Corrected entry: When Bandit uses the CB radio to ask Snowman where he is, and Snowman says "mile marker 85" you can see that "Frog" is driving. Then, when the camera shows Snowman look in the mirror, Bandit is driving. A moment later, it shows that Frog is driving again.
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23rd Dec 2003
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
8th Apr 2024
Overboard (1987)
Continuity mistake: Anne has the kids trick her by putting glue on plates, and they stick to her hands. She gets even by spraying the whole family with a garden hose - no plates on her hands. Then they chase her outside, and she has the plates stuck to her hands again.
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Suggested correction: She has the plates on her hands the whole time she's spraying everyone. You even see the plates after Dean says they need forks and the camera is behind her.
27th Feb 2024
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
Factual error: Towards the end of the film, in the harbour, a shot alongside a ship with a ladder to the waterline, on the left of the shot visible in the middle distance are modern container cranes.
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Suggested correction: This entry really needs to be more specific. What do you consider "modern"? What do you think you saw? The film, while set in 1942, came out in 1955. I saw the cranes in the harbor that don't look specific to the 50's that would be out of place in the 40's. It should be noted, the first container crane was built in 1959.
14th Apr 2020
Jack (1996)
Other mistake: Jack's parents were at a Halloween party when his mother went into labor. Later in the movie when he's asked by his teacher he says his birthday is September 12th.
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Suggested correction: The movie doesn't specifically say this is a Halloween party. This may simply be a costume party which can and do happen multiple times a year.
As you stated, it doesn't say it's a Halloween party. In fact, there's signs in the room that say "Beaux-Arts Ball."
16th Jul 2015
That '70s Show (1998)
Punk Chick - S1-E22
Continuity mistake: When Eric and Hyde are talking, while on Hyde's front porch, they talk about painting a pot leaf on the Water Tower before Hyde leaves to New York, but they already did it in the previous episode, "The Water Tower." (00:17:35)
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Suggested correction: This episode (production code 120) was filmed before the "Water Tower" episode (production code 123). It was just aired out of order. If you watch it in the right order, there is no mistake.
Suggested correction: Eric said, "Do you remember when we painted the pot leaf on the Water Tower?" Hyde said, "Vandalism isn't a good reason to stay." Eric said, "We wouldn't do it without him, meaning vandalism."
That's not what was said at all. Eric said, "Remember? We were gonna paint that pot leaf on the Water Tower?" Hyde then says, "You can do that without me."
15th Feb 2024
Jack (1996)
Continuity mistake: When Jack's mom takes him to school, she's barefoot in the front yard. The next shot at school, she's wearing shoes.
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Suggested correction: She's not barefoot, you can see her shoes. They're the same ones she has on later.
26th Feb 2023
Shallow Hal (2001)
Continuity mistake: After Hal's hypnosis is broken at the restaurant, he's outside talking with Mauricio and then Katrina walks up to him saying he never called her back. During that line walking up, she still looks fairly attractive (but not nearly like the supermodel look Hal saw in the cab). Then the camera is on Hal a second then back to Katrina and suddenly now she looks fully "unattractive" for the rest of the scene. She should have also looked fully just as unattractive when first walking up to Hal as well.
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Suggested correction: The version of Katrina we see the second time, as she's walking, doesn't change when she starts talking to Hal. Her hair is pulled back and into a ponytail instead of full and blonde like the first time we saw her. The only difference is we don't see her teeth until she starts talking. The camera also never cuts away from Katrina when she's seen walking up to Hal and when she first talks to him. It cuts to him after we see she's less attractive.
Yes, however, her mouth closes close up (without showing her teeth for a second or two), and she still looks like a different person than when first walking up. Maybe it's just the way I see it (maybe I caught Hal's hypnosis).
4th Apr 2002
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Corrected entry: In Erin's son's bedroom he has a poster for the movie Jurrasic Park, but Jurrasic Park had not even come out from when the movie Erin Brockovich was set.
Correction: Loads of people seem to think that the movie's set in the mid-80's, which just isn't the case. The events of the film took place in the early 90's (check out http://www.lawbuzz.com/famous_trials/erin_brockovich/erin_brockovich.htm), and so a Jurassic Park poster isn't at all out of place.
Jurassic Park, the movie, came out in 1993, which is when all of the merchandise came out. The plot of Erin Brockovich ends in 1992. Some parts of Erin Brockovich probably did take place in the late 80s, depending on how long she spent on her research.
The film starts in 1993. That's when she starts her investigation. She gets fired in July of '93. PG&E settled in 1996.
28th Jan 2024
Saltburn (2023)
Factual error: This is set in summer 2007 but they watch Superbad (released August 2007) on DVD.
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Suggested correction: The movie actually takes place in 2006. Superbad coming out in 2007 was correct.
Do a word change if the mistake is valid. Not a correction.
The movie starts in late 2006, then Oliver is invited to spend the summer (2007) with Felix, where the bulk of the movie takes place.
28th Jan 2024
Scrooged (1988)
Corrected entry: The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Frank to 1955 when Frank was four years old. When Frank asks to be taken to his office, the year on the meter now reads 1968, and Frank sees his young self working at IBC. Frank would have only been 13 years old and far too young to work at IBC. (00:37:48 - 00:42:21)
Correction: Your math is wrong. If Frank is 4 years old in 1955, then 13 years later he would be 17 in 1968.
