2005

Nuns on the Run (1990)

Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, a waitress brings Charlie a steak. At the end of her first shot she is holding onto the plate with one hand, and at the beginning of the next shot she is suddenly holding onto the plate with both hands.

haron

13th Apr 2005

He Got Game (1998)

Continuity mistake: When the two officers escort Jake into his hotel room, you can see that there is a wall to the right of the three men as they walk into the room. In other words, Jake's room is at the end of a hallway. However, when the officers leave Jake's room, you can hear the door shut, and the wall is no longer there. In other words, Jake's room is no longer at the end of a hallway.

haron

13th Apr 2005

He Got Game (1998)

Continuity mistake: During the final basketball game between Jake and Jesus, Jake is standing under the basket and appears to throw the ball directly at the fence in frustration. The next shot shows the ball bounce off of the top of the backboard directly to Jesus.

haron

13th Apr 2005

He Got Game (1998)

Continuity mistake: As mentioned in a previous error, just before Jake is checked into the Surf Hotel, there is a long scrolling shot that illustrates the surroundings of Jake's room in the hotel. In particular, notice that Nathan's Seafood and Clam Bar is not across the street from Kennedy Fried Chicken. This is contradicted later when a) Jake looks out of his window and sees the Nathan's sign, and b) Jake is seen leaning out of his window above the Kennedy sign.

haron

13th Apr 2005

Nuns on the Run (1990)

Continuity mistake: Faith starts her new job at Casey's and Brian sits down for a drink. During this scene the citrus fruit in Brian's drink appears to change from a lemon lying flat on the liquid to a lime tilted out of the liquid.

haron

13th Apr 2005

Nuns on the Run (1990)

Other mistake: When Casey's men are robbing the Triads, Abbott says "Don't move or you're dead." He then turns to his left, and while facing left, he shoots two of the red Mercedes' tires. However, he is standing directly behind the Mercedes, so it would be impossible for him to turn to his left and shoot two of the car's tires.

haron

13th Apr 2005

Nuns on the Run (1990)

Revealing mistake: During the robbery of the Triads, Charlie and Brian put a bomb in Abbott and Morley's car. In the shot of the car blowing up, the car is parallel to a brick wall. However, there was no brick wall near the car when Abbott and Morley parked it.

haron

13th Apr 2005

Nuns on the Run (1990)

Continuity mistake: During the chase scene, Abbott shoots a member of the Triads in the leg. A police car arrives and cuts across the road, parking within several feet of the flaming car. Three shots later we see the police car is about twenty feet away from the flaming car, and is on the opposite side of the road.

haron

13th Apr 2005

Nuns on the Run (1990)

Revealing mistake: Near the beginning of the film, when Charlie and Brian steal the Honda there is a shot where Brian says "Charlie, slow down, think". By comparing the view outside of the car window in this shot to the surroundings of the previous and subsequent shots, we can see that it was filmed out of sequence, and in a different part of the parking lot.

haron

13th Apr 2005

Nuns on the Run (1990)

Continuity mistake: During basketball game, Charlie spins the ball on his finger. From behind we see the girl in the blue 4 shirt standing almost alone. After a brief close up of Charlie's face, there are four girls surrounding her.

haron

13th Apr 2005

Nuns on the Run (1990)

Audio problem: In the shower scene, one of the girls says "today is my birthday" but her lips say "tomorrow is my birthday". This is also noteworthy because other circumstantial evidence suggests that an extra day has been edited out of the film.

haron

13th Apr 2005

Nuns on the Run (1990)

Continuity mistake: Shortly after the basketball shower scene, Sister Mary says "you're quite right, I'll look after them" over the span of two shots. During this span the position of her book changes from lying flat on the table to being held upright in her hands, and the opened page changes from somewhere in the middle to the very beginning.

haron

13th Apr 2005

Nuns on the Run (1990)

Other mistake: After Charlie and Brian steal the Triad's money, a chase scene breaks out involving yelling, gunfire, and an exploding car. However, after Charlie and Brian run out of gas in the Toyota, there are instances of people walking around in the background as if nothing is happening. One person is carrying groceries while another calmly walks through a parking lot.

haron

Other mistake: When Norville takes the blue letter up to the top floor, there are several problems with Buzz and the three columns of elevator destination lights that he operates. When Norville enters, he is the only person on the elevator, but another floor is already lit up. When the next three employees enter the elevator, this other light has moved from 7th highest to 3rd highest in the left column. Two of the three employees are going to floors 11 and 37, yet Buzz only lights up floors in the right column (with three columns, each light in a column should differ by three, but 37-11=26, and 26 is not divisible by three). When Mr. Greer enters the elevator Buzz pushes at least two more buttons because when the elevator stops again, we can see at least seven floors lit up.

haron

Continuity mistake: When Norville is acting out the Munsie song and dance, you can see perspiration marks on Norville's left underarm. However, the marks are gone further on in the scene.

haron

Continuity mistake: After Norville is punched by the Finnish stockholder, Amy walks in to see Norville holding an ice pack over a red mark on the side of his head. Part way through the scene, the red mark is gone.

haron

Continuity mistake: When Norville stands up and pays for a coffee after reading the job listings in the newspaper, you can see a tall glass container is an arms distance from the nearest two ashtrays. Yet a few seconds later, when we hear Tim leave the cafe, the glass container is next to both ashtrays.

haron

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