The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers (2004)

8 mistakes

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Continuity mistake: The movie starts with the shot of a sculpture and a raven landing on it. From the side shot the raven is on the left sculpture, from above he is on the right sculpture.

Continuity mistake: When the Professor is reciting a poem to the ladies from the church, there is a burning candelabra on the mantel behind him. In alternating shots, the candles have wax dripping down the sides and then they do not.

Continuity mistake: Garth Pancake blows off his right index finger. But when the gang is doing the champagne toast after the heist, the finger is visible in a blurred foreground shot. In the next shot, it is missing again.

Continuity mistake: When The Professor first recites a poem about Helen to his landlord, his legs change position - first they are crossed, and in the next shot they're wide spread.

Grigory the Wanderer

Plot hole: When Gawain is repairing the hole in the vault wall, a security camera is visible in the top corner in the room.

Continuity mistake: Mrs. Munson hands Professor G.H. Dorr a flute. At the end of that scene there are two shots. Close up shot: the flute's holes look up; immediately after: Wide Shot and the holes face sideways towards Dorr.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: At the point when Lump commits suicide, two separate shots were used. In one shot he was directly facing the professor and in the next shot he was facing a ninety degree angle away from the professor as the gun went off.

velon

Factual error: You can't paint only part of a wall without creating a contrast. That's why walls are always painted as a whole. The paint job done by Wayans could not possibly blend in with the rest of the wall.

BlueCell

Preacher: I smite, you smite, he smites, we done smote.

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