Best drama movie continuity mistakes of 1990

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Postcards From the Edge picture

Continuity mistake: When Shirley Maclane is in the hospital after her car accident Meryl Streep puts make-up on her. She applies blush to the left cheek, then the shot switches and she applies to the right side, then the shot switches again and she is working on the left side again.

Randy DeShong

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State of Grace picture

Continuity mistake: During the final shootout, when Ritchie comes down the stairs, there is one too few bullets fired for the hits on the walls.

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Wild at Heart picture

Continuity mistake: Sailor Ripley and Bobby Peru are robbing the Feed Store in Texas. Bobby says "Say cheese" shooting one of the two men. We can see that his right hand is blown off. Cut to a shot of the two men searching for the hand and the victim has a bloody left stump. Then the store dog runs out with a right hand in its mouth.

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Continuity mistake: While Reverend Bacon is accusing District Attorney Abe Weiss, the TV remote control that Weiss is using switches hands between shots.

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Class of 1999 picture

Continuity mistake: After Cody leaves prison and gets in the car with his friends, we see him letting Angel into the back seat, then just two seconds later, when the camera switches to the view of the prison, we can hear the engine started. He couldn't wait for Angel to enter, then enter himself and start the car in two seconds.

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Continuity mistake: During Lyon's last fight with Attila. Right after he tells Joshua "wrong bet", Joshua is all over the place. He starts out on all fours. Next thing he's gone, then he's by the tent door, then he's back on all fours, then on his knees clapping. Every-time you see a close up of him cheering you can tell he's still on all fours. (01:10:00 - 01:20:00)

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead picture Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern meet the Players on the way to Elsinore, the sky around them changes. In the shots of the players, it's gray sky, possibly approaching dusk, and in the shots of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, it's pitch black. (00:13:20 - 00:14:40)

Cubs Fan

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Continuity mistake: Jane's hair is wet from being out in the rain yet minutes later back in her character's house it's only slightly damp.

Rob245

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An American Summer picture

Continuity mistake: Kari and Traci are both wearing sandals barefooted when they are caught toilet papering the house by Tom and Finn but when the four of them go for a walk on the beach minutes later, Kari is now wearing grey sneakers and Traci has black socks with her sandals.

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Continuity mistake: Norman pours poison into the pitcher of iced tea. In the next shot, we see him carrying the pitcher and two full glasses on a tray - but the level of liquid in the pitcher hasn't changed, even though he's supposedly filled the glasses from it. Later, when the pitcher is sitting on Mother's dresser, the pitcher's level is lower, but no one has poured anything from it. (01:00:05)

Jean G

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Continuity mistake: It's Friday when Georges comes by to spend the weekend with Brontë; when he arrives, it's sunset. (We can tell by the color of the sky.) Then they're at the grocery store and it's magically lunchtime, because Lauren comes back to the apartment and Brontë's angry that Georges invited Lauren to stay "for lunch."

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The Rookie picture

Continuity mistake: When David struggles with the bad guy at the laundry he gets a cut on his left arm and hand with some blood on it, after they break the glass the blood on the hand disappears.

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