The top mistakes in Far and Away http://www.moviemistakes.com/film457 en Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:55:03 +0000 25868 When Mr. McGuire is shot, he falls down, and Shannon's spoons spill out all over the ground. In an overhead shot, all the spoons are snatched up by bystanders, but then it cuts to a ground-level shot, and they're back on the ground, getting snatched up again. 2829 When Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise arrive in America, the year is 1892, but the flags being passed out at the pier have 50 stars on them. In 1892, there were 44 states. 11284 After Shannon has been shot and Joseph takes her to her parents' house, he lays her on a chair in the living room. First she is facing the wall, in the next shot she is lying flat, then she is facing the opposite wall. 19246 When Shannon falls off the horse into the water, near the end of the film, in shots of her immediately afterwards, her hair and clothes are surprisingly dry for someone who has just plunged top to toe into a river. 72177 When Shannon is playing the band music on the piano at the beginning, the movements of her hands don't match the notes heard.