Superman III
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Revealing mistake: When Vera is reading the Time magazine, it's missing the date and price on top of the letters, revealing it's a fake cover.

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Revealing mistake: At the chemical plant, just before Superman takes off to save the people trapped on the roof, the wires are visible.

Continuity mistake: When Superman first pulls the stack down to use as a slide for the workers, the bottom where it came out of the roof was a dark color. When the people go to slide down, it's all silver colored.

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Continuity mistake: When Ross is bitten by Gus, his hand lies vertically on Gus' head. A shot later it lies horizontally. (01:41:29)

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Continuity mistake: When Gus disconnects the computer Superman lies flat on the floor. A shot later his right shoulder is raised, and his body rests on his left side.

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Revealing mistake: During the wedding and tornado in Colombia, huge rocks fall on the people's heads and shoulders, but they stand-up harmless or react calmly, revealing they were hit by fake prop rocks.

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Audio problem: When the tornado in Colombia starts, two women sitting outside the church start crying "Mira pa'rriba" among other lines, but her mouths are not moving.

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Continuity mistake: Gus serves Brad an extra shot of vodka. He takes a sip and says "yeah, perfect." In the following shot the club in his fist is protruding less than in the previous shot. (00:44:06)

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Continuity mistake: The shot outside of the bus where Jimmy and Clark are shows a woman and a man sitting on the front seats. In the shot inside the bus they disappear.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Gus breaks the lattice in pieces and skis away, in the immediate wide angle all the falling wood and debris has disappeared.

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Revealing mistake: When Gus flies off with his skis, note that the wooden lattice is already broken before his crash to allow for the stunt.

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Continuity mistake: At the snowy terrace, Gus tells Ross that Superman "is bad." Ross has his index finger pointing at his temple, but a shot later it's lowered. (00:54:53)

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Revealing mistake: During the Pisa tower scenes, the sky is always the same, plus the balloons in the stall have the exact same position, revealing not only that the shot is a chroma, but that both scenes were shot the same day.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Superman struggles to stop being dragged by the computer, there is debris all over the floor. When the computer explodes the debris disappears.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Superman takes Clark's glasses, he folds one arm of the glasses in. A moment later, that arm is extended, and he folds both arms and crushes them.

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Ross Webster: Congratulations, Gus, old buddy. You're going to go down in history as the man who killed Superman.

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Question: When Gus is eating at a diner, he overhears a man telling another man that somebody is making money off the oil shortage. How?

Answer: For one, when a commodity like oil is in short supply and the demand is high, the price rises significantly.

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