Continuity mistake: When the bar is collapsing, the bags of crisps net to the drunk guy appear/disappear randomly between shots.
Sacha
28th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
28th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When Denise picks up Corry, he has a silver patch underneath his shirt. Seemingly some sort of protection.
28th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Stewart arrives at Denise's place, a book suddenly appears on top of the books on the second shelf.
28th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: When the bald man is punching the other guy, the pool cues on the right appear and disappear between shots. (00:27:10)
28th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Miles is talking with Sal for the first time, a cigarette suddenly appears on Sal's lips. (00:20:32 - 00:23:30)
28th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: When the bar collapses, the drunk guy's hat is raised but a shot later it's tucked down. (00:57:30)
28th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the highway collapses, the miniature prop is missing the delineators and lamp posts.
28th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: When Miles fails the stunt and falls, stage lights are reflected on his helmet. (00:47:21)
26th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: When the police chases the car, the camera is reflected on the siren.
26th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: During the jolt by the dam, the worker's table shakes, but not the rest of the stuff surrounding them, revealing that someone was moving the table underneath. (00:05:58)
26th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: After the quake, people rush down and find a man hanging onto a beam. Sam walks down towards him. Shot changes, and he is several meters behind, walking down again.
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: When the balcony collapses, the man that was eating chicken disappears in the wide angle.
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Suggested correction: You can see him falling with the balcony. Pay attention to his brown sweater and you can see it falling and crashing to the ground with the balcony. How it was done...maybe a dummy?
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: After the drunk faints, there's a wide shot of the dam. The number of people next to the railing differs between wide and close shots.
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the elevator crashes, there's a really crappy splat of blood on screen that appears abruptly, which is a very obvious over-impression of a painting.
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the earthquake begins, a dam moves wildly, but the water underneath remains still, revealing it's a camera effect. (00:05:56)
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: After the bar where the drunk collapses, there's a scene of an office where a piece of ceiling falls on the left side. A second later, the office is clean and the ceiling falls again.
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