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What was the first movie to be shot in colour?

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Continuity mistake: Ms Froy's writing on the window has changed position when Iris spots it later.

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Deliberate mistake: Riccardo is a stowaway on the ship, but he was standing on the dock when it pulled away.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Groucho enters the rehearsal area, the shadow of the camera is visible behind him.

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Continuity mistake: Harpo squirts the lemonade seller with lemonade, but seconds later his shirt is completely dry.

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Trivia: Elwood never takes off his sunglasses at any point in the regular (non-director's cut) version of the movie. Likewise, Jake never takes off his hat.

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Revealing mistake: The birds that attack the schoolchildren have no shadows. (01:13:40)

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Question: Is it ever specified in this movie or in any of the books or biographies written about the Blues Brothers exactly where, when or how Jake dies?

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Continuity mistake: In the first scene the librarian is pushing a cart of books. In one shot both her hands are gripping the back but in the next shot her left hand is holding the top shelf. (00:00:50)

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Revealing mistake: When Godefroy first wakes up in the forest, you can see a branch on the ground next to him move where the cameraman treads on it.

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Continuity mistake: When Starsky and Hutch first visit Reese the drink that Hutch is given changes from being in his hands to being on the table next to him several times. (00:20:40)

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Question: When's the movie set?

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Question: We see the band in jail with the Blues Brothers at the end. Why did the band get arrested?

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Continuity mistake: When Giosue comes out of his hiding place at the end he opens the door only wide enough to slide through. When he walks away the door is fully open.

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Continuity mistake: After Sir Lancelot has gone on a rampage at the wedding party, the bride is first seen with a clean face. Then in the close-up she has loads of bright red Pythonesque blood coming from her mouth and running onto her chin. In the next shot, the blood has disappeared again.

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Continuity mistake: When Amélie goes into the grocer's apartment for the first time, there is a close-up shot of her unlocking the door. The sleeve you see in this shot is completely different from the shirt she's wearing when she steps inside.

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Audio problem: At Marlowe's funeral, the sound of the choir boys' voices is a line or so ahead of what their lips are singing.

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Audio problem: When Hooker first meets Gondorff he says "he didn't tell me you were a screw-up." However, when he says 'screw-up' in some versions you can't distinctly see his lips form the letter F, meaning that he actually said another, ruder word that was covered up later.

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Trivia: As Harry enters Prof. Dumbledore's study, a portrait of Gandalf the Grey (from "The Lord of the Rings" books) is included in the collection of the great wizard paintings. It is above the door frame and slightly to Harry's right. (01:13:55)

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Two Dozen and One Greyhounds - S6-E20

Continuity mistake: There are twenty-six puppies eating from their bowls in the kitchen. As the title suggests, there's meant to be twenty-five.

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Trivia: If you look at the line with all the shoes on it, third from the left is a pair of ruby slippers.

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The Great Louse Detective - S14-E6

Continuity mistake: Frank Grimes' gravestone appears to look different from "Homer's Enemy" and "Alone Again, Natura Diddly."

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The Great Louse Detective - S14-E6

Continuity mistake: When we see the picture collage of Moe with the pickle jar the bottom picture is of them in front of the pyramids. When it pans around the pictures though, it turns into a picture of them on the beach.

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The Great Louse Detective - S14-E6

Continuity mistake: When Bob pins Bart onto the wall in the final scene, his pajama top is stretched up so you can see his stomach. It then zooms in slightly when he looks at his watch and his stomach is covered.

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Question: We know that Saruman and his tower remain standing, despite the flood... so how did the Palantir end up in the water? Did Saruman throw it out of the tower?

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The Royal Train - S6-E3

Other mistake: Wilson picks up the empty tablet bottle, but we hear the tablets rattling inside. Wilson then says 'it's empty, sir.'

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Other mistake: The Church Hall got through an impossibly large number of different pianos, especially considering the fact that there was a war on.

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Continuity mistake: Throughout the flight with the seagulls attached to the peach stem, the length of the peach stem gets shorter and then longer and then shorter again.

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Other mistake: Wouldn't flying out of the water with the unconscious Z in his arms be kind of tricky for Cutter, as his wings would be soaked?

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Trivia: Nathan was added into Nicely and Benny's number 'Guys and Dolls' to increase Sinatra's singing part.

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Question: I'm doing horror movies in my Media Studies course and we're looking at this film in great depth. There were many themes that came up a lot in the film, mainly mirrors, birds and eyes. I've had loads of interpretations of all of these, but does anyone know what they symbolise?

