NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Visible crew/equipment: When Don Masino comes to visit Giuliano and gets out of the car there is a crystal-clear reflection of two crew members (one in shorts, one with a camera) in the car door. (01:35:45)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Revealing mistake: After the barber is shot dead by Giuliano and Aspanu has fixed the betrayer note on his shirt the corpse takes a rather deep breath. (01:20:00)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Continuity mistake: When Giuliano delivers the loot of the train robbery to Giovanna the way the wads of money are piled up on the floor changes between shots. (00:49:10)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Continuity mistake: Giuliano and his gang bombs a money train which is passing through a tunnel. The first shot of the explosion shows the train already coming out of the tunnel, but a series of fiery shots later the train is only just emerging from the dark. (00:44:45)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Continuity mistake: When Aspanu and Giuliano free the bandits from the police station there's one candle burning in the office window. When Aspanu brings in Passatempa and Terranova there are two candles. A few shots later it's one candle again. (00:39:35)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Continuity mistake: When Aspanu and Giuliano free the bandits from the police station Giuliano is sitting on a donkey cart under an umbrella, dressed as an old woman. Seen from the front he is holding his head up, seen from the side he is deeply bowing his head. (00:36:05)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Continuity mistake: Giovanna's hair changes from simply combed back to a more dramatic wave when she kisses Giuliano the 'monk' good-bye. (00:34:40)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Continuity mistake: When the car with the professor, Aspanu and Giovanna stops on the road when they pass Giuliano who is camouflaged as a monk, there is a huge bonfire visible behind Giuliano's tractor. When the camera shows the tractor again a minute later there's no fire at all. (00:31:30)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Continuity mistake: When Don Masino comes to the university to get his nephew signed up for medical studies the way the pencils in the jar on the desk of the dean are arranged keeps changing from shot to shot. (00:22:40)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Continuity mistake: When Aspanu sneaks up to the sleeping professor he has a book lying in his chest. He puts it aside when he gets startled, but a few shots later the book reappears without him touching it. (00:20:05)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Continuity mistake: When the duchess talks to the police captain standing on the stairs the way she is holding the towel to her body changes in alternating shots (hand on top of the towel, towel wrapped around the hand). (00:09:50)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Continuity mistake: When the duchess comes down the steps to talk to the police captain she has a towel around her head and acts as if she were drying her hair, but when she takes the towel off her hair is dry. (00:09:35)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Continuity mistake: When Prince Borsa and the duchess return from their ride they hand the horses over to someone to take them to the stables. Minutes later, when Guiliano and Aspanu come running into the court the horses are still on the way to the stables so that Guiliano and Aspanu can steal them more easily. (00:08:15)

NancyFelix

6th Jan 2004

The Sicilian (1987)

Continuity mistake: When Giuliano is shot in the belly there's no visible blood even though he is wearing a perfectly clean white shirt (the mountain-dweller's trademark throughout the movie). Only when they ride through the river some blood stains appear on his shirt. Besides, he is holding on to his right side when they ride through the river, but when the barber does some makeshift surgery on him the bullet hole is on the right side. (00:08:05)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: The gang take a break while they try to break through the wall. When they get up again Leon has some papers sticking in his back pocket. Then he is seen again rising from the sofa from a different camera angle, but now the papers are gone. (01:10:05)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When the gang breaks in through the coal chute Leon and Riley get drenched because the cellar is filled with water. When they move on Riley's sweater is way too dry. (01:00:35)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Carmela comes to Pero's place and surprises the gang he greets her trying to act cool, leaning against the wall with his arm up. There's a brief shot of Carmela where we also see a bit of Pero who is not moving at all, then the camera is back on Pero and he raises his arm again. (00:55:15)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Pero fixes his first date with Carmela, the same extra in light-colored shirt and pants is passing behind him twice in the same direction in short succession. The second time the man has a dark sweater thrown over his left shoulder. (00:34:15)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Jerzy tells the gang that he will only teach them how to crack the safe his hair turns totally wild for two shots, then back as it was before. (00:24:00)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Leon is threatening Pero with his knife key-chain in several close-ups Pero's left hand is raised. In between we seen him from the side and the arm is on the ground. (00:19:30)

NancyFelix

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