NancyFelix

22nd Apr 2004

The Color Purple (1985)

Continuity mistake: When Celie tries on one of Shug's dresses a record is playing. While the song is still on we see the record player again and the label has changed. Then Shug turns the record around, and now the label is the one from the beginning. (01:09:30 - 01:12:10)

NancyFelix

22nd Apr 2004

The Color Purple (1985)

Continuity mistake: Before Squeak hits Sofia she hands a tray with a bottle to Harpo. He hardly catches the bottle before it falls down, but when the camera angle changes he is holding the bottle upright. (01:07:50)

NancyFelix

22nd Apr 2004

The Color Purple (1985)

Continuity mistake: When Sofia comes to her in-laws' house for the first time Celie offers her a glass of lemonade. She empties it completely, but when she gives it back to Celie it's almost full again. (00:37:55)

NancyFelix

22nd Apr 2004

The Color Purple (1985)

Continuity mistake: Mister's tie changes from red to blue when he asks for Nettie, and back to red when he inspects Celie. (00:07:25)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Falling Down (1993)

Continuity mistake: When D-Fens puts the phone booth out of order, a boy in the background is obviously shocked so deeply that he falls off his bike twice. (00:50:10)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Falling Down (1993)

Audio problem: At the beginning when D-Fens is bothered by a fly while he is sitting in his car, the fly sounds as if it is held in a closed box, not flying around freely. (00:03:20)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Matchstick Men (2003)

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

Factual error: When Chino douses his house with petrol before he sets it on fire he uses a modern plastic canister. (01:31:20)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

Continuity mistake: When Chino ambushes Morrel's men in the mountains he is waiting on a pointy rock. When the camera angle changes there are bushes behind him that weren't there before. (01:27:05)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

Continuity mistake: When Chino gets whipped there are no traces of the nasty bite Black hat had given him not too long ago. (00:36:20 - 01:18:30)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

Factual error: Jamie unloads rectangular, machine-tied, modern-day straw bales from his cart. (00:41:00)

NancyFelix

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Suggested correction: This type of hay balers have been in use since the 1850's. There's nothing "modern" about them.

Bishop73

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

Revealing mistake: When Chino does some rodeo riding when he breaks in one of his horses we get a good view of the stuntman's face. (00:33:50)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

Revealing mistake: Two different horses play the role of Chino's stud, one with and one without a white spot on the nose. One of them is darker too. (00:21:55)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

Factual error: Chino's wild mustang stud displays shiny horseshoes when he is after one of his mares. (00:21:50)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

Continuity mistake: When Jamie is about to leave and Chino suggests that his horse may need another day's rest Jamie's horse turns around twice in successive shots. (00:19:25)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

Continuity mistake: After Chino throws one of the bad guys through the window his hat miraculously appears on the windowsill so that the sheriff can pick it up and hand it back to him. (00:17:00)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

Revealing mistake: The Eagle Bar fight begins with Chino hitting a guy in the crotch with a bottle. The guy collapses in pain even though the bottle doesn't even come near where it's supposed to hurt. (00:16:35)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

Continuity mistake: When the four bad guys come into the Eagle Bar to hassle Chino the barkeeper puts his sandwich in the shelf behind him. When the camera angle changes the sandwich is back in his hand. (00:16:25)

NancyFelix

19th Apr 2004

Chino (1973)

Continuity mistake: When Jamie rides Buck for the first time a huge round leather bottle appears on the left side of the saddle when we see him galloping along, which wasn't there when he mounted the horse. When he returns the bottle is again gone. (00:10:25)

NancyFelix

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