Revealing mistake: Lomenzo and his partner pay a visit to the neighbour of the suspect. She is powdering her face, or so it should be; you can tell the brush has no blush, and the powder box is empty (you can see almost the entirety of it when she tips it during her chat, and it's squeaky clean inside). (00:38:20)
Sammo
16th May 2020
Plot of Fear (1976)
16th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Revealing mistake: Rick just got shot and Magnum asks him if he's OK. When he answers, you can see that Larry Manetti is not lying in a random spot on the lawn, but on a rug the same color of the grass. (00:44:55)
16th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Revealing mistake: Lisa is hiding from Ellison inside the potting shed; the camera is following him, and you can see him move his head avoiding a big leaf that the camera itself pushes, showing its presence. (00:44:00)
15th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: When Magnum socks the detective, The Turk starts going down with the punch almost before Magnum swings. (00:33:35)
15th May 2020
Uncle Drew (2018)
Revealing mistake: In the opening montage, the article "Rucker Park today - The streetball Mecca" is also the rightmost column of the entirely diff different publication that comes in the following shot. (00:02:25)
15th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: In the wider shot, the dead body the police covers has much more of a receding hairline than in the close-up. (00:23:55)
15th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: When the masked Hawaiian hits Magnum in the back with the club, for a second you can see distinctly Tom Lupo (stunt double) 's face instead of Tom Selleck's. (00:22:25)
15th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: In the photo Billy Joe shows Magnum, his sister's image appears superimposed on a background - which is also quite unlikely from anyone near Shamrock, TX, and more like a lush Hawaiian scenery. (00:04:30)
15th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: Billy Joe Bob steals the Ferrari, but the interior shot of the car with him switching gears is stock footage; the person in it has sneakers on like Magnum, not James Whitmore Jr.'s cowboy boots. (00:37:00)
15th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: When Billy Joe Bob downs the 3 Japanese goons hitting them with the skid of the chopper, only two (at most) are hit and on the chest, the other (again, at most) gets the impact of the other two knocked against him, and all of them land on soft grass. Yet of course they are unconscious and KTFO for good. (00:43:30)
15th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: Magnum is back from his meeting with Ito. When TC from his seat reaches for the heli door, you can spot he's someone else wearing a ski mask. (00:33:45)
15th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: The chopper lands and an upset Billy Joe Bob disembarks. A low standard for body doubles is set when you realise that TC has been replaced by some white dude wearing a bandit scarf on his face and sunglasses. (00:15:00)
15th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: During the kendo sparring, on the breastplate of the kendogu you can see the reflection of the set lights, practically all the time. (00:11:00)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: When the guy tricked by Magnum gets out of the car, check out of the very right side of the frame. You can actually see the hand of one crew member releasing the garage jack's lock, so that, when the car is kicked, the relatively light impact is enough to release the hydraulic lift and make the car comically bounce back on the ground. (00:15:25)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: Magnum manages to shake off the 'government guy' by putting his car on a jack while Babs provides a distraction. But if you check the moment when the guy gets on the car, the back wheels are in frame and not at all off the ground as the clever ruse needs them to be. (00:14:40)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: During the jogging phase, which may not be hazardous but surely is defatigating, Tom Selleck is replaced consistently and noticeably (except the close-ups, of course) by his stunt double Tom Lupo. (00:40:35)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: Magnum neutralizes the pursuer at the gas station jacking his car. In the close-up of the wheels spinning with no traction and then stopping, the hubcap is in pristine condition, but in the next one, it sports a dent already from a previous take. (00:15:20)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: Magnum is carrying up the mountain stairway a Higgins-shaped dummy instead of the real John Hillerman, as obvious by the lifeless bounce of its legs. (00:38:20)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: Rene cleverly avoids the trap; he turns the wheel to the left, but the car swerves to the right. (00:02:10)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: The moment Magnum hops on the Ferrari ending the brawl on the beach with the two goons in ski masks, parallel to the tire tracks in the sand you can see others from a previous take. (00:23:25)
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