Continuity mistake: During the scene at the festival, note the guy with the long hair, round sunglasses, and a purple & gold silk indian shirt. 1st seen bottom left corner, when the camera pans to the actor's view. Then watch how many times he shows up. In front of, behind, just about everywhere. In fact on the day of filming, he was awarded 'extra' in most scenes. That was by the film crew, before any editing, and was given Dave Stewart's hat for his trouble. Submittted by the extra himself.
Continuity mistake: Harry stands on top of a building with a girl folding paper planes. The plane they fold is folded with a blunt front. He throws it off the building and then the plane flies, all of a sudden the nose is sharp, this is visible. (00:12:10)
Continuity mistake: In the scene near the start when someone is looking at the photo of the dish (the photo is inside a manilla folder), the paper is hanging over the edge of the folder, but when it cuts to the close up the picture is in a different position. (00:05:20)
Continuity mistake: In the gas station scene after Ellen learns that Phil has drowned, she is so distraught she forgets to put the gas cap on and we can see it on the roof of her car as she drives away. But when she arrives at the police station we can see that the gas cap is on. (01:10:20)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Miter is planning to escape from the army and Bozz tries to stop him, watch the red mark on Miter's neck. It miraculously disappears and reappears many times. (00:45:05 - 00:48:30)
Continuity mistake: When Rod first talks about Penile Power, he comes out of the toilet with a Pepsi in hand, but in the next shot the Pepsi is on the table.
Continuity mistake: When Gene Hackman is helping his wife zip up her dress her hair goes from hanging straight down her back, to being over her shoulder. It cuts without giving enough time to assume that she moved her hair.
Continuity mistake: The car driven by the journalists has the letters TV written on the windshield. They are bigger viewed from inside.
Continuity mistake: In the last scene to be filmed, with Orlock and Gretta, the candles on the dresser are alternately lit and then out, as Orlock's reflection is visible then not in the mirror.
Continuity mistake: When Eloise goes down the staircase and Tom Tom stops her, she is clutching a book to her chest, holding it at the top. When the camera angle changes she is holding it at the side. (00:15:50)
Continuity mistake: After the doctor stitches and dresses his own eye, blood disappears, reappears and gets bigger and smaller through the dressing.
Continuity mistake: When Monster is reading the love letter to Rudy in the trailer of the semi, when Monster opens it up initially, the letter is folded in fourths (halves down the middles), when they come back to him in the shot, the letter is folder into a tri-fold (like a normal letter would be folded).
Continuity mistake: After his conversation with Leo, Willie presses the dial/talk button on his cordless phone and the light remains on. (00:59:40)
Continuity mistake: In the scenes at the beginning where Willy Jack is in the car his shirt changes 3 times before he's finally pulled over with the 14 year old girl. It's all one day. (00:14:00)
Suggested correction: This is not entirely unusual. A person might change their shirt, more than once, if the weather is making them sweat. Especially if the car does not have AC. Novalee said that Willy Jack bought the car very cheap, and there is a hole in the floor, so I would not be surprised if the AC was broken.
I second this. My husband owned a car that didn't have AC, and it was not unusual for him to change his shirt on hot days.
Continuity mistake: When Pollock is filmed painting, the boots he is wearing change to shoes, then back to boots again.
Continuity mistake: 1st shot: Chopper's girlfriend leaves the car; the headlights are on. 2nd shot: Chopper leaves the car to go up to her stoop to talk to her (through a closed door) and after she refuses him, he runs back to his car (old-school vehicle, far before the advent of headlights that turned themselves off) and 3rd shot: the headlights are OFF.
Continuity mistake: When Travolta is in the back of the Sno-Mobile truck with the kid, it shows them from the front looking out at the snow falling, and the kid crosses his arms. Then, it switches to a shot from behind and the kid suddenly has his arms at his sides, and crosses them again.
Continuity mistake: In the scene when the FBI agent is in the TV tower early on in the film, you see her put the FBI Identification card thing back into her 'mobile phone holder' in her bag. Then you see the guards charging up the stairs. Then the shot goes back to the FBI agent. She hasn't put her ID card thing inside her bag yet, she is still holding it.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Cliff arrives at Isabella's place and she wants to have sex with him. When they get to the couch, he loosens his tie. In the close-up shot his tie has been tightened again and then in the shot where they fall to the floor his tie is off altogether.
Continuity mistake: After the first time the mother disappears from the family photo, and the father and son are talking after the father "saves" the first nurse, there is a wide shot of the board with the family picture on it - and it shows the mother in the picture. When the camera zooms in on the picture, the mother is gone again.