The top mistakes in The Shipping News http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1916 en Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:55:16 +0000 28959 When Quoyle meets Petal for the first time she gets into his car totally drenched. A bit later they stop for something to eat, and Petal's hair is completely dry. 28961 When Quoyle and Bunny sit at the table in their yard talking about life and death, there is no space between their bodies. In one shot one can see their backs as a reflection in the window, with a gap of about 10 inches between them. 28964 When Quoyle and Pretty come back from the car accident they drive by Wavey and her son walking on the roadside. While they are driving a housing area is passing by as background. Only the two shots that show Wavey and her son are taken in an open area next to a little graveyard, but no houses. 28097 When Quoyle is at the window and his aunt is in the rocking chair (her cover shot), in alternating shots, the aunt has her chin resting on her hand and is looking over Quoyle's left shoulder, then looking over his right shoulder without her hand. 28966 When the Quoyle ancestors pull the house across the ice the four ropes are hanging loose in spite of the strong pull one should need to move a whole house. Not to mention that the whole idea of getting a house down the cliffs in one piece, pulling it across the ice and lugging it up another cliff requires some strong imagination.