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We Were Soldiers picture

Audio problem: When Hal Moore is looking at the strong guy through the binoculars during training, the guy's mouth doesn't match what he is saying.

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The Irishman picture

Audio problem: During the award ceremony when the (supposedly live) crooner sings Spanish eyes his lip syncing and the audio editing is awful.

Sacha

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Waterloo picture

Audio problem: When Ponsonby is being pursued by the Polish Lancers across the muddy field, he gives his watch and snuff box to the young bugler and tells him to ride on and save himself. However, his lips do not correspond to the words.

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Enemy at the Gates picture

Audio problem: When Danilov is reading the article to Vassili, we see it from a long shot. However, his lips didn't move. (00:20:40)

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The Great Escape picture

Audio problem: The sounds of the prisoners laughing and bantering about during the 4th of July moonshine scene is obviously a looped soundtrack as the same exact sounds and volume are heard at least four times during this scene.

Scott215

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Black Hawk Down picture

Audio problem: When trying to get Waddell on the radio, Galentine says he can't reach them. Camera changes and he's stopped talking but his mouth continues to move. (01:21:40)

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Silence picture

Audio problem: On the beach, when Rodrigues asks when Inoue-sama will arrive, the Interpreter tells him that he is not coming. Rodrigues then says "He treats me kindly", but his lips do not move along with the speech. He just nods. (01:48:55)

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Druids picture

Audio problem: When Vercingétorix tells Caesar that Alexander the Great was dead by the time he was Caesar's age, his mouth movements don't match the words. In this shot he is, I think, speaking French with the English dubbed over - he looks like he is saying 'mort'. (00:24:50)

jle

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon picture

Audio problem: When Jen is kicking the crap out of everyone in the restaurant, she is supposedly saying a whole load of stuff, but if you watch carefully, she isn't saying most of it, it must have been dubbed. (01:20:30)

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Rapa Nui picture

Audio problem: Although the cast speaks English throughout (with wildly varying accents), when Sandrine Holt is being lowered into the cave, one of the Chilean extras can be heard saying, "Cuidado." (Be careful.) in Spanish.

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Zero Dark Thirty picture

Audio problem: After Abrar is shot, his wife starts to shout and runs to grab a weapon. When she does, the angle changes while she looks at the Navy Seals, her mouth is closed, but her previous cries keep on sounding. (02:09:40)

Sacha

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Max Manus picture

Audio problem: The day after Operation Mardonius, when the first set of bombs explodes you first see the explosion and then hear it after a second, then as the last bombs explode you both see and hear the sound at the same time.

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Elizabeth picture

Audio problem: Upon Elizabeth's first meeting with the Duke of Anjou, he whispers, in French, what he would like to do to her in bed. Then he says, in English, "Would you like that?" His lips don't move when he says it.

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The Killing Fields picture

Audio problem: When Sydney is listening to an American radio report during dinner, he says "I can't eat," but his lips aren't in sync with the words. (00:30:15)

Cubs Fan

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Never Look Away picture

Audio problem: When the nurse at the hospital tells the family that Elisabeth was transferred two days prior, Waltraud says "Transferred? That's impossible" and doesn't say anything else. The camera then changes angles to focus on the nurse and Waltraud's mouth, visible in the left hand corner of the frame, can be seen moving briefly, even though she already finished the line and didn't say anything else. (00:29:17)

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 picture

Audio problem: When we are first introduced to Hayden lecturing the classroom, the shots from behind do not match the sound with the movement of his jaw.

Sacha

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12 Mighty Orphans picture

Audio problem: During Rusty's conversation with Hardy (about knowing he doesn't want to be at the orphanage), some camera views of Hardy from behind show his cheek (and therefore his mouth) making little and insufficient movement for the words he is saying. In particular, Hardy saying, "Look, you can make me play this little game of yours" and "We done here yet, coach?" didn't show adequate facial movement from a rear angled view. (00:22:30)

KeyZOid

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The Spirit of St. Louis picture

Audio problem: When Lindbergh calls and waves from the Spirit at the motorcyclist tooling down a dirt road, the motorcycle's tires make a screeching tires-on-asphalt sound as it turns.

Scott215

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Oppenheimer picture

Audio problem: When Oppenheimer confronts Nichols in his office after finding out Lomanitz got drafted, there is a shot focusing on Nichols where Oppenheimer says, "Don't be an asshole, Nichols," where his mouth doesn't move along with the line. (01:13:08)

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