Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

39 mistakes

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Continuity mistake: When Ana hands over the file to Cora, Cora grabs the file on the side. When it cuts she grabs it on the top of the file. (00:01:20)

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Factual error: When the survivors are first in the mall, you can see a store called Roots with a Canadian beaver logo. While the movie was filmed in Canada, it is supposed to take place in the USA where Roots has a different logo. (00:17:05)

Factual error: When they are eating, there's a box of chicken labelled PFK (Poulet Frit a la Kentucky), the French equivalent of KFC. This film takes place in the USA, but was filmed in Canada where most products are labelled in English and French.

Dr Wilson

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, when Ana is escaping from her husband, she crashes into the bath and in the process pulls down the shower curtain and rail. The shot from above shows the curtain rail landing on top of her, but when the shot immediately switches to show to show a close up of her sitting in the bath, the rail appears to be propped up just behind her right shoulder. (00:06:30)

Richard Holmes

Continuity mistake: When the gang of survivors goes to Andy's gun shop, one of them shoots a zombie and he proceeds to fall on his knees. The scene cuts to the gang and then to the charging zombies and the shot zombie falls again.

Revealing mistake: As Ana is driving away from her home, when we see her car driving from a shot high above, we see a car crashing in to a gas station making a huge explosion. However the trees a few feet away from the explosion don't move. The shockwave would have made them react at least a bit. (00:09:20)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where the remaining survivors are on Steve's boat and Michael stays because he's bitten, the sun changes positions. It goes from being morning to afternoon.

Sammi

Visible crew/equipment: When Ana is about to leave Cora she asks her if Cora can page Dr. Dandewar, then she starts walking. As Cora starts talking you can see the boom mic move reflected in the window right beside Cora's head. (00:01:40)

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Continuity mistake: At the birth of the zombie baby and the shoot-out, the pregnant girl gets shot through the left eye blowing her eye socket apart. Afterwards, the main blonde girl surveys the area and now the pregnant lady's left eye is undamaged.

Continuity mistake: When Dr. Dandewar has hung up the phone we see him holding the X-ray in his hand. When it cuts he is holding it with both hands. (00:00:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Norma places the case on the table, Ana says she shall go check on Luda while placing a box horizontally in the case. When it cuts the box is lying vertically. (01:08:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Ana is done talking with Dr. Dandewar she gets to Cora's desk and places her files on the desk. When it cuts the brown file on the desk has moved. (00:01:15)

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Other mistake: Near the beginning, Ana speeds away from her home down winding streets in the suburbs. In an aerial views of the houses, look closely at the row of homes at the bottom of the screen. None of the homes are shown with driveways or sidewalks. Essentially, there is no way getting to these homes. This is revealed in the commentary by the director who realized the mistake, but didn't care.

Continuity mistake: When Michael breaks the safety glass for the axe, some of the glass remains intact. When it cuts the glass is gone. (01:01:25)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Michael is about to open the door where he finds the janitor, there is a close up shot of the door handle where you see the reflection of three studio spotlights. (00:21:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Ana leaves the hospital she approaches an ambulance. As the walkie-talkie scrambles she puts her arm on her hip. When it cuts her arm is down. (00:02:05)

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Continuity mistake: When Dr. Dandewar hangs up the phone you can see the phone chord gets twirled up. When it cuts the chord is straight. (00:00:55)

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Continuity mistake: After Norma has been killed and Ana says someone should say something, Kenneth moves forth while saying "There is nothing to say," and Nicole comes out from behind the counter and walks a few feet. When it cuts she is walking out from behind the counter again. (01:12:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Ana is talking to Cora at the beginning, Ana has her elbow on the counter and her hand behind her neck. Her hand changes positions from shot to shot. (00:01:20)

Krista

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Continuity mistake: When Vivian bites Luis Ana grabs Vivian, and some of Vivian's hair hangs over Ana's hand. When it cuts to Ana dragging Vivian off Luis the hair is under Ana's hand. (00:05:20)

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Michael: So what's the plan?
C.J: The plan is you drink a nice tall glass of shut the fuck up!

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Trivia: The sheriff in the movie was Tom Savini, who did the makeup and special effects in the 1978 version and also had a cameo as a biker in the '78 version. (00:25:35)

Pam-I-am

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Question: In the opening scene, why was Luis not particularly bothered by the sudden appearance of a neighbor child in their house standing at the entrance to their bedroom? He reacts to her initially as though she were an overnight guest who had been sleeping down the hall and not as someone who doesn't live there.

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Answer: Since it's not addressed in the script or the film, any answer would be speculation. One could be that Luis is just a generally laid back person, and the appearance of a young child he knows is not enough to ruffle his feathers, even if she isn't supposed to be there. He also just woke up, so he could be a bit groggy and not fully processing the situation as quickly as he might normally. More likely, it's simply the way the scene was filmed; the director and actor didn't think it important to show Luis "bothered" by the girl's presence (prior to noticing the blood, of course).

Answer: He also likely knew her since Anna had a conversation with the kid earlier about "say hi to your mom for me'.

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