Dr Wilson

16th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Revealing mistake: During the pursuit in the Amazonian forest, one of Drax's boats jump. The persons in it are shown to be dummies because they smash so violently that a person couldn't survive that impact, and they stay bent after that.

Dr Wilson

16th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Revealing mistake: When James and Holly finally escape from the space station, there's a shot of it with debris falling towards Earth. They disappear when they pass in front of the Earth.

Dr Wilson

16th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Continuity mistake: The space shuttles in this film, as with the ones in real life, can be entered or exited using the side front airlock. But one of the shuttles is shown docking with the docking port attaching to the right of the airlock. This would make it impossible to use the airlock. Later close-up shots of the docked shuttles, however, show the docking port properly over the airlock.

Dr Wilson

16th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Continuity mistake: In the cable car, Dr. Goodhead's shoes change from high heels to flat soles, and they also change color.

Dr Wilson

16th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

16th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Continuity mistake: When James Bond is fighting with the pilot on the aeroplane, the wall beside the door is beige when viewed from inside and brown when viewed from outside.

Dr Wilson

16th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

15th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

15th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Visible crew/equipment: In Venice, when the two scientists are dying, there's a shot in front of Bond, with one of them standing at the window. There's a reflection of the two scientists and something else moving behind—a crew member or some kind of equipment.

Dr Wilson

15th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

15th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Continuity mistake: When 007 enters the control room of the secret base, his clothes are already dry but his hair is still wet.

Dr Wilson

15th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Continuity mistake: In Venice, the man in the coffin throws a knife at the captain of the gondola and one at Bond. There were 4 knives besides him and 3 after that. When he dies, the knives have disappeared.

Dr Wilson

15th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

15th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Revealing mistake: When the pods are launched from the space station, it's obvious that they are models mounted on threads.

Dr Wilson

15th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Visible crew/equipment: When Bond is fighting in the sky with the pilot, there's some shots where the shadow of the cameraman passes over them.

Dr Wilson

15th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Continuity mistake: The helicopter on which Corinne Dufour and James Bond fly has a huge number written on the bottom, but it has disappeared when they arrive at Drax's palace.

Dr Wilson

15th May 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Factual error: When James Bond is in the control room of the secret base, I think it's when the second shuttle takes off, there's the time at the bottom of the TV screen moving forward, but it's written T- instead of T+.

Dr Wilson

21st Jan 2004

Moonraker (1979)

Trivia: Albert R. Broccoli, the producer of the film, has a cameo in St. Marks Square.

Dr Wilson

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