The-Immortal

21st Sep 2005

The Hitcher (1986)

Revealing mistake: When Jim is sitting in the back of the police car, after taking the two policemen hostage, John shoots at the two cops. When the cop on Jim's right gets shot and the window smashes, blood jets up from behind him - not from his neck. (00:44:30)

The-Immortal

21st Sep 2005

The Hitcher (1986)

Continuity mistake: Just after John throws Jim's keys back to him, Jim is driving along the road and gets hit from the back by John. Jim spills coffee on his cheek and neck, but in the following shot nothing is there, and he couldn't have wiped it off between shots. (00:19:10)

The-Immortal

21st Sep 2005

The Hitcher (1986)

Continuity mistake: When Jim is being questioned at the police station, the guy phoning Jim's brother has his hand on the phone or by the phone, then he moves his arm away, but in the following shot his hand is still on the phone. (00:33:00)

The-Immortal

21st Sep 2005

The Hitcher (1986)

Continuity mistake: When Jim eats at Nash's workplace, in one shot there is no napkin, knife or fork in front of Jim's plate. Then when Nash walks away it cuts to another angle, and now there is a knife and fork on a napkin. (00:28:00)

The-Immortal

20th Sep 2005

The Hitcher (1986)

Continuity mistake: When Jim is driving along the road, the car with the boat on the back passes him. When John appears, Jim pulls out onto the other side, and the road is just flat with sand and grass, yet when it cuts to a face shot of Jim there are now large mounds of mud, or something, at the side of the road. (00:14:05)

The-Immortal

20th Sep 2005

The Hitcher (1986)

Continuity mistake: When Jim pushes John out the car, in the shot where John is lying on the road, his head is on the road's white stripe, yet when it cuts to a closer view, his chest is on the white line, not his head. (00:12:30)

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5th Aug 2005

The Hitcher (1986)

Revealing mistake: When Jim is at the first gas station trying to reach a phone, he walks outside and John crashes through the garage at the side, if you slow it down you can see that the door to the garage is made with cardboard or paper, or some other soft material. (00:21:20)

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Sacha

4th Aug 2005

The Hitcher (1986)

Continuity mistake: When Jim stops for coffee in "Roy's Cafe," John sits opposite him, and if you watch closely in one of the shots, the plant behind Jim gets knocked over, yet a few shots later it's back upright standing in its container. (00:49:15)

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4th Aug 2005

The Hitcher (1986)

Continuity mistake: After Jim picks up John, they see a VW Beetle that's on the side of the road and its position changes in the next shot. (00:05:30)

The-Immortal

4th Aug 2005

The Hitcher (1986)

Continuity mistake: When Nash is talking with Jim in the restaurant where she works, she is holding a flask in her left hand the puts the flask down, but in the following shot it appears in her right hand. (00:27:10)

The-Immortal

4th Aug 2005

The Hitcher (1986)

Continuity mistake: When Jim is being asked questions in the police station, the cop with the blue denim jacket puts his hands on the chair in one shot, then they're not there in the next shot, but back in the shot after. (00:32:30)

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