The top mistakes in Rear Window http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1053 en Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:55:08 +0000 6311 There's an oscillating fan near the ceiling that alternates between running and not running from one cut to another in one scene. 105396 When the nurse first visits Jefferies, his hands are separated. They jump together in the next shot when she places the thermometer in his mouth. 131166 The drainpipe running down the building where the Thorvalds live, the one between the living room windows and the bedroom windows of the block, becomes at least 1 foot (10cms) wide at least three times through the film, and changes to a gingery colour, almost as if it has become a plank of wood standing against the wall. It also has a pipe or something running into it in a couple of shots, just above the Thorvalds' bedroom window, but as this would be the "dog" couple's bedroom, there shouldn't be a pipe coming down from there. At other times the drainpipe just looks like an ordinary drain pipe. Even though we are not meant to be looking at anything but the activities through the windows, the drainpipe is very evident in many shots as the action frequently moves over it into the adjacent rooms. (Visible in the remastered video version and others.) 25213 In the scene where Miss Lonelyheart brings home a younger man, she slaps him on the left side of his face, and when he leaves and stands outside her door he rubs the right side as if it hurts. 36728 After James Stewart's second massage, he buttons once in the middle of his pyjama shirt. In the next shot the top button appears buttoned as well.