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A Slipping-Down Life picture

Continuity mistake: At the Unicorn Bar Evie takes a photo of "Drumstrings" Casey performing as Faye-Jean dances in front of him. Both Drumstrings and Faye-Jean are facing Evie with Faye-Jean holding a beer bottle over her head in her left arm. Later when Evie looks at the photo, it has been taken from the side and Faye-Jean is facing a different direction, no arms above her head and is not holding a beer.

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Moonwalker picture

Continuity mistake: At the end when Michael Jackson is singing come together, at the end of the song his shirt is undone, but when the camera shoots back on him his shirt isn't ripped.

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Captain Corelli's Mandolin picture

Continuity mistake: When Cage is talking to Cruz for the second time, Cruz's hair changes shape. There's also dirt on her shoulder which disappears in the next shot.

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Step Up picture

Continuity mistake: When all of the dancers are preparing for the showcase dance, Nora walks in with hair that has her usual bounce. When she and Lucy are talking in front of the mirror, her hair is almost completely straight, sporting just a few slight waves. When Tyler approaches her backstage, her hair is extra curly. It has only been a few minutes, and there was not enough time for her to have curled it. This is confirmed in the commentary.

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Fantasia picture

Continuity mistake: When Mickey walks down the stairs from the fountain, he walks down twelve steps. Later, when he tries in vain to stop the enchanted broom from coming down these stairs, there are at least fifteen steps.

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The Fighting Temptations picture

Continuity mistake: When the Fighting Temptations are performing at the Gospel choir contest at the end, the convict with the high voice is dancing with only one handcuff attached (you can see him try to hide the other end, which is flapping around). In a subsequent shot, he has both handcuffs attached again.

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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen picture

Continuity mistake: When Lola's Mother finally acknowledges her as being Lola, she is seen walking backward towards a green door. The camera moves to Lola, then back to the Mother where there are now two backstage people standing behind her, in front of the green door.

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Kevin & Perry Go Large picture

Continuity mistake: When Kevin and Perry are DJing in Kevin's room, there is a green lava lamp in front of the decks. In one shot the lava lamp is switched off, and in the next shot the lava lamp is switched on, and in the next shot it is switched back off again. (00:21:05)

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The Temptations picture

Continuity mistake: When Otis gets off the tour bus and comes over to kiss Josephine, his hair changes from processed to natural, before he kisses her.

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Flashdance picture Flashdance mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Alex sits down to watch the news, the various items around the TV, magazines on the table, the cushions, cups, items on the couch etc. differ in position during the scene. (00:11:35)

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Pink Floyd The Wall picture

Continuity mistake: During "Comfortably Numb," the wad of cash shoved into the hotel manager's top pocket by Pink's manager disappears and reappears between shots.

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The Jerk picture

Continuity mistake: When Steve Martin is on the spinning carnival ride, the positions on either side of him are empty, and then in the next shot both spots are occupied.

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Velvet Goldmine picture

Continuity mistake: When Arthur first goes into his room with the new Brian Slade record, you see him lodge the top of his chair under the knob of his door, but after he starts the music, they show him laying down on the carpet, and you can clearly see the top of the chair facing away from the wall.

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The Living Daylights picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning, Bond sees the bad guy get into a truck and drive off. He chases after him, about 20 m behind. They're travelling on parallel roads, Bond running, and the bad guy driving (quite fast). But when Bond's road runs out, he manages to jump on top of the truck, having miraculously caught up with him.

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Black Snake Moan picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene after Rae discovers being chained her top changes positions on her shoulder between the shots.

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The Triplets of Belleville picture

Continuity mistake: When Champion receives the dog, the alignment of the box changes after the first shot. (00:05:10)

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Music of the Heart picture

Continuity mistake: When Roberta is in Brian's apartment, she is putting curlers in her hair and then Brian walks in and they start talking. Roberta then stands up and Brian kisses her neck and as she turns around you can see the curlers have disappeared.

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High Fidelity picture

Continuity mistake: When John Cusack is at a house after the funeral, he is standing in front of a fireplace. You can see the boom microphone dip into the top of the screen above his head.

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The Caveman's Valentine picture

Continuity mistake: When the police secure the scene where Scotty was found a TV reporter makes a statement. She's standing in front of a tree with a big horizontal branch. When the camera angle changes the tree behind her is different with a much lower branch. (00:10:25)

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The Birdcage picture

Continuity mistake: Near the beginning, when Val tells Armand he is going to get married, Armand drinks his whole glass of white wine. But in the very next shot where Armand stands to get another glass of wine, you see that the glass is almost half full.

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