Factual error: The location designed for the drop is the crossing between Hotel Street and Liliha Street...which do not intersect, there's King Street in between the two, at most.
Sammo
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: When the kidnappers drive-by ending up hitting with the car door, John Hillerman is replaced by a stunt double with hilariously fake moustaches, and Magnum is not Tom Selleck. (00:29:00)
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum speaks to Higgins in the study after the romantic dinner mix-up. The collar of his jacket is straight all the way up in wide shots, and loose in Tom Selleck's close-ups. (00:27:40)
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: Higgins puts on the table the newspaper clipping with the picture of Lady Wilkerson. The text underneath it speaks of a generic conference, and it's simple filler text he had no reason to keep. (00:15:45)
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum approaches Vivian and Higgins' table carrying an oar; during this wide shot the table has direct sunlight all over, but in other camera angles they are in the shade. (00:10:55)
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Audio problem: The woman Higgins seems to have developed an insta-crush on is dragged by two guys in an alley. She is protesting with rather high-pitched shouts but her lips do not move. (00:07:50)
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Higgins outside the British shop is stammering. He says "But I..." and a blonde with sunglasses and a hair clip quickly walks behind him - nobody was walking towards them from that direction in the establishing shot. When a wider angle is again presented, there she is; that woman is approaching from that same direction. (00:07:15)
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: In the prolonged close-up of the London Chronicle it's easy to spot the same two paragraphs repeated over and over in the main article. Someone at the prop department was particularly lazy - although they did put in some pretty funny gag, because at the very bottom you can see an ad for "500,000 slaves at 1£ each." Pretty sure that was not allowed on British newspapers in 1983. (00:05:45)
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: Magnum stops in front of the bar building on the beach of the King Kamehameha club asking his friends about his odds. They laugh him off, of course. In Tom Selleck's close-ups you can spot in the sunglasses TC's reflection far in distance with his yellow polo, but there's a man standing much closer that shouldn't be there. (00:04:10)
27th May 2020
Spotlight (2015)
Continuity mistake: During their business meeting at the restaurant, Robby says that he's more like a "player-coach" to his team. From that point on you can notice (Keaton's hands were in the way before) that his glass is on the towel in one camera angle and in between his towel and Baron's in the other, switching each time the angles alternate. (00:06:30)
27th May 2020
Spotlight (2015)
Continuity mistake: Saviano says that those priests used the collar to "rape kids." He says it and stretches his fingers, which are clutching the box in the next shot. (00:31:50)
27th May 2020
Spotlight (2015)
Continuity mistake: In the first interview with Eric Macleish, Rachel McAdams is writing at the top of the notepad ("Why is that?"), the middle, the top again, hand on the pad, hand off the pad, on the pad again. (00:17:45)
27th May 2020
Spotlight (2015)
Continuity mistake: Commenting the lucky putt, Michael Keaton says "I actually had my eyes closed." Rachel McAdams has her hands joined, which become a rather unnatural crossed wrists pose in the next shot. Similar mistake a moment later; cut and her hand from her lap is in writing position on the desk. (00:17:15)
27th May 2020
Spotlight (2015)
Continuity mistake: At the 10:30 meeting, Baron makes his awkward introduction; he says "Hello", and the woman next to him has her hands flat on the desk, he goes on and her palms are raised. (00:08:55)
27th May 2020
Spotlight (2015)
Continuity mistake: Hearing from Walter 'Robby' Robinson at the restaurant that they can take a couple months to come up with a story, Marty Baron stops writing and puts his hand down on the pad. Except, when it switches back to the previous angle, he's still writing. (00:06:45)
27th May 2020
Spotlight (2015)
Continuity mistake: At the lunch meeting with Baron reading the Red Sox book, the fork above it is tilted in a different way on the tablecloth. (00:05:45)
27th May 2020
Spotlight (2015)
Continuity mistake: Mark Ruffalo just hung up the phone and the others are asking him about Cahill's story. The Marshall McLuhan book by him sticks a bit out from the stack at the beginning, but when Michael Keaton arrives, it is within bounds. (00:04:30)
27th May 2020
Spotlight (2015)
Factual error: When the car with the priest and the bishop drive off in 1976, the Massachusetts license plate is 6LW H51 which does not follow the serial patterns from the timeframe. (00:02:15)
27th May 2020
Spotlight (2015)
Continuity mistake: Michael Keaton is giving the retiring colleague Stewart a bit of a friendly roast. When he says "The corner office is empty", the glasses in his pocket are pointing to the opposite direction than in the rest of the scene. (00:03:30)
27th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: When the kid skates away from the store after stealing the quarters, his hair changes from curly to a poofy straight bob. (00:04:05)
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