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Trivia: The head of comedy at the BBC said that the title had to include the word "Circus", because the people at the BBC had referred to the six cast members wandering around the BBC offices as a circus, so added "Flying" to make it sound less like a real circus and more like something out of the first world war. And in front of that, added "Monty Python" because it sounded like a really bad theatrical agent, and also the large, constricting snake was also appropriate imagery.

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Trivia: Dermot Morgan (Ted) died on Feb 28 1998, only one day after filming the final episode.

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Getting the Bird - S5-E4

Audio problem: Jonesy is playing the organ. A pigeon 'flies' out the top of the organ and lands on the keys, so Jonesy picks it up and moves it, taking both his hands off the keys. Yet the music plays on.

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Menace from the Deep - S3-E10

Revealing mistake: When Frazer is attempting to get the chocolate out of the crane machine, he tells Mainwaring to keep quiet. When he does this, he takes his hands of the machine, and it picks up the chocolate on its own, without anyone controlling it.

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Trivia: Many of the crew did voice cameos in the movie. Mr Ray the schoolteacher was co-writer Bob Peterson. Joe Ranft, who did various jobs on many Disney and Pixar movies was Jacques the French cleaning shrimp, and also played Wheezy in Toy Story 2. Seems they bagged all the best parts for themselves.

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Plot hole: When Nemo swims off to the boat, a diver pops up and catches him, and all the fish react. But this diver should have been visible to Marlin and co. long before it reaches Nemo, as they are far enough from the boat and looking out into open sea, yet none of them reacts until the diver is right behind him. Also, bubbles should have risen into shot before the diver does. (00:14:25)

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Continuity mistake: The sun sets in different directions with respect to the same view of Lord Farquaad's castle.

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Trivia: A fairy godmother named Dama Fortuna was originally included in the movie, but was cut out in the beginning of the movie's production. However, Dama Fortuna will be included in 'Shrek 2' (2004).

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Trivia: There are 36 unique locations in Shrek - more than any other computer-animated film.

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Continuity mistake: On the bridge over the lava, when Donkey steps on one of the boards, it breaks down the middle into two pieces. But when we see it falling, it's the entire board as if it had come off without breaking. (00:36:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Shrek backs into the two barrels at the tournament, they both have taps on them. He then bashes one of these off with the beer mug. But when Donkey rolls the other barrel the tap has vanished on that one as well. (00:24:00)

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A Big Piece of Garbage - S1-E8

Plot hole: In this episode the mayor says that New New York has been garbage free for 500 years, but in most other episodes there's been tons of it lying around on the streets. (00:17:45)

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Continuity mistake: When the lost boys are going into their hiding place, Hangman's Tree, the trapdoor is opened by one of them pulling on a noose. However, when Hook and his minions show up later, the noose has vanished.

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Revealing mistake: When the Mariner hangs a man from a rope on his ship, the man jumps ahead a little: he puts his hand round his throat and makes strangled noises before the rope even goes straight.

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Trivia: It took seven hours for Mike Myers to get into the Fat Bastard suit.

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Continuity mistake: When Fat Bastard explodes through Austin Powers' bedroom door, you can see where his right arm was meant to break through, but didn't. The piece of the door is shown still intact for a moment or two, but with the outline of his arm surrounding it. It disappears in the very next shot of the door only a second later.

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Continuity mistake: When Jackie is inside the bus leading to the mine, an egg hits his window, but when the bus is viewed from outside, the window is clean.

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Trivia: The talking pig is a combination of 48 real Yorkshire pigs plus an animatronic double. A makeup artist added toupee and eyelashes to each, and computer digitization manipulated pictures of the snout to make the pig appear to talk.

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Trivia: Monroe wanted the film to be shot in colour (her contract stipulated that all her films were to be in colour), but Wilder convinced her to let it be shot in black and white when costume tests revealed that the makeup that Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon wore gave their faces a green tinge.

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Revealing mistake: When Spats Columbo's gangsters are being searched for weapons at the Florida Hotel, the man doing the pat search can be seen placing the gun behind the gangster's leg, just before it supposedly drops out of his trouser leg.

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Continuity mistake: In Florida, Josephine and Daphne are assigned to room 413, but from then on their room number switches back and forth between 413 and 415.

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Continuity mistake: At night, on the train, Sugar gets the curtains stuck between the ladder and the side of the berth. In the next shot she opens the curtains while standing on the ladder and without moving it. (00:36:05)

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Continuity mistake: The alarm goes off at dawn, yet when Babe picks it up it is set for 10:25.

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Trivia: James Cromwell was a long time vegetarian, but decided to become vegan after playing Hoggett in Babe.

