Revealing mistake: Before Goldfinger is sucked out of the plane, the flying cushions (superimposed on a chroma) magically vanish.
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11th Dec 2020
Goldfinger (1964)
11th Dec 2020
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: The crane from the junkyard stops at the car's roof, but from a different angle it's up and being lowered again.
11th Dec 2020
Goldfinger (1964)
Revealing mistake: When Oddjob is killed and falls face-down, he turns his head to the left a second before he smashes it against the floor.
11th Dec 2020
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: When Oddjob arrives at the junkyard, it's a cloudy day and the car casts no shadow; however, a shot later, from a different angle, it's a sunny day and there's an 8 o'clock shadow beneath the car.
11th Dec 2020
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: After Bond hits Oddjob with the stick, Oddjob launches him face-down, but from the next angle Bond is landing and sliding face-up.
11th Dec 2020
Goldfinger (1964)
Revealing mistake: When Bond grabs a huge stick to attack Oddjob, the first wide shot behind Bond is of a very obvious stuntman with a square face and a prominent jaw. Stunt also visible after Bond jumps and grabs Oddjob's neck, when he is launched against the wall.
8th Dec 2020
Goldfinger (1964)
Other mistake: Inside the plane Bond punches Goldfinger's chest. However, Goldfinger reacts as if he had been punched in the face.
6th Dec 2020
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: When Goldfinger shoots and breaks the plane window, chaos runs havoc: curtains flutter wildly and a strong wind hurling inside makes objects fly around. Yet right when Goldfinger is lifted up the air (an obvious chroma effect) the curtains and even Bond's hair stop moving. This happens between one frame and another, it has nothing to do with physics or pressure inside the plane.
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Suggested correction: If we remember that the cabins of these types of jets are pressurized, the continuity makes sense. When the window is shot out, explosive decompression occurs with the higher pressure in the cabin causing violent gusts as it flows toward the hole in the window. As Goldfinger is lifted toward the window and blocks it with his body, the flow suddenly stops. By the time Goldfinger is sucked through the window, the pressure has equalized and the cabin, though drafty because of the open window, is near normal again. In reality, the pressure difference would not be enough to suck a corpulent man through a small window, but that's another issue.
The curtains stop fluttering before Goldfinger is sucked-out. They are fluttering yet a shot later they are still.
10th Oct 2017
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: When Goldfinger walks to play cards by the pool, the passers-by behind are not continuous between shots.
10th Oct 2017
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: The first time we see Goldfinger by the pool, in the wide angle there's a girl with an orange bathing suit, and a man with a striped shirt next to her. In the close-up, the man now has a white T-shirt with a blue print, and the girl has a white bikini and an orange skirt.
10th Oct 2017
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: By the pool, Bond is given a note by an agent. The way he holds the note changes between shots.
10th Oct 2017
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: During the pre-credits, the amount of soap on the back of the girl that was taking a bath changes between shots.
10th Oct 2017
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: During the pre-credits, Bond lights his lighter to check his watch before the explosion. In the close-up he lights it again.
10th Oct 2017
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: During the pre-credits Bond enters a room and his hands are spotless. In the close-ups of him placing explosives they're very dirty.
5th Sep 2011
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: In Fort Knox, when Bond is crouched about to grab the hat, he moves closer to it between shots.
5th Sep 2011
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: In bed with the escort, the champaigne bottle's label turns around 180ยบ between shots.
5th Sep 2011
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: In Goldfinger's plane, Bond's Martini swaps from being by his lips to down by his waist.
3rd Sep 2011
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: When Bond duels with Tilly's car, before crashing it, a blue-screened mountain always appears behind him, despite the landscape being totally different.
25th Aug 2011
Goldfinger (1964)
Continuity mistake: In Fort Knox, after Oddjob cuts the cables, his hat and the cable change positions on the floor.
25th Aug 2011
Goldfinger (1964)
Revealing mistake: In Fort Knox, after Oddjob cuts the cables with his hat, he and Bond fight and Bond smashes a metal bar against him. Sean Connery's stunt double is very noticeable because of his longer and bulkier hair.
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