Best movie continuity mistakes of 1989

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A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit picture A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Wallace races to get crackers, check the packet's logo. When the camera angle changes it's different. (00:08:57)

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Continuity mistake: When Kurt goes grocery shopping for Xian, some kids splash him with water from the pump. During the entire rest of the scene, the water marks on his shirt keep changing size and shape, and grow quite considerably from the first small sprinkle. In addition, the back of his shirt is completely dry when he goes up to the store, but when the fight breaks out, almost all of his back is wet, and these stains also change shape from one moment to the next.

Twotall

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Continuity mistake: After the girls arrive in Myrtle Beach and are getting ready to go out, Luannne has ratted Carson's hair really big, when Meliana takes over doing Carson's hair, in just a few strokes it is much flatter.

Pam-I-am

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Continuity mistake: When Dorinda comes to see Pete off the last time she throws her bike on the runway. When it falls down the front wheel turns so that it almost points backwards, but when she picks it up later it points ahead. (00:31:30)

NancyFelix

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Continuity mistake: In an earlier scene when The Punisher is at the mobster's house and the house gets set on fire, he is standing in the doorway killing bad guys. One second he is in the doorway and the next he is standing firmly on the ground.

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Continuity mistake: When the devil sets Toxie on fire, there's a group of five people standing there with empty buckets. But in the next shot the buckets are filled with water.

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Continuity mistake: After the shock waves, Snyder says he has a 'fire over here.' You see Scarpelli putting out the fire with a fire extinguisher. The hose is attached to the extinguisher, but a short time later she is holding the hose in her hand, then in the background a short time later you can see her, and the hose is again attached to the extinguisher.

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Continuity mistake: Sherman helps Louise put on her uniform from the back, but the zipper is in the front. When she turns around, no seams/zippers/etc. appear on the back of the uniform. This takes place just as she gets out of the shower.

Jazetopher

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Continuity mistake: When Lucas and his family are watching TV, Donna is sitting on the right side of the couch with her arm on the arm rest. When it cuts she has moved to the middle of the couch. (00:49:50)

Mortug

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Sean Connery is in prison & Matthew Broderick is visiting - the camera alternates between looking into the cell (at Sean) and looking out (at Matthew). Watch the hands that are holding on to the cell bars - they move each time you get a new shot.

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Continuity mistake: During the American football game, after Eclipse gets involved, he tackles a bearded guy - completely leveling him and knocking his hat off. Eclipse stamps on his chest, and the guy's hat is back on his head again.

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Continuity mistake: After the quick close-up when Bob gets in the truck on the logging road, the clouds behind him change drastically.

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Continuity mistake: When Joe is answering Dr. Woodruff's question on the structures supplied via the Descending Thoracic Aorta, he closes the cadaver's chest. The camera pans away, then comes back and he is closing the chest again.

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Continuity mistake: When Jerry goes to the plane from England to USA, the plane is white and has a TWA logo. When he arrives, the plane is silver, and the logo is one of the American Airlines.

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Continuity mistake: The snowman hits his nose with a hammer, completely bending it in half. In the next shot it is suddenly magically straight again.

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Continuity mistake: When Charlie and Itchy are escaping from the pound they are trying to dig under the fence. Someone is shooting at them and blows a huge hole in the fence. When the camera cuts to another shot of them going under the fence, the hole is now gone.

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Continuity mistake: Near the beginning Rutger Hauer cuts off a police officer's hand with his sword, for a split second afterwards you can see the officer turning away with both hands clearly intact. The scene happens right after the young kid's mother is killed.

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