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Trivia: When James Cromwell was handed the screenplay for Babe, he thumbed through it to see how many lines he had. He saw that he didn't have that many, he decided that he would do it as a nice easy film. What he didn't realize was that he would have more screen time in this film than any of his previous films, just not that many lines.

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Other mistake: When Sugar and Josephine are talking on the telephone, Sugar's eyes are moving backwards and forwards, obviously reading from a cue-card.

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Revealing mistake: At one point when the sheep are in a neat formation, you can see straps holding them still.

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Continuity mistake: The sheep thieves drop their ramp when they leave, but when Hoggett arrives it has disappeared.

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Other mistake: The fax machine Hoggett receives as a gift is different from the one he uses to send his application for the show.

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning of Babe's competition, Farmer Hoggett removes the leash which then reappears and disappears in subsequent shots.

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Visible crew/equipment: The cable pulling Jackie Chan up the silo is visible.

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Wild Barts Can't Be Broken - S10-E11

Continuity mistake: The Springfield Isotopes win the championship at Springfield Stadium and it's daytime. But Homer and the guys watch the game live on TV at Moe's Tavern, and it is nighttime.

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Other mistake: The bear is lit by a flashlight before Cole actually picks the flashlight up.

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Revealing mistake: When Dr. Railly is tied to the bed in the motel, her bonds are not very secure. In her struggles, she very nearly frees her right foot, by accident.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Ace is in the bat cave, the shadow of the camera is visible on the cave wall.

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Continuity mistake: When Ace rummages around in the filter, his hand gets dirty as he grabs hold of some stuff. When he blows the muck away, and is left with just the gem, it is completely spotless.

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Other mistake: The band Cannibal Corpse is falsely credited as "Cannibal Corpses" in the end credits.

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Trivia: A note, found in Lt. Einhorn's desk, is dated January 17, which is also Jim Carrey's birthday.

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Continuity mistake: Melissa says 'Why did it have to happen now, two weeks before the Superbowl?' She later says to Ace that it is Superbowl Week, and that someone stole Snowflake last night.

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Trivia: The horses in Emerald City palace were colored with Jell-O crystals. The relevant scenes had to be shot quickly, before the horses started to lick it off.

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Trivia: When The Witch tries to get off the Ruby Slippers, fire strikes her hands. This "fire" was actually dark apple juice spewing out of the shoes. The film was sped up to make it look like fire.

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Trivia: The Cowardly Lion's facial makeup included a brown paper bag.

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Trivia: The "tornado" was a thirty-five foot long muslin stocking, photographed with miniatures of a Kansas farm and fields.

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Trivia: Gale Sondergaard didn't want to play the Witch of the West because she thought the make-up made her look ugly.

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Trivia: According to lead Munchkin Jerry Maren, the "little people" on the set were paid $50 per week for a 6-day work week, while Toto received $125 per week.

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Trivia: The steam shooting from the Tin Man's cap startles Toto, who runs out of the shot.

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Trivia: The original script featured an additional character: Ginger's little brother Nobby. Dreamworks suggested that Nobby was left out, in order to make the film "less cute".

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Continuity mistake: When we see the chef mecha in the cage, he has a hat on, and it is a permanent part of his head. But earlier when he was searching for an eye in the pile of stuff, he doesn't even have it on. (00:58:00 - 01:27:20)

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Continuity mistake: Rocky escapes on a telephone wire through a round window into the shed with the pie machine. The bracket holding the wire is attached exactly above the window. Later, when Mrs. Tweedy involuntarily skydives from the plane, she enters the shed through the same round window (the bracket is visible above it) but she does not hit the wire on her way down.

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Trivia: The list of words that Monica Swifton says to David to make him capable of love was the original list, written by Stanley Kubrick.

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Trivia: Haley Joel Osment suggested to Steven Spielberg that his character (David) should not blink. Spielberg agreed and went further to suggest that none of the androids should blink.

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Trivia: There was a major push to get the film nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. The failure to get the nomination, and the popularity of the film among Academy members led to the inclusion of Best Animated Feature for the next Academy Awards (2002), which was won by fellow Dreamworks film Shrek.

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Trivia: Spielberg used the water-filled set from The Perfect Storm for the flooded world of the future in this movie.

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Audio problem: When Henry asks David why he was going to cut Monica's hair, the sound is out of sync with his mouth. (00:39:30)

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Continuity mistake: When the boys are swimming, you can see one boy get out of the pool twice. (00:41:15)

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Trivia: Although Jack Angel recorded all of his voice work for Teddy while separate from the rest of the production, he was allowed on the set every day so that if any other characters' lines were changed during production, he could re-record Teddy's corresponding lines immediately.

