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Continuity mistake: The President of the US is watching football on channel 1. Dreyfus interrupts the broadcast and an aide flips through the channels to discover that Dreyfus is on all of them - the TV ends up on channel 9. Throughout the rest of the scene, the TV switches back and forth between channels 1 and 9 without human intervention. (00:50:00)

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Continuity mistake: At the start of the fight in the club, the stain on Clouseau's jacket (from the accident with the parrot) is visible. Partway through the fight it has faded significantly. By the end of the fight it has gone. (00:45:00)

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Continuity mistake: In the hallway, Clouseau has spaghetti and a french loaf sticking up out of his shopping bag. When he enters his flat, the loaf has vanished. (00:14:05)

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Continuity mistake: Inspector Closeau's large rectangular parcel - leaning against the table - changes position while he is opening the door to his flat. (00:13:45)

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Continuity mistake: When Emma and Mr. Knightly are practising their archery some arrows disappear from the target. After they have both shot 2 arrows, the target is shown with 4 arrows in it. They each shoot one more and the target is shown again - Emma's arrow is shown hitting it yet there are still only 4 arrows in it in total. (00:23:10)

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Continuity mistake: The paint disappears from The Dude's face before Julianne Moore hands him the towel. (00:44:10)

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Continuity mistake: When The Dude crashes the car into the pole, you cannot see Walter lying in the road. (00:36:18)

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Continuity mistake: When The Dude enters Lebowski's office the telephone is on the far right of the desk and the lamp is on the far left with 3 wooden objects between them. During the shots of The Dude, when he is talking, the phone and lamp are much closer together and the wooden objects aren't there. (00:12:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Mr Rand is dictating his will the text on the screen - the transcript of his words - changes after the doctor walks in. (01:48:23)

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Continuity mistake: When Chance and Mrs Rand are walking in the greenhouse Mrs Rand says "Last night you mentioned an old man that died. You must have been very close to him" - the pair jump to a different part of the greenhouse between the two sentences. (01:08:40)

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Continuity mistake: Whilst having dinner with the Rands, there is a brief shot where Chance's white wine glass is empty - it is full immediately before and afterwards. This is happens just before Mr. Rand launches into his "businessmen are just like gardeners" metaphor. (00:44:54)

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Continuity mistake: When Clouseau is explaining how Maria got a bump on the head the yellow cushion on the sofa changes position. (01:33:57)

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the billiards game, Monsieur Ballon leans the "bridge cue" against the lamp. At the end of the game, when Clouseau is putting the cues away, it is leaning against the wall. (00:48:21)

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Continuity mistake: The balloons that Inspector Clouseau is carrying changes. For example, he has 3 yellow balloons when outside the prison but there are 4 yellow ones when the police van is driving down the street. (00:35:45)

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Continuity mistake: During the interview with Maria, her headscarf disappears from Inspector Clouseau's desk. (00:34:28)

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