Best movie continuity mistakes of 1978

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band picture

Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the movie, after FVB (Aerosmith) sings, and Strawberry Fields (Sandy Farina) falls off of the platform. She lands on her front, but when Billy Shears (Peter Frampton) runs down the stairs to her, she is on her back.

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KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park picture

Continuity mistake: It is easy to see Ace Frehley was wearing black leather shirt/pants at the beginning of the film. When they are fighting the robots next to the Rollercoaster, his suit is white leather.

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Carry on Emmannuelle picture

Continuity mistake: When Emmannuelle first speaks to the butler at the front door, the door is ajar from the front, but completely open from behind. (00:07:30)

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Avalanche picture

Continuity mistake: Before David and Nick sit by the counter, a waitress rushes by. Several seconds later, they stand up and the waitress is now behind them, walking hurriedly again.

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Starcrash picture

Continuity mistake: When Stella is put into the machine to revive her after being frozen, her head is tilted to the right when she goes in, but is tilted to the left when the shot changes.

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FM (1978)

FM picture

Continuity mistake: When Jeff gets into the studio, the album playing is in the middle of the album, not at the end as shown one minute earlier. (00:05:26)

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers picture

Continuity mistake: When Matthew goes to rescue Elizabeth from her boyfriend he parks on the street. When they leave he is parked in the driveway.

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Rescue from Gilligan's Island picture

Continuity mistake: After the tidal wave hits the island, there is a wide aerial shot of the hut. There is no palm tree tied to the hut, yet after they hear Gilligan yelling, there it is, with Gilligan on it.

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The Thirty Nine Steps picture

Continuity mistake: As the Prussian agents escape by carriage with Hannay after 'springing' him from police custody, you can see modern markings on the road for a car parking space.

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Midnight Express picture

Continuity mistake: When Billy is taken up to that area by the guard that tries to rape him, when the door opens to go in, there is another guard on the inside that closes the door. But after Billy kills the guard, somehow that other guard is nowhere to be found - does Billy kill both guards?

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A Hitch in Time picture

Continuity mistake: In the final scene when Paul gets the lacrosse team to get off the coach, when the camera is inside the coach two girls are off first, followed by the lady teacher. When the camera switches to outside of the coach the same two girls are out of the coach door first but the lady teacher is no where to be seen, and her place is taken by a schoolgirl.

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