Revealing mistake: Benjamin pulls into a gas station to use the phone near the end. There are an awful lot of tire marks where the car skids to a stop. Likely practice marks from previous takes.
manthabeat
29th Apr 2024
The Graduate (1967)
12th Apr 2024
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Indy is clinging to the side of the tank turret in the desert, to the right of the tank are tire tracks from the vehicle shooting the scene. They appear to just start at a set point. There was likely no way to hide this.
11th Mar 2024
The Terminator (1984)
Revealing mistake: Just before the tanker blows up near the end, there is a scene of it turning to hit a vehicle. The cable pulling the truck is visible.
9th Feb 2024
Spaceballs (1987)
Revealing mistake: In one of the shots of Dot in the "Mercedes" near the beginning, the outline of the blue screen is visible around her.
6th Nov 2023
Animal House (1978)
Revealing mistake: When Bluto first watches the sorority girls on his ladder, he moves to the left screen. As he is moving the ladder, the curtain in front moves too. The glass pane is not present, likely to prevent reflection of the camera.
27th Oct 2023
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Revealing mistake: About 40 minutes into the film, there is a shot of guys on horses going one direction. Before the shot cuts, a road sign pole is visible. This indicates the camera crew are on a dirt road.
26th Aug 2023
Speed (1994)
Revealing mistake: At the beginning, when they're talking about "shoot the hostage," the angle of Keanu Reeves is out of focus for a good five seconds. It drifts into focus.
11th Jun 2023
McLintock! (1963)
Revealing mistake: During the Native American raid, the town drunk puts a cart in front of a wall. Just before the cart blows up, the shot cuts. You can see the shadows of the cart slightly shift.
10th Jun 2023
The Rifleman (1958)
Strange Town - S3-E5
Revealing mistake: After Micah is badly beaten, he's leaning on a barbed wire fence. The camera pushes in from behind him as the wire grows closer to the camera. Someone off-screen pulls it down out of the shot.
18th May 2023
9-1-1: Lone Star (2020)
In Sickness and in Health - S4-E18
Revealing mistake: The baby is obviously a mannequin or doll when it's underwater.
24th Apr 2023
Field of Dreams (1989)
Revealing mistake: At Fenway, when Ray sees the scoreboard cycling through images, watch the crowd below the scoreboard. They jump as if the scene cuts or is looped.
6th Mar 2023
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Revealing mistake: When the Terminator, Kate, and John are escaping the cemetery, they come down a winding road and drive in front of the camera in a hearse. Both Kate and the Terminator have been replaced by stunt drivers.
3rd Feb 2023
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Revealing mistake: When Clouseau is floating out of his apartment in his costume, in several shots you can see the shadows of the chimney behind him in the sky, indicating this was shot in a studio.
27th Jan 2023
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Revealing mistake: The scene with one of the girls in the Pi house undressing on the TV was filmed with a handheld camera. Lewis tells Lamar to pan the scene right which it does. Cut to the scene of the woman undressing and the scene is shaking, like someone is holding the camera. These should be stationary shots. We even see the camera that is filming the shot and it's strapped down with a periscope.
19th Jan 2023
Quantum Leap (1989)
Piano Man - November 10, 1985 - S3-E15
Revealing mistake: When Sam is driving the truck through the fog/smoke, Al tells Gooshie to center him on Lorraine but Al doesn't jump out. The shot cuts to a front view of the fog. The road noticeably jumps forward because there is a dissolve transition in this shot, even thought its the same angle. It's likely it was done to lengthen the shot.
8th Jan 2023
The X-Files (1993)
Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man - S4-E7
Revealing mistake: As the smoking man sits on a bench after finding out his story was rewritten, there are mountains visible in the background. Atop one of the buildings in the background is a Canadian flag waving in the wind. This show was shot in Vancouver, but is set in Washington D.C. There are no tall mountains that close to D.C.
25th Dec 2022
Home Alone (1990)
Revealing mistake: When old man Marley hits Harry and Marv with the shovel at the end, you can see it's actually a stunt man doing the hitting motions.
28th Nov 2022
Doug (1991)
Doug and the Yard of Doom / Doug's Garage Band - S3-E12
Revealing mistake: After the "Think Big" number, Doug writes an idea down in his journal. There are a brief couple of shots where the edge of the animation cel is visible. It is a white line that disappears.
19th Nov 2022
Doug (1991)
Doug Takes the Case / Doug's Secret Song - S2-E1
Revealing mistake: The framing of this entire episode is such that the edge of the animation cels is visible. Noted on Paramount+.
9th Nov 2022
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Revealing mistake: During the big car chase where Indy follows the ark, he comes down a hill on a horse to get into the truck. You can tell the ground has already been disturbed by the horse from previous takes.
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