Continuity mistake: When Luke crashes on the snow he tries to open the cockpit pushing the canopy. A shot later he is pushing the windshield. This changes back and forth several times.
Sacha
7th Jan 2023
Star Wars (1977)
Continuity mistake: After Obi-Wan is struck down there's a shootout where a soldier is killed next to a closing door. The gun next to his head moves closer between shots.
7th Jan 2023
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Something Borrowed, Someone Blue - S5-E9
Continuity mistake: In the kitchen the police officer loosens his tie, but from the side shot it's still tight.
5th Jan 2023
48 Hrs. (1982)
Revealing mistake: When Reggie and Jack are following the Porsche they're replaced by obvious stunts. Eddie Murphy is a heavier and older man with an afro hair, for example.
5th Jan 2023
The Crown (2016)
Continuity mistake: When the actress rehearses in the jet, after Dodi says "your husband is in for 15 years" her right hand swaps between extended or not between shots.
4th Jan 2023
The Crown (2016)
Continuity mistake: In the jet, when the actress rehearses and throws the script on the bed the sheets swap between wrinkled and ironed between shots.
4th Jan 2023
Django Unchained (2012)
Continuity mistake: After Calvin cuts his hand and forces Broomhilda to sit down, Stephen places his hand around her neck. A shot later it’s on her back.
4th Jan 2023
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
Revealing mistake: When the fight against Kali starts there's a moving purple area around Kali's feet revealing where the animated footage was pasted.
4th Jan 2023
The Crown (2016)
Visible crew/equipment: When Bashir mentions the name of Jephson he leans backwards and a white lighting screen gets reflected on his lenses. (00:12:44)
4th Jan 2023
North by Northwest (1959)
Continuity mistake: When the truck is about to run Thornhill over, skidmarks running along the road appear/disappear randomly between shots.
4th Jan 2023
North by Northwest (1959)
Continuity mistake: When the plane crashes against the truck its wipers face the left side. A shot later they are facing the right side.
4th Jan 2023
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Revealing mistake: During the gang fight, whenever there's a close-up of someone falling on the road it wobbles and bounces giving away it's a rubber mattress. More evident after a guy is launched through a window and another is crushed against the road. (00:19:43)
2nd Jan 2023
Ten Commandments (1956)
Revealing mistake: When Bithiah names the baby Moses the clouds behind remain motionless for minutes revealing it's a backdrop.
2nd Jan 2023
The Crown (2016)
Continuity mistake: After the actress throws the script on the bed, the script keeps changing position in every shot.
1st Jan 2023
North by Northwest (1959)
Continuity mistake: When the opening credits roll-in stating that the events are fictitious, there is a shot of a woman in blue exiting a building. When the credits end after Hitchcock's cameo, the same shot is re-used though this time from a couple of seconds earlier.
18th Dec 2022
North by Northwest (1959)
Visible crew/equipment: When Thornhill exits the phone booth 6 stage lights are reflected on the glass door.
17th Dec 2022
North by Northwest (1959)
Continuity mistake: When Thornhill is served a Martini in the train, check the toothpick and you'll see it keeps moving around between shots.
17th Dec 2022
North by Northwest (1959)
Other mistake: At the train station, the same red-haired woman in a green dress with two distinctive suitcases appears three times in different places despite her walking the opposite way. Sometimes she has a hat and others not.
17th Dec 2022
North by Northwest (1959)
Continuity mistake: When Thornhill makes a call at the train station the cord of the phone is curled in the wide angle but straight in the close-up.
17th Dec 2022
North by Northwest (1959)
Continuity mistake: When the CIA meets, the paper next to the professor changes positions between shots and a matchbox appears and disappears randomly.
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