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The Red Violin picture

Continuity mistake: The young son of the Chinese owner of the violin is near-sighted and his glasses have concave lenses. When he attends the auction as an adult he is far-sighted with incredibly thick convex lenses.

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Opera picture

Continuity mistake: When he puts the pins in her eyes, evey time it is shown it's different - sometimes they are all covered in blood, sometimes only some of them or one, and sometimes there's no blood at all.

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Pure Country picture

Plot hole: It was Lula's idea to initiate the fraud of using Buddy to replace Dusty at his show in Louisiana. But when Dusty finds out about the fraud, he threatens to sue Buddy - not Lula.

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Continuity mistake: Ben Bart passed away earlier in the film but can be seen dancing on stage with the character Gertrude, at a James Brown concert where he is performing "I Got Soul (Super Bad) ". (01:46:00)

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Suggested correction: During that sequence, they intercut James in his gold jumpsuit, with long hanging-down hair, and James in a black-and-white checked vest, doing the same song. In the black-and-white vest era, Ben Bart is still alive, so the dancing could have been from that era.

While that does seem to be the case, it should be pointed out that Ben Bart died in 1968, but the song James Brown is singing, "Super Bad", was recorded in 1970.

Bishop73

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Factual error: When Llewyn is driving back to NYC from Chicago, he passes a couple signs stating that Akron, OH, is at the next exit off the highway, on US Route 80. US 80 passes exclusively through the South, from Dallas to the Atlantic Ocean in Georgia, and doesn't even come remotely close to Ohio. (01:13:58)

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Suggested correction: It's Interstate 80, which does pass through Ohio, not Route 80.

The mistake is correct. It's the US Route 80 sign which has black letters on the white shield. An I-80 sign would have white letters on a red and blue shield.

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Continuity mistake: When Ren is dancing at the drive in, he starts dancing with a girl then stops to watch her. When he starts dancing again he moves slightly in front of her in the shot. Then in the next shot they are side by side.

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Continuity mistake: After waking up, Lulu's clothes are suspended from the ceiling and she leaps from the bed down into them, getting them perfectly on her in an instant and then runs off. Her hat is not amongst the items, and as she runs off screen you see that she has nothing on her head. But the shot changes to her running directly to the bathroom, and suddenly her little red hat is on her head. (00:01:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Will and SA5M are in CBGB's and SA5M uses her phone to take a picture of them, Sa5m's head and eyes have already turned toward the camera when the picture is taken. However, when the actual picture is shown, SA5M is looking directly at Will.

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Continuity mistake: When Tom traps Jerry in the blinds, he pulls the cord and squashes Jerry. At this point, you can see Tom is holding the cord, but when we Jerry sliding down the blinds in the next shot, Tom is no longer holding the cord.

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I Can Only Imagine picture

Factual error: The shop owner shows him a tape of the Joshua Tree by U2 and says it is the best concert he has seen, but the Joshua Tree wasn't released until 1987.

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A Monster in Paris picture

Continuity mistake: The giant maker compound was purple when Franqcuer was created, but it turned orange when Lucille made another giant flea.

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Scooby-Doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery picture

Continuity mistake: When Shaggy and Scooby are approaching the Demon as he eats, it is shown that he is eating from a platter of hamburgers and french fries. Scooby and Shaggy bump into his table, knocking the food all on the floor. When Shaggy and Scooby quickly put all of the food back on the table, it now has french fries and hot dogs.

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Beau and Chiles are in the hotel room, with Canter knocking on the door, Chiles puts on her shirt twice.

Jamie Reich

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Continuity mistake: After Bugs Bunny has snipped off Elmer Fudd's pants suspender buttons, you can see Elmer's gun is directly behind him. But when Elmer picks up his gun to try and shoot Bugs, the gun is now by his foot.

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Factual error: The Major and the band are (correctly) summonsed to appear before a magistrates' court for driving without insurance, but then appear before a judge in full robes. Judges do not sit in magistrates' courts.

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Continuity mistake: When Janelle and Veda are in the shop and Janelle is talking to Veda about marriage and divorce, if you look behind Janelle you'll see Sidney entering the shop. When it shows her up close you see her just walking in.

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