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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back mistake picture

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.

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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.

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5th Jan 2023

48 Hrs. (1982)

5th Jan 2023

The Crown (2016)

4th Jan 2023

The Crown (2016)

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.

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4th Jan 2023

The Crown (2016)

Continuity mistake: When the truck is about to run Thornhill over, skidmarks running along the road appear/disappear randomly between shots.

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Continuity mistake: When the plane crashes against the truck its wipers face the left side. A shot later they are facing the right side.

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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)

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2nd Jan 2023

The Crown (2016)

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.

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Continuity mistake: When Thornhill is served a Martini in the train, check the toothpick and you'll see it keeps moving around between shots.

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North by Northwest mistake picture

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.

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North by Northwest mistake picture

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.

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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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