Best movie continuity mistakes of 1988

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Punchline picture

Continuity mistake: When Steven is doing his "Singing in the Rain" routine, his scarf is about to fall off his neck, but in the next shot it's knotted around his neck. The quick shot of Lila in-between does not prove to be enough time for him to re-tie it.

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Continuity mistake: When Dexter is at the bar after the faculty party, he's not wearing glasses. After he speaks to Sydney and asks her to have a drink with him, he's suddenly wearing glasses.

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Continuity mistake: When Larry and Rocket are about to go one-on-one in a shoot-out, the car behind Larry is empty. When the shooting starts, the car is full of people. (01:46:20)

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Continuity mistake: When fleeing from the bar where she has been gang raped, Jodie Foster is wearing sneakers. In later flashback scenes of the rape itself you can see she's high heeled.

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The Serpent and the Rainbow picture The Serpent and the Rainbow mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Bill Pullman is poisoned he has a defined red cross painted on his forehead. He stumbles around for a while and the cross smears to the point where it looks like a big red blob. But when he finally dies and looks at the camera, the cross isn't smeared at all. (01:16:35)

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Continuity mistake: When Beau Bridges runs past the hooker on the street he has no bow tie. In the next scene as he approaches the telephone booth, the bow tie is back and he removes it after entering the booth.

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Big Business picture

Continuity mistake: Better Midler's "country" character spills syrup on her white jacket and tries to rub it away. The size and shape of the stain change as she leaves the restaurant and is seen in the hotel lobby.

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Continuity mistake: When Pee-Wee and Winnie are having the picnic under the tree, he wipes a big gob of something from his face onto her dress. In the next shot, there is absolutely nothing on her dress.

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Continuity mistake: When Chevy Chase gets out of the water after he jumps into the lake from the fishing boat, he walks directly to his car completely soaking wet and sits in it. Less than 15 seconds later, his wife, who was chatting with the Sheriff walks back to the car and he is almost completely dry, except for his hair.

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Continuity mistake: In life number 3, Uncle Todd wipes the blue paint ring from Garfield's face and then places him upon a pink dotted mushroom near two paint cans. But between shots, both paint cans disappear. (00:13:50)

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Continuity mistake: After Chuck Norris throws away the pimp during the initial evacuation of the embassy, the man pulls out a gun and shoots Chuck Norris from behind. The bullet hits him in the right shoulder but at the next moment - seen from his front - the wound is on his left side.

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Continuity mistake: When Hambleton is rescued in the huey by Capt Clark, he drops his walking stick as he is hanging half in half out of the chopper and it falls out of the chopper. A few seconds later he has his walking stick as he is still trying to get in the chopper.

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Continuity mistake: In the vampire sequence, there is a long shot at the dining table where the Count makes introductions. The Count is standing and China begins to sit down with a butler helping to push in her chair. Then we get get a medium shot of the Count rising from his chair. Back to the long shot where China sits down again, this time without help from the butler.

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Continuity mistake: In the scene in the Jaguar when they get the BBC bulletin that the farm has been found, there is a Hillman Super Minx immediately behind them. Next shot it is missing but returns later.

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Continuity mistake: When the first two baddies are captured they are tied up back to back in the cave. Next time they are seen, they are side by side.

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Suggested correction: Too much time has passed in the film for this to be a mistake. They are first shown tied up back to back in the afternoon when Sue watches them alone. When Mick returns, he invites Sue along for his "phone call." The next two scenes, which are at night time, are of Sue collecting berries and of the bats attacking the bad guys camp. Following this, Mick and Sue are shown around a camp fire and the two are tied up side to side.

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Continuity mistake: When the girl's face is pushed through the cabin window, her blood runs down the side of the sink. Later on, when the father comes in the cabin the sink is clean with no blood.

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Continuity mistake: When Julia's attacker pulls out a variety of sharp kitchen blades, the shears suddenly appear out of nowhere, and then the shears and mallet change their positions between shots.

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