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Trivia: During the film Mrs Tweedy removes a chicken named "Edwina" for not laying enough eggs. This is a reference to the Conservative former Health Minister, Edwina Currie, whose political career foundered over an egg-related farming crisis in the UK.

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Trivia: The movie was originally to be titled "A.I.", but after a survey it was revealed that too many people thought it was A1, a name of a popular steak sauce. The title was changed to "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" instead.

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Trivia: According to the pattern of the scarf she is wearing, the Scottish chicken Mac belongs to clan MacLeod of Lewis.

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Trivia: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, and Marty Feldman appear together in this film by virtue of the fact that their mutual agent had a deal with the movie studio.

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Audio problem: When Frankenstein first opens the door to the monster-making room, the rusted handle breaks into two pieces, but when he throws them down, only one piece can be heard hitting the floor. (00:28:15)

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Trivia: The cast and especially Mel Brooks had so much fun and were so upset when principal photography was almost completed, that Mel added scenes to continue shooting.

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Trivia: The assistant property master's name, Charles Sertin, is on the third brain on the shelf.

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Continuity mistake: As the townspeople gather to storm the castle, the clock in the town square shows 10:30. When the Inspector steps out of the building to address them, the clock over his shoulder shows 10:00 PM. (01:28:45)

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Trivia: The howling wolf sound on the ride to the castle was made by Mel Brooks.

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Trivia: Prior to "Titantic" (1997), "Waterworld" was the most expensive movie (at $175 million) ever produced.

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Trivia: The most remembered line from "Waterworld," "Dryland is not a myth; I have seen it," is never spoken in the actual movie.

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Continuity mistake: In the beginning at the Egyptian temple while speaking to the Priest, the Professor has his cup in his right hand then a brush then the cup again...all while speaking the same sentence. (00:05:35)

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Continuity mistake: Jane and Michael switch sides while they are holding Burt's hand when he walks them home.

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Continuity mistake: After his arm has been ripped the first time, Woody doesn't seem to be able to use it. But when Al carries Woody into his building, Woody uses both arms to hold open the bag. (00:09:40 - 00:17:40)

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Stupidity: If the fairies knew that Maleficent was going to try and kill Rose on her 16th birthday, why, oh why, do they take her back to the castle on that day? Why take her back to where Maleficent was expecting her? Why not wait until after her birthday?

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Trivia: The dust in the scene where Woody meets Wheezy set a record for number of particles animated for a movie by computer. (00:11:40)

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Trivia: Brad Pitt turned down the lead role of Will Freeman on the grounds that it was implausible that someone so attractive would need to pretend to be a single father to meet women.

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Trivia: When Mufasa tells Simba about the Great Kings of the Past if you look at the stars in the wide shot you can see a constellation in the shape of Mickey Mouse.

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Continuity mistake: When Mufasa is showing Simba how to pounce, Zazu is facing backwards when Simba pounces on him, but when Simba has Zazu pinned to the ground, his paws are on Zazu's front. Simba would hardly have released Zazu to let him turn round. In the recent release of an Extended-Version DVD, Zazu sings a song called "Morning Report" which was written for the stage show and added to the extended version DVD. Zazu's change in position comes from the material that was cut. Still a mistake, but there's the explanation. (00:11:05)

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Trivia: The film was shot entirely indoors.

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Continuity mistake: Towards the start of 'Cell Block Tango,' during the line 'If you'd have seen it,' you see Annie holding the bars with her left hand. In the next shot, she's holding them with her right.

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Continuity mistake: The pictures of Fred's kids appear in his wallet between shots when Roxie looks.

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Trivia: Producer Marty Richards approached Catherine Zeta-Jones about playing Velma Kelly after being amazed by her renditions of carols at a Christmas party.

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Trivia: A steadfast rule on set was that nobody was permitted to speak phrases from any of Jim Carrey's prior movies. (01:01:45)

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Trivia: In the beginning of the film, Marcus says he would be able to take care of his mum (Toni Collette) if he were Haley Joel Osment. Toni Collette played Haley Joel Osment's mother in the The Sixth Sense.

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Trivia: We see Will typing in the website supermodelswithseethroughtops.com. This is actually an active Web site, but don't get excited. It consists only of a picture of the Pope in his "Pope-mobile".

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Trivia: Mike Myers actually read opposite his wife Robin when recording his lines for the climactic love scene at the end of the movie.

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Trivia: Visible on Truman and Meryl's kitchen table during an early scene, is a bottle of vitamin D which is needed for all those that do not have proper exposure to the sun.

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