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7th Sep 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: After Marie wakes up to her parents at her bed and they think her story was a dream, she pulls out the crowns worn by the Seven Headed Mouse King, and her hand is cupped with thumb in. The angle changes and suddenly her thumb is outstretched to the side.

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7th Sep 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: In the Swan boat, Marie looks out at the waves and sees her reflection as a princess. The waves are spread out enough that she can see them by looking sideways. But when it cuts to a long shot, the waves are suddenly close to the boat, where she can’t see them, and she is looking straight back towards the back, her in the front.

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1st Sep 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: When Marie and Nutcracker first arrive in Christmas Wood, they are standing on a frozen creek next to a tree. The tree is not on a hill. But a couple shots later when they start moving, they are suddenly walking, not on the frozen creek, but on a hill that has appeared under the tree.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: Marie’s mother brings her breakfast in bed the morning after Drosselmeier tells her the story of the Nutcracker. In most shots, the Nutcracker is standing with his mouth open. But after her mother leaves and she leans in close to talk to the nutcracker, his mouth is shut.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: When the Princess comes in and is confronting the king and queen, she is standing on the red carpet. Drosselmeier is to her right on the floor, and Drosselmeier’s nephew is on her left on the floor. But when The Court Astrologer gives him the crackatook nut, Drosselmeier is suddenly on the same side of the carpet as him standing right behind him.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: The camera pans across showing the 6 nurses with the princess, all sleeping. When the camera cuts to a different angle as the Mouse Queen is coming out, suddenly all the nurses are closer together.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: When Madam Mouserink confronts the King and Queen about the loss of her family, the King is standing on the left and the Queen on the right. When it cuts to a close up of Mouserink when she runs up to them, the King is suddenly on the right.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: In the mouse trap montage in the castle, one shows a mouse tiptoeing out of a hole next to a cat. It cuts to a close up and suddenly the cat is much closer to the hole.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: In the first battle between the mice and the toy soldiers, the Seven Headed Mouse King yells back at one point "Now my hearties! Take them!" When he says this you can see he only has 5 heads instead of his usual 7.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: When Marie is putting Nutcracker in the china cabinet, and is startled by the sound of a owl, she looks over at the grandfather clock with an owl on it. The clock face is not fully round, looking slightly squashed in an oval shape. It has a loop on top that makes it look like a round combination lock that does not go to the top of the clock. And the rest of the face of the clock around it is smooth. When it cuts to a close up of the clock, the face of the clock is now perfectly round, and the loop stretches up to the top of the wood almost on the clock. Also a square indention appears around the clock.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: When Marie and Fritz run up to where Drosselmeier’s gift is for them, the shot shows it by the window with red curtains. When it cuts to a close up of the kids, the folds and ruffles at the top of the curtain suddenly become more elaborate. As well as more layers appearing.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: At the very end, after the Nutcracker has turned back into a human, he and Marie are dancing at the Marzipan Castle and she puts her head on his chest. When she does this, her hands go to his shoulders as they spin, and her hand keeps moving to either side of the ruffle on his shoulder.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: At the end when Drosselmeier introduces his nephew, they walk in and the doors they are by are a light grayish blue. But when it cuts to a close up, the doors are an orangish brown.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: Earlier in the film before the mouse army attacks, the toy soldiers are shown to have all their eyes looking to their right. This is before the magic spell was put on them to bring them to life, so they were made with their eyes looking right. But at the end of the film when the toy soldiers are in the China cabinet with Nutcracker, all their eyes are facing forward. The toys return to their original state when the spell wears off, even Nutcracker, so their eyes should still be facing right.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: Marie sits up and says "Mother, I had the most wonderful time last night." The first shot shows her fold her arms with her sheet under her arms. It cuts to a close up and suddenly more of the sheet is exposed up her belly.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: After her romantic dance night with the Nutcracker, Marie finds herself in bed and has one arm up on the pillow, and the other out beside her. As the camera changes and her dad says “Well she’s finally waking up” her other arm is suddenly up on the pillow as well.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: Nutcracker and Marie dock their boat and get out and the Nutcracker’s sisters run out crying. There are some large candy canes on each side of the dock, 4 on the right side and 5 on the left. The camera cuts to a side view as his sisters begin hugging him, the candy canes are suddenly in different angles and heights. Also there are more. 7 on the right side, and 6 or 7 on the left.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: When you first see the Swan boat going down the river with Nutcracker pushing it along with the pole, he is rocking back and forth and you see that he is behind the large swan wings. But in the next shot, he is in front of the wings as he pushes.

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27th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: After the fruit people fall down, the camera pans over to a Christmas tree with lots of large red ornaments on it. You see The Nutcracker’s reflection come up on one as they move closer, and the reflection shows he has his arm outstretched pointing at something. The camera then cuts back to show Nutcracker and Marie, but his arm is not extended. He then lifts his arm to point.

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26th Aug 2014

The Nutcracker (1995)

Continuity mistake: Nutcracker and Marie walk by some large suckers as he says "We’re not in your closet anymore, Marie. We’re in Christmas Wood." There a lots of giant suckers to their right. The angle changes as they walk, and suddenly there is only one sucker where they just came from.

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