NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Continuity mistake: When the Godfather sits in the garden, talking to Michael who has just returned from Las Vegas, he is holding his wine glass in his hand. When he puts it down the amount of wine in the glass doubles. (02:20:55)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Continuity mistake: In the meeting at the Las Vegas Hotel, while Michael is talking to Johnny before Moe Green enters, Fredo takes his sunglasses off and puts them away. A moment later he sits down with his sunglasses back on and takes them off again. (02:16:05)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Revealing mistake: When Michael and Fredo arrive at the Las Vegas hotel, the actor playing Fredo is replaced by a double who doesn't resemble him even remotely. (02:13:15)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Continuity mistake: In the meeting of the heads of all families, when Tattaglia asks the Godfather for assurance that there will be no vengeance, we see him leaning back in his chair, waiting for an answer. In the next shot the camera is on the Godfather, and we see Tattaglia leaning back again. (02:05:15)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Continuity mistake: Right before Sonny collapses his jacket is covered with with blood. When he is shot at while he is lying on the ground the amount of blood has gone down substantially. (01:52:55)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Continuity mistake: When Sonny is gunned down at the toll station the bullet holes in the car roof disappear and reappear. Plus, there are some dents in the roof where the bullet holes appear. (01:52:45)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Continuity mistake: When Michael announces that he is going to kill Sollozzo, his speech suddenly is mumbled. Also the props in his swollen cheek change shape several times in this scene, as well as the way his hair is combed. (01:11:45)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Continuity mistake: In the scene where McCluskey breaks Michael's jaw the two cops who hold Michael by his arms get replaced by two others between shots. (01:06:25)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

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Continuity mistake: When Clemenza knocks at the door Sonny gets a gun from a drawer and puts it in his belt. When he pushes Clemenza the gun disappears, but it's back a moment later. As the shot where the gun disappears is uncut the gun must have slipped down his pants. (00:46:20)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Continuity mistake: When Vito Corleone gets shot, he rolls on his back and his coat opens up to show his shirt. Then we see Fredo sitting down on the nearby steps and crying. In the next wide shot, Vito is lying on the side, totally covered by his coat, and Fredo is sitting farther away than where we saw him before. (00:43:40)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Continuity mistake: Before Luca Brasi's hand gets pinned to the counter by Sollozzo's knife, Tattaglia holds it down on the counter with both hands, but then, in a close-up of the stabbing, Brasi's hand is hovering over the counter and Tattaglia's hands are nowhere. (00:41:20)

NancyFelix

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Suggested correction: Incorrect. Throughout the murder, Tattaglia holds Brasi's left-hand down, with both his own, while Solozzo stabs Brasi's right hand with the knife, which pins it to the table. Any apparent "hovering" is due to Brasi struggling to lift his knifed hand. There is no point where this changes.

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Continuity mistake: When Tom Hagen and Woltz have dinner the scene starts with a wide shot with a huge log fire in the fireplace behind Woltz. In all later shots the fire is about half as high. (00:29:10)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Continuity mistake: When the Godfather tells Tom that he is going to California that night, his glass switches from his left to his right hand. (00:24:20)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

Continuity mistake: When Michael asks Kay if she wants to meet Johnny Fontane the drink in his glass almost disappears between shots, then reappears later. (00:17:55 - 00:18:40)

NancyFelix

14th Jan 2004

The Godfather (1972)

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Continuity mistake: In the first scene, the undertaker Bonasera asks the Godfather for help. When the Godfather gets up from his desk, the rose in his lapel is either fresh and straight or slightly wilted and bent in alternating shots. Also, later in the wedding scene, this rose keeps recovering from intermittent spells of withering. (00:06:00)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When the ambassador offers himself as a mediator between the "silent opposition" and the Americans the whiskey in his glass disappears between shots. (01:24:45)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Harry has his customer buddies over Teddy tells him that he should stick to tailoring. At that point his hand is on the armrest of the sofa, but when the camera angle changes it's at his tie knot. (01:13:15)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: There is a close-up of Harry's hands on the cutting table wrapping the two small film rolls in a piece of cloth. When the camera cuts to a wide shot a meter and a chalk marking appear right there where he was wrapping the rolls. (00:56:30)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Andy and Harry meet at the open-air bar at the harbor there's a hut with a counter in the distant background behind which we see a waitress serving a customer. The camera cuts close to Harry for a moment, then to Andy, and we see the waitress walking by behind him, while the customer is gone. This happens way too fast. (00:51:30)

NancyFelix

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