Shampoo

Shampoo (1975)

36 mistakes

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Continuity mistake: Jackie's luggage is in the trunk of Lester's car and the luggage stripes lie vertically in the trunk. Yet in the shot from the top of the hill, George looks down below, Lester's car is seen and the luggage stripes now lie horizontally. (01:45:45)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: When George tells Jill the truth in her house, the hair at her shoulders changes repeatedly, going from tucked in her coat, to all out, to partially tucked and then out again, over and over, throughout this scene. (01:29:30)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: As George walks in and finds Lester sitting on his couch, the TV is seen close to the chair and the antenna are positioned a certain way on top. When Lester raises the volume, the TV is closer to the fireplace and the antenna are positioned differently. However when Lester goes to the door to leave the TV and antenna's position are the same as in the first shot. (01:33:20 - 01:36:50)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: Before Jill throws the chair through the glass doors, the pants on the floor and the bottles in the fridge differ in their positions compared to after the door shatters. (01:24:45)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: Every time the refrigerator is shown at Jill's, from the first shot when George takes an apple, to the last shot when he puts toast in the toaster, the magnets on the door change positions. (00:06:20)

Super Grover

Audio problem: When the cleaners pull up in front of Jackie's home, we hear the audio of the two dogs barking and yelping, but the dogs are in full view and they are both lying down quietly, not moving at all. (01:41:40)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: When George chases Jill, she tosses the paper bag as she gets up and runs into the hallway, but in the next shot not yet in the hallway she tosses the paper bag near the doorway. Also, when George stands up the plants are seen on the right, but later when Jill walks by, the plants are positioned differently. (00:07:20)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: When George is goofing around in bed with Jill, in the wide shot her arms are hugging him around his neck and his right arm is under hers, but in the next close-up his right arm is around her neck and her arm is now under his. The mail on the bed differs in the two shots too. (00:07:25)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: While George sits on his bed, as he and Jill are talking, the pillows, solid and color blankets change positions between the front and back shots. Then later, when she sits and puts her arm around him, that arm is positioned differently in the front and back shots too. (00:54:55)

Super Grover

Norman: I want you to learn to collect for the coffee, George. Learn to nickel-and-dime. You're going to end up without a pot to pee in.

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