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Save the Last Dance 2 picture

Continuity mistake: When Marcus is being chastised for the clothing he is wearing in the dance room, you can see a reflected shot of him looking down toward his feet. In the next shot, he looks down again.

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A Very Murray Christmas picture

Continuity mistake: After Liz and Bev tell Bill that they can't cancel the show, they are helping him put his suit jacket on. Dimitri behind him is using a sticky roller thing to get hairs off the jacket and is down on his back. After Bev mentions the weather issues the camera angle changes and suddenly Dimitri has the roller up on his shoulder.

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She Was an Acrobat's Daughter picture

Continuity mistake: When we see the animals change seats at the start of the cartoon, you can see there is an aisle in the middle of the theatre, but when the show begins in the next shot, the aisle has disappeared.

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What We Do Is Secret picture

Continuity mistake: During the September 4, 1977 show at the Masque, Darby cuts a line on his chest with broken glass. The shape and position of the cut changes between shots during and after the show.

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Light of Day picture

Continuity mistake: After the grocery store visit, Joan Jett walks to her room at the hotel and goes to her room on the second floor, a short time later she opens her room door which is now on the first floor. (01:35:00)

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A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish picture

Continuity mistake: The evil stepsisters shove Kat at the feet of Dominic with latte splattered all over her face. But the mess looks different in the various shots. For instance, in the close-up when he asks her if she's okay and if she hurt herself there's a big splotch by the corner of her mouth, which was not there earlier (she was dirty under the nose at most) and is gone in the next shot. (00:04:00)

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Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! picture

Continuity mistake: In the flashback scene when Eddie is at the beach it shows him talking to Sal. In the first movie he was talking to Frank.

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The Perils of Pauline picture

Continuity mistake: Pearl is singing a song to mock her boss at the factory. She goes through the first lines about being too worn out "to play." With her feet on the work table, she puts her hand under her chin. In the background, a fellow seamstress is watching. In the next shot, her arms changed position, now crossed in contrast to the previous shot. (00:04:40)

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Torn Hearts picture

Continuity mistake: While driving to Harper's house, Jordan did not have the sun visor down, but it was down when she was backing up after she passed Harper's house, #237. The sun visor was not down when Jordan was going down the driveway to the house. (00:17:15)

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Guava Island picture

Continuity mistake: After the cartoon segment, Deni entertains some playful banter with his girlfriend and takes off, putting a shirt on while he runs. When the neighbour asks him "Late again?", the guitar strap is on opposite sides of the instrument as the editing switches to a reverse shot. (00:06:40)

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Famous picture

Continuity mistake: When Famous collapses onto the floor, there is cocaine near his hair/forehead, but the baggie (and cocaine in it) is spread differently and further from his head when Plain Wayne turns his head. (00:08:10)

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Running on Empty picture

Continuity mistake: Michael Manfield (Danny Pope) walked to the Phillips' house for the in-house music presentations, but on his way home when he was sitting by the lake, his bicycle was on the ground. There was no indication that he had gone home first - he was throwing away the hat he took from Lorna's room, and he was still wearing a tie. (00:38:51 - 00:42:52)

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The Song Remains The Same picture

Continuity mistake: Right after the last song John Paul Jones is seen taking his guitar off and resting it on an amp.The scene switches to Robert and when he points to his right JPJ is repeating the action.

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The Cheetah Girls picture The Cheetah Girls mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Look at the scene where Chanel and her mom are putting on face cream. In the wide shot, Chanel only has cream on her chin, cheeks and forehead. Her mom hasn't applied the cream. In the close-up (when her mom says that they might be moving to Paris), there's cream all over their faces.

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Roger Waters the Wall picture

Continuity mistake: In the "Another Brick in the Wall Part III" section of the show, look at the missing section of the wall on the right hand side. The bottom bricks of that section change from being filled in to being empty depending on the shot. (01:02:40 - 01:04:00)

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The Jazz Singer picture

Continuity mistake: Jack is finished singing Toot-Toot Tootsie and the audience is applauding. The guy sitting to the viewers left, with no cut-aways suddenly has a cigar appear in his mouth, he removes it then its back in his mouth.

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I Love to Singa picture

Continuity mistake: When Mama Owl gets up after lying four eggs in her nest, the eggs change position between shots.

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