Best comedy movie continuity mistakes of 1979

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Monty Python's Life of Brian picture

Continuity mistake: At the end of the scene with the ex-leper you see Brian's mother open the door to their house twice; first in the background of a wide shot, then in a closer shot. (00:15:25)

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Continuity mistake: There is an error in the scene where Dave is drafting behind the Cinzano truck. In the second close up shot of his legs (cranks) pedaling the bike he is in a lower (easier) gear than the previous shot even though he is supposed to be riding significantly faster.

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Hair picture

Continuity mistake: During "Easy To Be Hard" a redheaded woman disappears and reappears on a park bench.

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The Castle of Cagliostro picture

Continuity mistake: Lupin's car windows are blown away in the car chase, and he and Gingen break all the remaining shards of glass from them. They then return again when lupin pulls up to the princess' car, then disappear in the following shot.

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Continuity mistake: When Steve Martin is on the spinning carnival ride, the positions on either side of him are empty, and then in the next shot both spots are occupied.

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The Muppet Movie picture

Continuity mistake: When Gonzo is flying in the air holding on the balloons and then is shot down by Doc Hooper and lands on the car, the last two balloons are yellow and pink, but when the car takes off after Gonzo lands on the roof - the two balloons are now both blue.

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1941 picture

Continuity mistake: As the two look-outs get on the big wheel the thin guy with the ventriloquist's dummy sits on the right. But later in the film he is on the left.

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The In-Laws picture

Continuity mistake: During the time when Vince and Sheldon are on the highway, in the cab fleeing the bad guys in Tijada , the same cars can be seen over and over again between shots.

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Continuity mistake: When Jackie and the five men are fighting in the streets and Jackie's mother throws him two bottles, he breaks them on each other and he starts drinking. The first shot the bottles are broken when he is drinking. In the next shot when it changes from the head gangster and back to Jackie, the bottles aren't even broken. They are new bottles, with the lids removed. How can bottles repair themselves?

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Continuity mistake: Whilst having dinner with the Rands, there is a brief shot where Chance's white wine glass is empty - it is full immediately before and afterwards. This is happens just before Mr. Rand launches into his "businessmen are just like gardeners" metaphor. (00:44:54)

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Continuity mistake: When the buses are loading at the market parking lot, the Chevrolet and GMC buses in the lot turn into Fords and Dodges when they arrive at Camp Northstar.

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Rock 'n' Roll High School picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where one of the hall monitors is folding the principal's note into a paper airplane, watch his cigarette. It goes from being in his mouth, to being in his hand and back without him moving it.

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Hot Stuff picture

Continuity mistake: Doug's 79 Firebird Formula turns into an early 70s Camaro when it gets blown up.

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The Lady Vanishes picture

Continuity mistake: When Amanda rushes to get onto the bus to the train station, the door being opened is at the front LEFT of the bus (as viewed from the back). On arrival at the station (5 scenes later), the door opens at the front RIGHT of the bus (as viewed from the back), and in the second camera shot, the driver of the bus can be clearly seen sitting where the door Amanda used to board the bus would be, with no door there.

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10 (1979)

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Continuity mistake: During the seduction scene, as George and Jenny attempt to make love to Ravel's "Bolero", the record gets stuck. George throws a pillow at the record player, closing its lid and "unsticking" the record. But when George later turns off the record player, the lid is open again.

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Suggested correction: The lid is open again, because Jenny reopened it when she got out of bed to replay the record.

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The Electric Horseman picture

Continuity mistake: In the sequence where the police are chasing Sonny on Rising Star through the field there are two close ups of an officer driving a car where the image is reversed (it appears like the car is right hand drive and the logo of his shoulder patch is reversed).

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King Frat picture

Continuity mistake: When Grossout comes by the passed out frat guy on the steps of the house at the beginning of the movie, he temporarily revives him sprinkling beer on his face. The cans in his hand change position between shots.

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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi picture

Continuity mistake: Kindaichi follows the gang of rollerskating thieves in their hideout. The female leader says she has a question about his book, and hands him what he identifies as his book of short stories. He's holding it with the left hand in close-up, but in the next shot it's the right hand. (00:17:40)

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Continuity mistake: While pointing his pistol at Matt Diggs, the Rabbi cocks the pistol's hammer. A split second later from another angle, the pistol's hammer is down.

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Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol picture

Continuity mistake: Before going to bed, Scrooge takes off his slippers and puts them by the side of his bed. But when he is disturbed by the singers, the slippers and the pillows he is resting his head on have disappeared.

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