The top mistakes in East is East http://www.moviemistakes.com/film2666 en Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:55:22 +0000 26795 In the scene where 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 grandad comes to the window and puts his head in the hole, the hole has now changed to the centre of the face. 92866 As the Khan family enter Bradford, they go over a sleeping policeman. These weren't around in 1971. 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. 116996 In the scene where 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 80's. 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 80's. 92863 One of the boys says "Nice hat, Mum" but the subtitles read "Night out Mum?"