Congo

Congo (1995)

50 mistakes - chronological order

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Audio problem: When Charles Travis meets Jeffrey by the river bank, Jeffrey is heard speaking but his mouth doesn't match what he says. (00:04:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Dr. Ross meets her boss at the cart, as they walk towards the large building, the sunlight on the building changes between shots. (00:06:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Charles Travis sits on the steps of Zinj, waiting for Jeffrey to get his bag, there are branches to his right, which keep disappearing. (00:06:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Charles Travis picks up the eyeball as he sits on the steps of Zinj, he changes from holding it in his fingers/on his palm. (00:06:50)

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Continuity mistake: When the boss says to Dr. Ross "So Where is He!?" [about Charles], his hands go from by his side, to on his golf club between shots. (00:07:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Dr. Ross finds the dead people on the trasmission video, in the video there's a thick fog floating, but in real shots, no fog is there. (00:07:30)

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Continuity mistake: After the Travicom boss smashes the TV screen, the right side of the screen is on fire. In the next shot the left side is now the side alight. (00:08:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Dr. Elliot is doing his presentation, there is a large TV on a stand, with a VCR, which suddenly vanishes halfway through. (00:11:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Dr. Elliot hugs Amy, after she finsihes painting, the position of Amy's head on his shoulder keeps changing between shots. (00:11:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Amy gives Dr. Elliot the yellow bunch of flowers, during the presentation, they change position between shots. (00:12:40)

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Continuity mistake: When Dr. Elliot's plane lands at the African runway, the baggage hatch is seen opening twice between shots as they exit the plane. (00:22:25)

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Continuity mistake: After the President's car explodes, the cart that Dr. Elliot and the others ride in suddenly moves closer to the explosion between shots. (00:23:45)

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Continuity mistake: After the President's car explodes on the runway, there's a shot of guards running over to it. In the wideshot these guards have vanished. (00:23:55)

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Continuity mistake: When the group leaves the African airport in the truck, the hole in the truck roof is closed, then open in one interior shot, then closed again. (00:25:30)

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Continuity mistake: When the group arrive at the plane, the ground around it differs from wet to dry and the shadows around it also change a few times. (00:33:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Dr. Elliot and the group arrive at the plane, the plane changes position between shots, in relation to the trucks surrounding it. (00:33:00)

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Continuity mistake: When the group arrive to the plane, in the truck, the people standing around the plane/area changes/disappear etc. between shots. (00:33:00)

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Monroe: Eddie! What happened to your head?
Eddie: Customs guy, whacked me in the head with a can of peanut oil for stamping visas. I'm never goin back to that country, man. Those people have permanently wigged out.

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Trivia: According to Frank Marshall, the diamonds used in the movie were borrowed from Herkimer Diamond Mines in New York. However at the end of the movie, a diamond is thrown out of the balloon. This diamond actually ended up being lost and never found.

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