Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Juliet drops the gem, Pauline then points it out and we see a shot of it. Then we see a second shot of it, as Honora picks it up. Between the two shots the position of leaves and twigs around the gem changes. (01:42:40)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In her dream Nancy burns herself on a boiler pipe, by her wrist. Yet when outside, examining her burn mark, it is up near her elbow. (00:27:00 - 00:28:10)

Hamster

8th Oct 2004

The Cell (2000)

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Continuity mistake: After waking up from entering the mind of Carl, Peter starts coughing and he pulls off the cloth that was over his head, which falls off and down onto the table. In the next shot though, the cloth is now laying right under his chin. (01:20:35)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: After Nancy gets out the bath, the big mirror goes from having slight condensation on it, to being covered in condensation between shots. (00:32:40)

Hamster

Visible crew/equipment: In art class, Miss Collins says "..and decide who wants to model and who want to draw." After saying this it cuts to a wide shot of the class, and in the windows (right side of the room) you can clearly see, reflected in the window, the whole long pole of the boom mic being slowly lowered. (00:08:50)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In art class you see Mrs. Collins pick up some papers and a wooden tray, then turn and talk to Juliet. The wooden tray Mrs. Collins picks up has a circular carve in one end of it. In one shot she is holding the tray so the carving is facing her, then when the shot changes she is suddenly holding the tray the other way, so the carving is facing away from her. (00:08:55)

Hamster

Visible crew/equipment: When Honora brings Pauline a tray of breakfast into her room, Honora gives her the tray then talks to her for a while. You can clearly see the face of a crewmember reflected in a window, and then after, you see the reflection of two hands holding the long pole of the boom mic! (00:37:40)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In one scene, Tod runs near Copper's barrel and calls "Copper!" In the wide shot of him calling, there is no red water bowl near Copper's barrel, but in the closeup the water bowl appears. (00:19:45)

Hamster

1st Oct 2004

The Haunting (1999)

Continuity mistake: When Nell is searching for Dr. Marrow, and she stops his work on the table, the tape recorded on the table changes position between shots. (01:00:15)

Hamster

1st Oct 2004

The Haunting (1999)

Continuity mistake: During dinner, Theo starts pouring a glass of wine for Mary. In one shot she has poured about a quarter of the glass full. But in the nest shot the glass is nearly full. (00:23:50)

Hamster

30th Sep 2004

Lord of the Flies (1963)

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Other mistake: After there has been the vote for chief, behind one boy you can see a piece of wood reading "Anthony M," a marker for showing where the actor (Anthony McCall-Judson) should sit. (00:13:25)

Hamster

29th Sep 2004

Two Weeks Notice (2002)

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Continuity mistake: When Lucy and her parents are talking on the street, Lucy says "Wait a minute, our community centre! My community centre!" When and after she says this, the Forbes magazine she has goes from being under her arm, to in her left hand, then into her right hand between shots. (00:04:55)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In her dream, Kristen is bit by Kincaid's dog on her right arm. When she wakes up, the wound is on her left arm. (00:06:25)

Hamster

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Suggested correction: Incorrect: she is bitten on her left arm in the dream (it's on the right, but she's facing the screen).

Visible crew/equipment: After Freddy 'sucks' Sheila, Freddy says "You flunked", then it cuts to Alice trying to get out from her desk. Under her desk you can see someones fingers briefly. (00:44:25)

Hamster

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Continuity mistake: When Sheila's pen bleeds, she puts the pen down, then smears the blood around her physics test. Between shots, the way the blood has smeared changes. (00:42:45)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Sheila's pen starts to bleed, she puts it down on her desk, with the lid off. In the next shot there's a lid on it, and the pen has also changed it position. Her inhaler has also changed position. (00:42:40)

Hamster

27th Sep 2004

The Cell (2000)

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Continuity mistake: When Catherine is thrown to the floor in front of 'King Carl' she alternates to laying with her legs crossed, to uncrossed, four times between shots. (00:47:05)

Hamster

Trivia: The sound of Freddy's knife-fingers scraping across metal was actually produced by scraping a steak knife across the underside of a metal chair.

Hamster

Trivia: In the scene where Nancy is dragged under the bathtub, there was a false floor for Nancy to lie on and the set was constructed around a swimming pool.

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