Jumping Jack Flash

Jumping Jack Flash (1986)

26 mistakes - chronological order

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Visible crew/equipment: When Terry leaves her apartment, as she passes the shops, two crewmembers pushing the camera are reflected in the large windows, walking behind her. (00:02:40)

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Continuity mistake: When Terry responds to Jack's "Are you alone?," we see her type three letters, yet on the screen it shows four letter - "Yes." with the period. (00:11:40)

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Revealing mistake: When Terry plays "Jumpin' Jack Flash," she presses the play button, which then clicks back up again, which means it's not playing, yet the music is still on. (00:14:30)

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Continuity mistake: As Terry writes down notes as she listens to "Jumpin' Jack Flash," the colour of the pen she is using constantly changes. (00:14:40)

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Continuity mistake: When Terry plays "Jumpin' Jack Flash," she throws her red overcoat to the floor. During following shots it vanishes and moves around, changes position etc. (00:14:50)

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Continuity mistake: After entering Jack's key code, Terry's monitor changes from an amber monochrome display to a 16-color display. (00:20:15)

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Continuity mistake: When Terry jumps out of the taxi, the passenger door is wide open. Yet when the taxi crashes it is closed. (00:34:05)

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Continuity mistake: When Jack asks Terry if she'd go back to the consulate, in the next shot there's suddenly more conversation on the screen, and the text displayed is different from what they wrote previously. (00:45:20)

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Continuity mistake: Terry writes: "I think I can handle it. I can try. Queen's Anniversary Ball tonight. Think I can crash?" Yet in the next shot the line "I think I can handle itÂ…." has gone. (00:45:40)

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Audio problem: When Terry enters the Queen's Ball with another man, the man says to his wife "You're getting very shrill," yet his mouth isn't in sync. (00:48:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Terry enters her apartment to find it trashed, the position of the items on the counters, floor, in the sink, etc. change. (00:58:00)

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Revealing mistake: In the overhead shot, where Terry tells Jack about Sinai Sarah, she is obviously not typing correctly, but is just pushing the same keys over again. (01:19:50)

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Continuity mistake: Terry types "Sure. Anything else?" in reply to Jack saying they should go to Orlando's for dinner. In the next shot it says "Great. Anything else?" (01:20:50)

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Continuity mistake: When the taxi crashes into the police car with Terri riding in the back, she reaches her arm out the window to open the door but it's not her arm at first. Notice the color of the sleeve on the arm that reaches out at first, it's black but Terri is wearing a red shirt. (01:31:15)

Terry: Drag the river! There are killers running around the fucking city!
Detective: How would you like me to wash your mouth out with a wire brush?
Terry: How would you like if I kicked you in the nuts so hard they get lodged in your fucking nostrils?
Marty: My, that was a vivid image, wasn't it?

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