The Dead Don't Die

The Dead Don't Die (2019)

18 mistakes - chronological order

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Continuity mistake: In the car after the visit to Hermit Bob, Adam Driver's radio microphone fights a constant battle for position between shots with his seatbelt. The most obvious bit is when he says "Yeah this isn't gonna end well", and the seatbelt is covering the radio. (00:06:20)

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Continuity mistake: At the diner, Farmer Frank is asked why he thinks Hermit Bob was the chicken thief. He puts the coffee mug down, but he already did that in the previous shot. (00:10:40)

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Continuity mistake: At the police station, Ronnie gets up and switches the table lamp off when Mindy stands. Wrong continuity at the cut, though. Adam Driver still has the hand on the lamp, but his other hand is suddenly on the back of his own chair (it wasn't before), and Chloe Sevigny suddenly has her jacket in her right hand which was on the back of her chair. (00:20:55)

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Continuity mistake: Zombie Iggy Pop approaches the counter to drink some coffee, and you can see a clock on the wall: it's approx 10:10. But as the zombies leave the diner, through the windows you can see the clock: it's now 9:25. (00:30:45 - 00:31:20)

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Continuity mistake: A couple times during the trip before stopping for gas as "The dead don't die" plays on the radio, Jack's arm moves from the top of the window to the bottom between shots (when the song goes "For the lights to shine down on" and when Zack passes him the energy drink). (00:39:15 - 00:39:50)

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Visible crew/equipment: At the gas stop, Zoe picks up the Sturgill Simpson CD, and the owner once more pitches it ("That's a really good CD"). There's a boom mic at the top left corner of the screen. (00:41:58)

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Continuity mistake: In front of the motel, Zack pulls the pink suitcase out of the trunk; he does it with Jack holding the bag high up, or all the way down in the second shot. (00:46:00)

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Continuity mistake: In the motel room, Jack mentions "that Harry Potter guy at the gas station." Zoe's right hand is just below the left wrist. Reverse shot, and it's down at elbow level. (00:56:35)

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Continuity mistake: Back at the police station from the hardware store, Cliff puts down a cardboard box full of stuff. He shows Mindy a couple of items, one being a funnel. He puts the funnel down, inside the box. At the next cut, the funnel is right on the corner of the box. (00:59:15)

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Continuity mistake: When the two dead golfers sit up, Tilda Swinton says "Good grief!" and places the green powder container on the magazine before pushing the chair back. In the overhead shot that follows, the powder moves to the table. (01:02:00)

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Revealing mistake: When the zombie crawls into the hardware store breaking through the bottom part of the barricade, you can already see on the wood plank the line where the wood is supposed to snap in half. (01:05:20)

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Revealing mistake: When Hank severs the head of the second zombie with the shears, the body staggers against the barricade, and one of the planks that is supposedly keeping away a throng of zombies from the HW store wobbles going noticeably out of place. (01:05:50)

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Continuity mistake: The three kids in juvi are looking at the zombie horde press against the windows. Geronimo through the first phase (until the guard cries out "Save me!") has his hands off the top of the seat when viewed from behind, while his right hand is holding to it in front views. (01:06:15)

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Continuity mistake: In the car towards the end, Cliff has his hands crossed on the wheel, right hand on top. "May I ask you a question?" he goes. Cut to Adam Driver, and when the camera is back on Bill Murray, he is still leaning dejected, but with the left hand on top. (01:29:20)

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Factual error: Bobby's shotgun hit blasts a hole through the head of the first zombie entering the store, but the zombie directly behind it, as well as the barricade, are unscathed. The shells can hardly penetrate this much, wide and clean through the head and then disappear with no trace. (01:35:05)

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Character mistake: Selena Gomez drives into town in a fully restored 1967 Pontiac Le Mans, which is a long box shaped car. However, when confronted with Bill Murray and Adam Driver, Adam Driver complements her on her 1968 Pontiac Le Mans, which is a completely redesigned shorter curved body style. The two look nothing alike.

Continuity mistake: Fern and Lily are dead on the floor of the diner, but the 'crowd' outside apparently can see them from windows that are roughly at the height of their heads, and keeping distant from the flower beds. Most curtains in that area were also completely pulled.

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Mindy Morrison: Guys. Shouldn't we be telling each other that's it all gonna be ok? That this will all go away like a bad dream? Ronnie?
Ronnie Peterson: Gee Mindy I'm not sure I can say that.
Mindy Morrison: Cliff. Please?
Cliff Robertson: It's all gonna be ok Mindy. Maybe it'll all just go away, like a bad dream.
Ronnie Peterson: I doubt it.

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Trivia: Hermit Bob examines a gravestone and leaves; the name on it is Samuel M. Fuller, homage to the filmmaker of the same name and always considered by Jarmusch as one of his favourites. (00:57:40)

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Question: What started the zombie apocalypse and is it just in Centerville or the entire world?

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