Continuity mistake: When Frank meets Sarah in the flesh for the first time, she throws numerous items at him. When she picks up a candle holder and throws the candles at him, a third of one of the candles remains stuck to the holder. After Frank tells Sarah, that people are trying to kill them, Sarah replies "Why would anyone want to kill me?" In this shot, the third of the candle is currently on the right hand side of the candle holder. Then when Sarah says "Why?" after Frank says they've been listening to their conversations, the third of the candle is now on the left side of the candle holder. (00:12:05)
Casual Person
19th Aug 2013
Red (2010)
19th Aug 2013
Red (2010)
Continuity mistake: After Frank injects the assassin, the syringe injected into his neck is horizontal. However, when one of the assassins shoots a grenade inside, the same assassin that Frank injected now has the syringe in a vertical position. Frank never moved the syringe, nor could anyone else since they were dead. (00:08:00 - 00:09:30)
18th Aug 2013
Fawlty Towers (1975)
Continuity mistake: In the episode "The Wedding Party", the first two rooms on the second floor right of the stairs were 11 and 12. Yet in this episode, those two exact same rooms are now 5 and 6. (00:19:20)
18th Aug 2013
Fawlty Towers (1975)
Visible crew/equipment: Basil runs out of the kitchen and stops Doctor Abbott and starts talking to him. The shadow of a boom mic appears on the wall to the right of the screen twice as he talks to him. (00:15:25)
18th Aug 2013
Fawlty Towers (1975)
The Builders - S1-E2
Visible crew/equipment: When the Major says "He lost it you know" to Polly before entering the dining room, the silhouette of a boom mic can be seen on the top right hand of shot. (00:25:20)
18th Aug 2013
Fawlty Towers (1975)
The Builders - S1-E2
Revealing mistake: When Basil smashes Manuel against the wall where the dining room is meant to be, we can see it is made out of cardboard. Notice how it begins to fall off, even though it is meant to be sealed and covered in wallpaper. (00:16:05)
Suggested correction: Perhaps this was due to O'Reilly's shoddy workmanship?
You could say that but Fawlty towers had wobbly sets all the time. I would say this would be covered under "mistakes".
Where is the 'codswallop' as you so euphemistically put it? To me it looks like O'Reilly cut corners by shoddily placing a sheet of plasterboard in the doorway without attaching it well then shoddily wallpapering over it. Hence the reason for it falling out.
18th Aug 2013
Fawlty Towers (1975)
The Wedding Party (a.k.a. Sex) - S1-E3
Revealing mistake: Basil goes back to the second floor chasing after Polly. As he passes the last part of the banister, he touches the edge of it and it wobbles like rubber. (00:24:00)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Character mistake: When the plane returns, the "F.E.R.S" sign on the side of the plane has changed to a "R.E.R.S" sign. (00:20:40)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Haddock says "There they are" after the rescue, he is standing next to Professor Fossil and they are both standing at the end of the ship. As everyone starts cheering, they are standing somewhere near the middle of the ship and a scientist has suddenly appeared next to them. (00:20:30)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Audio problem: Tintin places part of the meteorite on the raft. When it lands, it makes a sound as if it landed on a wooden floor. The raft is made of plastic and has air in it. Not the landing sound you'd expect. (00:20:15)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Continuity mistake: The pilot goes onto a raft and looks at Tintin at a 12 o'clock direction saying "I can't get any closer". In the next shot, he's looking at Tintin in a 3 o'clock direction. (00:19:20)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Continuity mistake: The huge apple that crushes the huge spider changes size between shots. (00:18:55)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Continuity mistake: When the huge apples fall off the tree, half of them are red and half of them are maroon. As the apples fall on the ground in the next shot, all of the apples are red. (00:18:20)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Continuity mistake: There is a shot of the meteorite and Tintin jumping onto it. In this shot he is approaching 4 meters away from the meteorite. Yet in the shot after a crew member of Peary yells "Pull, pull", Tintin is then seen approaching 4 meters to the meteorite a second time. (00:16:00)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Revealing mistake: When Tintin emerges from his cabin, he starts yawning and stretches his arms. You'll notice that his arms go through the wall as he does this. (00:12:15)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Revealing mistake: When the Peary financier scrunches up a piece of paper after finding out the Aurora failed to be sunk, his cigar is seen going through his lips. (00:12:05)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Continuity mistake: After the Peary financier says "The Aurora will not reach the meteorite", the scene cuts back to the Aurora sailing through a storm. In this shot, the name "Aurora" is visible on the side of the side. Yet by the end of this scene, and the camera is in front of the boat, the name "Aurora" isn't visible on the front of the ship. (00:10:35 - 00:11:55)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Continuity mistake: As the boat sails through a storm, the boat's steering wheel is grey. The wheel becomes green as Haddock says "Shipwreckers!". (00:11:00 - 00:11:35)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Audio problem: The Aurora crashes into a ship. As Tintin and Haddock fall over, a glass related smashing sound is heard. There is no glass there to cause it. (00:11:30)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Revealing mistake: When the scientists are eating their dinner and begin to get sea sick, one of them has a glass of wine. The wine slides along the table, yet the wine in the glass stays in a fixed position. (00:10:40)
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