27th Aug 2001
Beavis and Butthead Do America (1996)
Continuity mistake: There are no bongos in the song "Love Rollercoaster", yet in the casino scene in the movie where the song is played, the band has a bongo player. (00:19:25)
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Suggested correction: It's not unusual to add extra instruments on live performances. Sometimes whole orchestras are added in rock songs when performed live.
The RHCP version heard/used has no bongos. And it's not a live version, nor have they ever performed the song live.
1st May 2004
Ten Commandments (1956)
Other mistake: In the Bible, Moses had two sons, not one (Gershom) as depicted in the film. He had both sons in Midian before he came back to Egypt to redeem the Jews.
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16th Nov 2017
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Character mistake: In several scenes all over the show (though not always!), characters use the command "Raus!" to send somebody away from somewhere. Raus, short for "heraus" literally means "out" in the sense of "out of a building", which would be "aus einem Gebäude heraus" in German. Used as a command, it always means "get out", never "get away from there" or "get lost", in other words, the addressee must be inside of somewhere to be ordered "Raus." One example would be Schultz sending the prisoners away from general Burkhalter's car in S05E13.
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Suggested correction: It doesn't take much research to debunk this claim. Also, John Banner, the actor that most often used the term in the show, was German-born and raised. I'm sure he would have spoken up if it were wrong.
Sorry, John Banner was born in Poland. He was not German.
He was born in 1910 in the city once known as Stanislau, prior to being annexed by Poland in 1919. At the time of his birth, it was part of Austria-Hungary, and one of the official languages was German.
You're correct. I didn't read the IMDb page enough.
10th Jan 2024
King of the Hill (1997)
Corrected entry: Peggy uses her old computer in this episode, despite Hank deciding to buy her a new one at the end of the previous episode, "Hillennium."
Correction: This is one of those mistakes that is due to watching the episodes out of order. This episode (production code 4ABE09) was produced before "Hillennium" (production code 4ABE10).
8th Jan 2024
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Other mistake: At the end of the movie, after Axel Foley changes the Wonderworld dollars to say "Kiss My Ass", the corrupt government agent that discovers them gets shot 3 times, but there's only 2 gunshots.
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Suggested correction: He only gets shot twice. Both shots are on his left lapel. You may be confusing his pocket square with a bullet wound.
6th Jan 2024
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Factual error: During Bill and Ted's first time traveling in history, Rufus states they are in Austria in the year 1805. 1805 was the year Napoleon achieved his greatest victory over Tsar Alexander I and Mikhail Kutuzov at the Battle of Austerlitz (present day Czech Republic). Napoleon didn't invade Austria until 1809.
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Suggested correction: Austerlitz was part of the Austrian Empire. But that battle was after the Battle of Ulm. After Ulm surrendered, Napoleon advanced to Vienna and took the city. The Austrian War did occur in 1809, but that was Austria attacking to free neighboring countries under Napoleon's rule.
5th Jan 2024
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Corrected entry: When Bond turns out the light to join Tiffany in bed in the American hotel suite, he flips the switch up. That would turn off a UK light, but US switches are on when up, off when down.
Correction: Not always. Any time a light is controlled by two switches, up can be off or on depending on the use of the other switch.
24th Nov 2019
Doctor Who (2005)
The Day of the Doctor - S7-E16
Deliberate mistake: Looking closely at the floor of Eleven's console room reveals that the part of the floor around the console facing the door has been discreetly raised up, which it isn't in any other appearance of this console room, so that Clara can ride her motorcyle inside it without going down two steps. This wasn't in any previous episode and is gone in the next one.
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Suggested correction: The Tardis has constantly shown it can change its internal structure to fit its needs or desires.
23rd Feb 2016
Get on Up (2014)
Continuity mistake: Ben Bart passed away earlier in the film but can be seen dancing on stage with the character Gertrude, at a James Brown concert where he is performing "I Got Soul (Super Bad) ". (01:46:00)
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Suggested correction: During that sequence, they intercut James in his gold jumpsuit, with long hanging-down hair, and James in a black-and-white checked vest, doing the same song. In the black-and-white vest era, Ben Bart is still alive, so the dancing could have been from that era.
While that does seem to be the case, it should be pointed out that Ben Bart died in 1968, but the song James Brown is singing, "Super Bad", was recorded in 1970.
9th Dec 2023
The Wire (2002)
Misgivings - S4-E10
Corrected entry: Mayor-Elect Tommy Carcetti and Col. Cedric Daniels are at Carcetti's campaign office. On the wall is the political symbol of a donkey, which is for Democrats. Carcetti is a Republican, so the political symbol should have been an elephant. (00:43:57)
Correction: Where do you get the idea he was Republican? He was a Democrat and ran against Royce in the Democratic primary election. After that, he went on to win the general election against the Republican nominee.
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Correction: Because it's a reflection, things look reversed. Frog is actually driving the car all along.
Bandit is driving when viewed in the rearview. It has nothing to do with the image being in reverse. Bandit is on the outside of the mirror which would be the driver's seat in the car behind him. That's how a mirror works.
In the scene, they're on a 2-lane road divided by a yellow line. When we see the car in the truck's side mirror, it's on Snowman's right side, meaning on the wrong side of the road. The yellow line is to the right of the driver (in America), so if they're going the wrong way, the yellow line would be to the left of the driver so that the passenger is closest to the yellow line. In the shot of the car in the side mirror, Bandit is closest to the yellow line, meaning he's not driving.
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