The Sopranos

The Sopranos (1999)

35 mistakes since 24 Aug '20, 13:35

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Whitecaps - S4-E13

Revealing mistake: The semi-automatic handgun the gunman is shooting has no rearward slide movement after each shot is fired for the shell casings to eject. The gun is firing but it's not reloading, however it's firing several shots. This is just not possible. In a few other previous gun scenes like the Mikey Palmice hit Christopher is dramatizing the recoil by moving the handgun up and down and snapping it in a way that just doesn't make any sense. (00:48:50)

The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti - S1-E8

Other mistake: Christopher Moltisanti fires a 2nd warning shot at a baker. The shot is fired at the floor but a mirror up on the wall behind the baker shatters. In the next shot and all subsequent shots, the mirror is undamaged. Now this gun was a prop gun, supposedly modified to fire blanks. How did the mirror shatter? It couldn't have been part of the planned shot. Christopher was aiming at the floor. (00:18:41)

Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: As Alex, Salvatore and Hesh walk along the bridge, if you watch the right side of the screen you can see a crew member wearing a purple T-shirt and holding a piece of equipment high in the air. (00:39:39)

Jack Vaughan

Isabella - S1-E12

Revealing mistake: When Tony buys the orange juice off the street vendor (just before he is attacked by the hitmen) you can see the magazines on the vendor's stand being blown around by the "heavy winds" that are present throughout the episode. However, if you look behind Tony, you can see the scenery is almost completely still. The "wind" is coming from just off camera. (00:27:17)

Jack Vaughan

Pilot - S1-E1

Revealing mistake: When Tony collapses in his back garden, and the barbecue grill explodes, some coals (supposedly thrown into the air by the explosion) land next to Tony's body. Watch this moment closely however and you can see that the coals come into shot from left of the screen and not above from the air as they should. Obviously thrown in by a nearby crew member, just off-screen. (00:19:48)

Jack Vaughan

I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano - S1-E13

Revealing mistake: When Artie visits Livia at the hospital there is a close-up of the newspaper that Livia is reading and it is obviously fake. Some of the articles look like they have been pasted into it and there are white strips of paper covering up headlines or replacing them with new ones. (00:16:50)

Jack Vaughan

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Long Term Parking - S5-E12

Continuity mistake: Valentina is sitting and reading a magazine when Tony enters her hospital room. She places the magazine on her lap. Throughout the scene the magazine appears on her lap when the camera is on Tony and disappears when the camera is on Valentina. (00:18:57)

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Cold Stones - S6-E11

Continuity mistake: While in a Paris restaurant Carmela and Ro toast. Each time their wine glasses are shown on the table, the wine goes from a swallow to a half of glass. (00:39:47)

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Irregular Around the Margins - S5-E5

Continuity mistake: Adriana was wearing a red blouse at the Crazy Horse, and in the car with Tony during the accident. When Christopher picks her up from hospital, she is wearing a gray Fila sweatsuit jacket. It's funny she is wearing something different because the next morning at the hospital, Tony is wearing the same shirt he had on during the accident. (00:23:57 - 00:29:04)

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No-Show - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: During FBI questioning, Adriana vomits on the conference table. Bureau Chief Cubitoso is sitting to her left, and in the scene, he has no vomit on his clothes or face. However, in the next close-up shot, he has vomit on his shirt and face. (00:51:23)

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No-Show - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: During FBI questioning, Adriana vomits on the conference table. Agent Deborah Ciccerone is sitting directly in front of her, and in the scene she gets no vomit on her clothes or body. But in the next close-up shot, she has very long vomit on her blouse and jacket, despite sitting across from Adriana. (00:51:23)

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Tony Soprano: Oh, poor baby. What do you want, a Whitman's Sampler?

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Trivia: Steve Van Zandt's wife, Maureen, played Silvio Dante's wife Gabriella.

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Christopher - S4-E3

Question: Was it Jimmy Altieri standing in the back of the crowd during the Columbus rally scene? He was killed in season one for being an FBI informant and here they probably used him as a stand in... If so, then that is some sort of mistake, because I think, it really is him. (00:15:50)

Answer: That's not Jimmy, just a look-a-like. Jimmy's short and stout, the guy in "Christopher" episode is tall and medium built. The hair is also different.

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