jle

22nd Sep 2003

Igby Goes Down (2002)

Continuity mistake: When Igby is saying goodbye to Ollie, Ollie's drink is alternately being held next to his stomach and down by his side. (01:31:45)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Igby Goes Down (2002)

Continuity mistake: When Igby is saying goodbye to Ollie, Igby's collar is alternately neatly down and crumpled up. (01:31:45)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Igby Goes Down (2002)

Continuity mistake: When Igby is throwing water-filled balloons off of the building, the shadows of the people on the ground are pointing in a completely different direction to Igby's shadow on the roof. If it is the same building, then the shots were taken several hours apart. (00:49:10)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Igby Goes Down (2002)

Continuity mistake: When Sookie and Igby are in the diner, in some shots the straw in Igby's coke is straight and in others it is bent over at the top. (00:41:05)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Igby Goes Down (2002)

Continuity mistake: When Jason and the children are walking along the street, talking about his illness, a red car appears parked behind them. (00:04:15)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Dressed to Kill (1980)

Continuity mistake: As Liz describes her nightmare to Dr. Elliott, she walks across his office gesturing with her hand to aid the description. The camera angle changes, and her hand is now in her pocket. (01:19:00)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Dressed to Kill (1980)

Continuity mistake: While Dr. Elliot is being interviewed, there is a yellow piece of paper stuck to the window behind him. After Peter leaves and Detective Marino reenters the office, the paper has moved about a foot higher up. (00:46:10)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Dressed to Kill (1980)

Continuity mistake: The amount of blood on Kate's face decreases between the time she is attacked and discovered. The pattern changes from shot to shot as well. (00:34:15)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Dressed to Kill (1980)

Continuity mistake: Kate writes a note but then scribbles it out and pushes it to one side, next to the magazine on the table. In the next shot, she starts writing another note, and the first one has completely vanished. (00:29:40)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Dressed to Kill (1980)

Continuity mistake: Kate throws her other glove down onto the steps of the museum. When she walks down the steps towards the cab, the glove is not visible behind her. It should be on the square of stone that is above her left shoulder. (00:22:00)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Dressed to Kill (1980)

Continuity mistake: When Kate drops her glove, it lands with the fingers pointing towards the wall. When the man picks it up it has rotated by 90 degrees. (00:16:25 - 00:18:20)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Dressed to Kill (1980)

Continuity mistake: At the museum, Kate writes "Nuts" into her diary. A few seconds later she writes "Pick up turkey." and in the intervening period the word "Mints" has appeared below "Nuts". (00:14:40)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Casablanca (1942)

Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, the man with expired papers runs and is shot next to a large mural and an empty archway. The camera angle changes to show the police running up to him and there is now a bored looking young girl leaning on the inside of the arch. (00:03:35)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Casablanca (1942)

Continuity mistake: When we first see Rick he picks up a cigarette and a chess piece. The camera angle changes to show people entering the room and Rick is now fiddling with his glass. (00:09:10)

jle

22nd Sep 2003

Casablanca (1942)

Revealing mistake: When we see the shadow of Rick opening the safe, there is also the shadow of a candle centered in the shadow of an archway. When we see Rick closing the safe, the shadow of the candle is now at the edge of the shadow of the archway; showing that the two shots were lit differently. (00:18:00)

jle

19th Sep 2003

Office Space (1999)

Other mistake: Peter is playing "Tetris for Windows". We saw earlier that the computer's UI was Mac-like. (00:19:20 - 00:43:45)

jle

18th Sep 2003

U Turn (1997)

Continuity mistake: Grace's legs change position while she is lying dead at the bottom of the cliff. (01:58:50 - 02:00:40)

jle

18th Sep 2003

U Turn (1997)

Revealing mistake: After the radiator hose breaks for the last time, Bobby opens his mouth to laugh and it is obvious that the teeth that are supposed to be missing have just been blacked out because he touches them with his tongue. (02:00:15)

jle

18th Sep 2003

U Turn (1997)

Visible crew/equipment: When Bobby is telling Grace he can't move and that she will have to come down, in a closeup of her eyes 2 or more people are reflected in them. (01:58:25)

jle

18th Sep 2003

U Turn (1997)

Continuity mistake: Jake's arm changes position while he is lying dead at the bottom of the cliff. (01:54:00 - 01:56:20)

jle

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