Now and Then

Continuity mistake: The baseball bats lying near the batters square actually change between shots, as well as changing position. (00:51:05)

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Revealing mistake: You can see the round stage/set lights reflected in Morton's glasses, when he jumps from the fence to go over to Chrissy during the softball game. (00:51:55)

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Continuity mistake: After Roberta punches the bully, they pull her back and Chrissy calls the bully a "foulmouth," and between shots Roberta necklace hops from under to over her blouse. (00:52:00)

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Continuity mistake: During the fight between Roberta and the bully, at the softball game, the crowd of children around them change many times between shots. (00:52:50)

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Continuity mistake: After the fight at the softball field, Sam is riding home on her bike and both her cuffs are unbuttoned. Then she opens her front door and walks in, and her left cuff is done up. (00:53:25)

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Continuity mistake: In the first shot of Sam, Bud, Angela and the mother eating dinner, Sam's hand is in her lap. in the next shot it's up, resting on the table. (00:54:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Sam, her mum, her sister and Mr. Kent are eating, between the first overhead shot of the table and the closeup of Sam, the position of food on her plate differs. (00:54:15)

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Continuity mistake: Between the first shots of Sam at dinner, she lays her fork on her plate, yet in the next shot it's jumped back into her hand. (00:54:15)

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Revealing mistake: At the dinner table, when Bud knocks the glass of wine over, and the wine spills all over his shirt and trousers, a large red wine stain is already visible on his white shirt, before the glass is even knocked. (00:55:25)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Sam is trying to get the bracelet out of the sewer, the bracelet "falls" off of the ledge. However a wire is clearly attached to it, giving it a tug to make it appear to fall. (01:05:10)

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Continuity mistake: After Sam goes into the drain to get her bracelet, the drain begins to flood. As Sam stands up and tries to get out with Teeny pulling her, the loaction of the bracelet on Sam's arm changes between each shot. (01:06:00)

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Factual error: After Crazy Pete saves Sam from the sewer, Sam's hair is stringy and fairly dry. It should have been flat and soaked. (01:07:05)

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Teeny: Chrissy, truth or dare?
Chrissy: Truth.
Teeny: Have you ever been french kissed?
Chrissy: Are you kidding? I don't want to get pregnant!
Roberta: You can't get pregnant from french-kissing!
Chrissy: I know that, beetle-brain, but it's common knowledge that if you tongue-kiss a boy, he automatically thinks you'll do the deed with him. They can't help it. They're driven. It's the male curse.

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Trivia: There is a scene where teenage Chrissy punches Roberta. When filming this, the actress playing Roberta forgot to turn her head, and ended up actually getting punched in the face full force. They had to halt filming because the actress was badly bruised for days.

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Question: Does anyone know where I can find the footage of the Carnival scene that was deleted from the final movie? Its not on the zone4 DVD and I really want to see it.

Answer: The deleted scene was never released, so it unavailable, but there is a website with some pictures from this scene: http://www.frontiernet.net/~rcowart/deleted_scenes.html.

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