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Hedwig and the Angry Inch picture

Continuity mistake: In the childhood oven scene, there is a shot of the mother peeling steamed tomatoes, the shot of the tomato she throws at Hedwig shows fresh tomatoes, then the tomato looks steamed in the oven.

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Animal Crackers picture

Continuity mistake: In the very first scene, after the lead flunkie finishes his song, he turns around to speak to Margaret Dumont. When he turns back, look closely at his waistcoat - it's completely different.

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The Unsinkable Molly Brown picture

Continuity mistake: At Molly's party after returning from Europe, the Duchess is introduced, and everyone bows. The shot shows Molly reaching for her neighbor who's standing straight, to bow down, and she does. Then there is a long shot showing the crowd, and the neighbor is again standing, and then you see Molly reach out for her again as she just had.

Jack's Revenge

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Bride and Prejudice picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where they go to the party and dance with the sticks, there is an overhead view of the whole party. Johnny and Lalita are dancing in the middle, and just before the camera cuts to another view, Lalita drops one of her sticks, but has it in following shots.

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Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo picture

Continuity mistake: When Turbo is being chased by the construction workers he falls down a bunch of stairs. The stunt man used for the fall looked nothing like Turbo. Even his hair was different.

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A Night at the Opera picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Harpo is climbing out of the brig and goes to the open window of the famous aviators, he is shown climbing in the room from the outside with the rope he's climbing on draped across his chest. When he gets into the room the rope has disappeared!

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Road to Singapore picture

Continuity mistake: In the first fight scene aboard the boat, Ace's hat falls off his head. He then breaks through a door and falls down. As he stands up, the hat reappears on his head.

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Jesus Christ Superstar picture

Continuity mistake: During entire scene with dancing king Herod and his men, shadows on the floor are at different angles from one shot to another. (01:16:15 - 01:19:30)

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Brigadoon picture

Continuity mistake: When Van Johnson sneaks away from the girl in the rocking chair, she is sleeping with his hat in her lap. In the next scene, he has his hat back.

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Jetsons: The Movie picture

Continuity mistake: When the Jetson family leaves Earth and is headed towards their new home for the rest of the movie, George and Jane switch places when Jane leans over to kiss George.

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Hello Dolly! picture

Continuity mistake: When Cornelius meets the girl in the red dress and they dance and sing outdoors on the street, her dress is dragging on the pavement and the hem is clearly filthy. The next scene they arrive at the restaurant and her dress is clean and pressed.

unkajes

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South Pacific picture

Continuity mistake: When Luther Billis is parachuting out of the plane, he is seen with a pistol in his hands. Once he is in the rubber boat and starts paddling, however, the pistol has become a rifle.

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Cats picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the song "Old Deuteronomy" watch the positions of Jo Gibb and Drew Varley flip flop in the background between long and close shots. Soon afterward, Cassandra slides down to the stage in a closeup and immediately slides down again in the long shot (while singing different lyrics). Apparently the long and close shots were often filmed in different takes and the choreography and positioning of actors were sometimes not matched very well.

Gregory Forbes

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Popeye picture

Continuity mistake: Popeye goes to Bluto's ship. He finds his pappy there: he's tied to the chair hanging in the ceiling. Popeye gets excited, and notice that before he hugs his pappy he takes his pipe out of his mouth. When we see Popeye again, the pipe is back to his mouth. Too fast to be real.

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Paint Your Wagon picture

Continuity mistake: At the end of the town collapse, a sincerely drunk Ben dives head-on into a tub where a lady (in her underclothes?) is just enjoying a bath. Propelled by Ben's momentum the tub with both passengers slides down the slippery planks and splashes into the river, while Ben rearranges himself into a comfortable sitting position between shots. If I wasn't completely mistaken also the lady changes her outfit, since the embroidery is missing when they float along. (02:23:35)

NancyFelix

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James and the Giant Peach picture

Continuity mistake: Throughout the flight with the seagulls attached to the peach stem, the length of the peach stem gets shorter and then longer and then shorter again.

rabid anarchist

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Barbie in the Nutcracker picture

Continuity mistake: Although Clara kicks her shoe at the Mouse King's head, when she gets down from the mantelpiece, it is back on her foot with no sign of her having retrieved it.

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas picture

Continuity mistake: In the final scene where Burt Reynolds loads up the back of his truck with Dolly Parton's suitcases and then drives off, we see him throw in as many as 5 or 6 suitcases. When he drives off into the sunset, there is just one suitcase in the back of his pickup. (01:47:05 - 01:48:10)

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Quasimodo is reciting his alphabet to Frollo, we see Frollo pick up his goblet for a drink when he says "D?" By "E?", he still has the goblet in his hand. After saying "F?" he raises the goblet and takes a drink. When the camera pans back to Quasimodo saying "Festival", the goblet is in clear sight even when we hear Frollo spit out his drink.

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