Without a Paddle

Without a Paddle (2004)

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Factual error: The hairy girls claim they are in a giant Redwood named Earthchild. The only Redwood trees in Oregon are in the far South West corner very near the coast and mostly over the border of California. D. B. Cooper was supposed to have landed North of Portland. (00:57:40)

Sol Parker

Deliberate mistake: When it starts raining so that "things couldn't be worse" according to Seth Green, the younger fat hillbilly pulls out an umbrella. Why would he have one when he is trying to hunt someone down and kill them? This was obviously put in for comedic purposes but doesn't play well in the movie. (01:05:40)

luchador

Plot hole: The Hillbillies take a "short cut" to catch up with the guys after they are taken in by Burt Reynolds. However, the guys get a chance to sleep comfortably until morning before being confronted by them. (01:12:10)

Continuity mistake: In the treehouse he picks up the lock box, sets it on the floor and the lock is unlocked. Then they say that they don't have the code to open it and have to bust it with something. (01:27:00 - 01:34:00)

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Continuity mistake: Near the end, when Tom, Jerry, and Dan are about to be shot by the two hillbillies and the cop, there is a brief scene that shows all three guns being loaded from a side view. The gun closest to the camera is a handgun. When the camera zooms out, all three men have rifles. There is no handgun to be seen. (01:27:40)

Continuity mistake: We see Tom standing in the river catching fish, yet when they start running from the bear, the water is gone.

Revealing mistake: At the fight scene in the cave, you can see the gun clip has no bullets in it.

Visible crew/equipment: When the 3 guys are in the pot field, Dan dodges the bullet, you can see the camera's shadow pass across him.

Continuity mistake: When the trio fall down the shaft, a small wooden beam falls on Tom's leg, but when the shot changes the beam is next to his leg.

Continuity mistake: Right after the 3 guys fall off the waterfall, Tom lays on the ground. You can see that his pants have a lot of dirt on them. But in the next scene Tom is getting up to make his point to Dan, and there is no dirt on his pants.

Factual error: During their first night's camping, they encounter a bear..a Kodiak bear. Unfortunately, the only bears found in Oregon's Cascade Mountains are black bears.

Factual error: When the 3 guys have just safely gone through the rapids, they hear a roaring sound. This is leading to a waterfall. The water around them and the leaves in the water are perfectly still. A few seconds later they are going over the waterfall. A river just before a waterfall would have a strong current leading to the waterfall. this should have been the case with the river, but there was no current whatsoever prior to the waterfall.

luchador

Factual error: This is for the whole pot burning scene. When marijuana plants are burned while still being a alive, you can't get high. THC and all the cannabinoids don't become psychoactive until the plant has fully flowered and all moisture content has been removed. Even if the live plants could've caught fire and burned so easily, all the guys would have got from them would've been a headache.

Continuity mistake: When the three first arrive in the small town, Jerry walks past a garage as he is talking on the phone. From the outside you see two guys standing on either side of a truck. When they show them in a close up, they are standing together.

Continuity mistake: Right before they encounter the hard rapids, just before they flip over, Dan's hat disappears and reappears between shots.

Continuity mistake: During the time of the two natural girls attacking the hillbillies with the bags of poo, we see their clothes are covered in feces. Shortly after the chase scene that follows, we see their clothes are in fact perfectly clean once again.

KaptainKhaos

Revealing mistake: When they are in the river you can see their shirts are life jackets, then back to normal shirts when they are safe.

Continuity mistake: Tom's gunshot wound disappears in the cave scene when they cuddle together.

Continuity mistake: Dennis and Elwood get covered in poo, but when they are on the 4 wheeler it's completely gone. You can see this when they are standing by the cliff also.

Revealing mistake: After the guys head back on the road after first meeting the sheriff, the footage used of the vehicle driving down the road is the same footage used after the guys put the mix tape in the stereo; even though they weren't driving past the same spot a second time.

Bishop73

[Dan has tripped and fallen after running away from a bear. The bear towers above him.]
Tom: Stay calm. Get in the foetal position.
Dan: Oh God.
Tom: It won't bother you if your in the foetal position. [Dan crawls up into the foetal position.] Nothing's gonna happen now.
Dan: Is he gone? Is he gone?
Tom: Abort the foetal position! It's not working!

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Question: At the start of the film, when Tom is with that girl, whats so important about Toni showing up? Is she the girls room mate or something?

Answer: Toni is the other girl's girlfriend.

MoonFaery

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