Best family movie mistakes of 1963

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Jason and the Argonauts picture

Continuity mistake: When they arrive on the island of Talos, the bronze giant, Hercules and Hylus find the statues atop huge plinths. In close up, they are looking up at the statue of Talos, then in a wide shot they start to walk towards it across bare rocks, then in close up they are back where they were with plants behind them.

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The Sword in the Stone picture

Continuity mistake: When Arthur is out hunting in the woods, Arthur is lying on a tree branch. In one shot, his pants leg is coloured brown, whereas, in the next shot, it is skin colour (as if he isn't wearing any pants). In the next shot, the brown pants leg has returned.

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Bye Bye Birdie picture

Visible crew/equipment: In the fainting scene you can see in the background on the roofs and in the windows a number of people just watching the shooting being done on the back lot. It is very noticeable in the last wide pull back shot.

bobmcdow4984

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The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze picture

Other mistake: A handwritten entry in Phileas Fogg III's diary says he and his servants (The Three Stooges) were interrogated by Chinese intelligence. The word is misspelled "inlellegence." (00:55:15)

Steven Lee

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The Million Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs and Daffy leave the Emergency Hospital, Bugs has a bandage around his head and on his face, but when he emerges from the lift at the TV studios, the bandages have disappeared.

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Devil's Feud Cake picture

Continuity mistake: When Yosemite Sam attempts to attack Bugs in the Ben Hare sequence, Bugs says that Sam has flipped his lid and runs off. Sam then runs after Bugs and there is nothing in his hand, but when Sam runs down the stairs to the lions' den, he is now holding a sword.

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Banty Raids picture

Audio problem: When the rooster says "Get out and stay out!" when he kicks the Banty Rooster into the horizon, his beak doesn't move.

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Claws in the Lease picture

Revealing mistake: When the lady throws Sylvester through the window, you can see there is a bump on Sylvester's head before he hits the tree.

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The Incredible Journey picture

Continuity mistake: Before the bear attack, the quail Tao hunts is male. After the bear attack, when he goes to pick it up, it's male, but as he brings it to Bodger to eat it is female. (00:25:50 - 00:29:56)

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Spencer's Mountain picture

Factual error: When Clay Spencer and his brothers begin work on his dream house, they mix and pour the concrete for the foundation, then immediately begin putting up the framing. The concrete would have to cure for at least two weeks before the framing could be started.

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