Continuity mistake: While ET is reading the ABC book and brings life to the wilted plant, the position and number of the leaves and flowers are completely different between the front and back shots.
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3rd Oct 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
3rd Oct 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Elliot's mom leaves to school and Gertie says ET can talk, the cupboard behind her swaps from lit to unlit between shots.
3rd Oct 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: After Elliot frees the frog, notice a group of kids in the background with a blonde girl in a blue dress on the left: they're either watching Elliot in awe, or looking down at their books. This changes back and forth several times.
3rd Oct 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Elliot grabs the jar to free the frog, the frog stretches up and climbs the side, yet a frame later, from a different angle, it's sitting on the bottom of the jar.
3rd Oct 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Elliot shows up the morning after Halloween her mum hugs him and gets dark paint on her cheek. When the angle changes the stain vanishes.
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Suggested correction: Mary doesn't get "dark paint" on her cheek when she hugs Elliot. When Mary's standing at the fridge door speaking to the police officer, she's still wearing her Halloween dress and the mark on her right cheek is the black heart (part of her Halloween makeup). This mark is still visible on her cheek in the wide shot (viewed on Blu-ray) when she tells Elliot she's sorry that she yelled at him, and sits Elliott down on the kitchen seat.
3rd Oct 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When the final bike chase starts, the kid with the blue ski mask who cries "We made it!" changes positions 3 times in less than 2 seconds: 1) To the left of a kid with a red hat, both behind the one with a cap. 2) To the right of the one with a cap, riding parallel to him. 3) Behind everyone, completely alone.
5th Jul 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: After drunken Elliot sinks down his chair, he raises and looks at the girl, his left arm on the desk. A frame later, from the opposite angle, the arm is down.
26th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When the kids are running away from the cops, the way the white blanket is folded around ET differs between the wide shots and the close-ups.
26th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Elliot and the bikers are about to fly, Elliot closes his eyes and there's a close-up on ET's eyes, which reflect a group of people running in front of him. From a wider angle, a frame later, there are two cars with 2 cops standing, no men running.
15th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: While escaping from the cops, right before ET makes the bike fly, Elliot is pedalling standing away from the seat, half a meter above ET's head. A frame later, from the front angle, he is seating, his head at ET's level.
15th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Other mistake: When one of the bikers escaping from the cops cries "We made it!", 15 men appear from each side. Plus, there's a dozen or so police cars in front, as it is later revealed. Although this adds up for more action and suspense, it is absurd to believe neither he nor any of Elliot and Mike's friends saw none of them.
15th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When the van enters the playground, the 3 friends and their bikes are parallel to each other. A frame later, the guy with a red cap is several meters behind.
15th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: The van reaches the playground, skids and white chunks fall off the rear, covering the grass. When the angle changes, the grass is clean and the chunks are falling down again, though much less amount than before.
15th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When the van enters the playground, a woman in blue walking by the curb suddenly disappears in the following angle.
15th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: At the end, when ET tells Gertie to be good, the plant disappears, only to reappear in the next angle.
15th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: Elliot shows ET where home is and a close-up shows ET's hands very close together fidgeting with a red object. When the angle changes, the hands are way apart, and the object is gone.
15th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Elliot opens the solar system book, ET's finger is on the edge of the page. A frame later it's several inches above.
15th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Elliot opens the book with the solar system, the book pages are folded, yet a frame later, from a different angle, the book is opened wide.
15th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Revealing mistake: After Gertie says she doesn't like ET's feet, Elliot scolds her and she mouths his lines.
15th Jun 2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Audio problem: When Elliot frees the frogs and cries "I gotta save you, I gotta let you go!", his lips aren't moving.
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