The top mistakes in Raiders of the Lost Ark http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1040 en Sat, 10 May 2008 05:55:08 +0000 10804 While Indy and Marion are in the Well of the Souls, and they encounter the snakes, Indy falls to the ground only to get confronted by a Cobra rearing its head and hissing. Look carefully and you'll see the reflection of the snake on the safety glass between it and Indy. Briefly you can also see the torch's reflection while he's waving it around. <em>[This has been corrected in the new DVD set. You can only see it if you have the original VHS. I think it's visible in the "making of" on the DVD as well.]</em> 6264 When Indy and Sallah visit the gentleman who translates the staff headpiece for them we hear the staff should be "...six cadams (spelling) high."  Indy replies, "That's about six feet." Then, turning the headpiece over, "Wait - take back one cadam to honor the God of Israel..." So, about five feet now, right?   But, when Indy goes to the map room the staff is much taller than him.  If the staff is about five feet high, Indy would be around three feet tall. 6245 What are all these German soldiers doing in British controlled Egypt prior to World War II. Appeasement aside, I think that the British might be a little worried about a large group of armed Germans being in a League of Nations mandated British Protectorate! 6250 When Indy is climbing into the map room, he throws the staff of Ra down the hole, yet when he climbs down, it's resting perfectly against the wall, as if someone had placed it there. 20803 Near the beginning of the movie where Indiana is running away from the tribe of South American Indians after Belloq robs Indiana of the gold statue, in one shot you can see that the Indians are only a few meters behind Indiana, but in the next shot, they are at least 50 meters behind.