The top mistakes in East is East http://www.moviemistakes.com/film2666 en Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:55:17 +0000 26795 When Ernest asks Meenor if she would like to play football, Meenor lines up the football then kicks it through Ernest's window which has a poster on it - the ball forms a hole slightly left of the face in the picture. When Ernest's granddad comes to the window and puts his head in the hole, the hole has now changed to the centre of the face. 92863 One of the boys says "Nice hat, Mum" but the subtitles read "Night out Mum?" 116996 When the family goes to the phone box to ring Nazir, a coloured intercity train passes behind them. The film is set in 1971, but that type of train was not introduced until the mid 80s. Also, if you look closely at the house in the background, you can see the flashes from the electrified line, which again didn't happen until the mid 80s. 25960 In the Mosque where Nazir is supposed to get married, after he has run out the camera cuts to Tariq, in this shot he does not have his hat on, but the next time we see him (about 5 seconds later) he has the hat on and takes it off. 92865 In the first shot of the photos of Sajid and Meenah hanging over the mantel, the distance between the photos increases between shots.