Mr Manchester

24th Jul 2012

Feds (1988)

Revealing mistake: In the scene where Zuckerman is thrown to the floor in the gym and handcuffed, you can hear the handcuff ratchet click as it's placed and closed on her wrist. As the other agent moves away, you can see that the handcuff is open and not actually closed around her wrist. (00:31:00 - 00:31:50)

Mr Manchester

Revealing mistake: At the end of the film when Mr Blue electrocutes himself, he falls forward to the floor. As he falls you can see him move his eyes to see where he is falling.

Mr Manchester

11th Jan 2012

Drop Zone (1994)

Revealing mistake: Near the end of the film when Jess is hanging from underneath the plane, you see her normal thin body frame. When see lets go, you can see that her body shape has changed and there is a parachute pack underneath her jacket.

Mr Manchester

Revealing mistake: The American and Russian space agencies are watching the launches of their own supposedly different rockets (split screen). It is clear that the pictures they are watching simultaneously on the monitors is the same footage, but reversed on one screen. (01:13:30)

Mr Manchester

3rd Jul 2011

HouseSitter (1992)

Revealing mistake: Newton is in his car driving to stop Gwen from leaving on the bus, he cuts the corner and drives over the grass. You can see where the car has drove over the grass and road on previous takes. (01:30:55)

Mr Manchester

13th May 2011

Live and Let Die (1973)

Revealing mistake: When Madeline Smith (The Italian agent credited as Beautiful Girl) emerges from the wardrobe / closet, she embraces Roger Moore. He then uses his magnetic Rolex to pull down the zipper on the back of her dress. If you look closely, you can see the cable/wire under dress pulling the zipper down. (00:11:20 - 00:12:00)

Mr Manchester

Revealing mistake: Navarro is climbing on the outside of the train, the overhead shot shows very wide gaps between the plates welded to the windows. When the shot changes to a side-on view, the gaps are considerably smaller. This is seen several times throughout the quick scene changes. (01:47:00 - 01:49:30)

Mr Manchester

21st Feb 2011

Hooper (1978)

Revealing mistake: In the scene where Cully injects Sonny in his back, you can see that just just after he pushes the plunger, the spring mechanism moves on the inside of the syringe. He is not actually injecting Sonny, but the needle retracts on a spring loaded mechanism into the syringe. (00:14:40)

Mr Manchester

Revealing mistake: In the scene where Kirsty is in the Porsche at the beginning of the film, the car flips whilst on the gravel car park. You can see the device (log or metal rod) that helps flip the car. As the car rolls you can also see the hole in the bottom of the car where the flipping device had come from. (00:05:00)

Mr Manchester

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