Factual error: Sgt. Bostick wears the unit patch of the U.S. Army's 4th Armored Division. The movie takes place in 1943, but the 4th Armored never served in North Africa, Sicily, or Italy, hitting the beaches of Normandy, France, on July 11th, 1944 after being stationed and training in England.
Scott215
17th Sep 2015
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
17th Sep 2015
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Factual error: Sergeant Bostick tells Colonel Ryan he is from the 113th Armored Division. The U.S. Army never had a 113th Armored Division in WW2.
11th Sep 2015
Blunt Talk (2015)
I Seem to Be Running Out of Dreams for Myself - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Harry hands Walter Blunt a cup of liquid to drink, and Walter takes it in his hand. The next shot Harry still has the cup on a plate.
11th Sep 2015
Deutschland 83 (2015)
Continuity mistake: When General Edel and Martin get in their car at the gas station, the fuel pump nozzle is still in the fuel port of the car. They drive off and the fuel pump nozzle has miraculously removed itself from the car.
11th Sep 2015
Tyrant (2014)
Inside Men and Outside Women - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Leila places the glass carafe of water to the right of the holding chest. The next shot the glass carafe is on the right side of the chest.
27th Jul 2015
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Trivia: While filming the John Landis film "Innocent Blood", Actor Don Rickles would elicit big laughs from the cast and crew when he would call to director John Landis, "Hey, Landis! Get us some coffee." Rickles remembered John Landis when Landis was a production assistant on the film "Kelly's Heroes."
27th Jul 2015
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Trivia: One of the nuns walking through the village as Oddball's Sherman rolls by is production assistant and later Hollywood movie director John Landis.
16th Jul 2015
Fury (2014)
15th Jul 2015
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Trivia: While on set, actor Donald Sutherland contracted spinal meningitis, went into a coma and was expected to die. Sutherland made a full recovery and continued filming.
15th Jul 2015
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
15th Jul 2015
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Trivia: As Oddball's Sherman tank rolls through a town, an old man gets up to look around the corner to observe the tanks passing through. After that scene, the old man had a heart attack and died immediately after. Donald Sutherland and members of the film crew tried to save him, but were unsuccessful. The film crew built the old man's coffin for his burial and the cast and crew raised money for his family. (01:30:00)
15th Jul 2015
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Trivia: Actor Richard Davalos kept his bayonet razor sharp and accidentally stabbed Telly Savalas in the arm during the scene where the squad jumps over the wall to ambush the Germans on the road, warranting bandages on Savalas' arm. In the film, Savalas kept his shirt sleeves rolled up, until he was stabbed, and then kept his sleeves rolled down to hide the bandages.
21st Jun 2015
Fury (2014)
Deliberate mistake: "Fury" director David Ayer acknowledges that he committed a deliberate error by having the German Tiger tank blast the last Sherman in the column, tank doctrine being that the lead vehicle in a column gets blasted, then the last to stall the column, leaving the vehicles in between the dead vehicles easy pickings. Ayer said if the doctrine was followed in the film, Brad Pitt's tank would have been destroyed first and thus the film would end, roll credits. (01:15:00)
21st Jun 2015
Fury (2014)
Continuity mistake: As Sgt. Collier is speaking with Lt. Parker, Collier turns his head to the right in the first shot to face Parker, then turns his face right again to face Parker a second time.
17th Jun 2015
Night Gallery (1970)
They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar - S1-E17
Continuity mistake: When Randolph Lane swivels in his chair, his hair changes from slightly mussed to disheveled.
26th May 2015
Blacula (1972)
Continuity mistake: While Prince Mamuwalde struggles with Count Dracula's goons, some candles are knocked off a candelabra, but the next shot shows the candelabra with the full complement of candles it had before the fight.
25th May 2015
Night Gallery (1970)
Clean Kills and Other Trophies - S1-E12
Visible crew/equipment: The boom mic's shadow is visible on the back wall as Archie Dittman. Jr. descends the staircase.
25th May 2015
Louie (2010)
Visible crew/equipment: As Louie is being beaten up by the blonde lady, the shadow of the hand-held camera filming the scene is seen.
25th May 2015
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Continuity mistake: Interior shots of the flying sub sows the sub rocking violently but exterior shots show the sub lying still on the sea floor.
25th May 2015
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Continuity mistake: The shot from the rear of Kowalski and Nelson shows Kowalski holding the scanner. The next scene Nelson asks Kowalski what is on the scanner and then tells Kowalski to pick it up.
Suggested correction: Is this actually an error? I believe the British Regiment who feature in this film are The Ninth Fusiliers. Well, there never has been a Ninth Fusiliers in the British army, either! For that matter, there never was a Colonel Joseph L Ryan, or a Major Eric Fincham, or a Major Battaglia. While this film is set in the Second World War, it is openly admitted that it is a wholly fictional story. Some Second World War films (A Bridge Too Far; The Longest Day; The Battle Of the Bulge) were made to recreate historical events, and so refer to soldiers and military units who existed. Other Second World War films like this one (Sahara, Escape To Victory, Ice Cold In Alex) while referencing actual events, and, showing sequences of events that are not beyond probability, are still stories. Since this is a fictional, imagined story, is it acceptable for soldiers to serve with fictional regiments or imaginary fighting units?
While some fictional accounts can be taken for granted and not counted as errors (even films based on true stories can have fictional characters), there are limits when setting films in the past. To have a 113th Armored Division is a valid mistake as the highest number in WWII was the 20th Armored Division, unlike Infantry Divisions that went into the 100's. This could almost be the same as giving a character an 8 or 11 number phone number.
Bishop73
The anonymous drive by hit and run "contributor" (not referring to you, Bishop73) may not have seen another post I made about Sgt. Bostick wearing a 4th Armored Division patch on his uniform: he says he is from the 113th A.D. (which never existed) but wears the 4th A.D. patch, which did exist in WW2, but did not see service until France in 1944.
Scott215