Best movie continuity mistakes of 1979

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Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht picture Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Jonathan returns to his town and don't recognize his wife, his coat disappears in the next shot when he ask to the man beside him who she is. He didn't have the time to remove it. (01:14:15)

Dr Wilson

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The Lady Vanishes picture

Continuity mistake: When Amanda rushes to get onto the bus to the train station, the door being opened is at the front LEFT of the bus (as viewed from the back). On arrival at the station (5 scenes later), the door opens at the front RIGHT of the bus (as viewed from the back), and in the second camera shot, the driver of the bus can be clearly seen sitting where the door Amanda used to board the bus would be, with no door there.

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Continuity mistake: When Linda Blair deliberately knocks a plate of desserts into one of her suitor's lap, the tray hits him directly in the crotch and the camera shows this. Then there is a cut to Linda Blair's face and then a cut back to the boys clothing and the scene now shows the desserts all over his suit from the shoulders down.

Gregg Jasper

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The Champ picture

Continuity mistake: On the beach, when Billy and TJ go swimming in the ocean, TJ is wearing his boxers when he runs into the water, but when they're both in the water TJ is wearing his blue shorts over the boxers. (01:35:20)

Super Grover

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Alexandria... Why? picture

Continuity mistake: When the British officer is with the Pasha at the Pasha's house, he is holding his glass in his hand in one shot. In the next shot, the glass is suddenly on the piano.

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Tim (1979)

Tim picture

Continuity mistake: When Tim goes to the pub to meet up with his father, he drinks his beer all the way down, emptying his glass. But when we see the glass next, it's half full.

kh1616

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King Frat picture

Continuity mistake: When Grossout comes by the passed out frat guy on the steps of the house at the beginning of the movie, he temporarily revives him sprinkling beer on his face. The cans in his hand change position between shots.

Sammo

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Jin bi tong picture

Continuity mistake: When the first trooper falls dead on the crates at the beginning of the movie, there's a continuity error since his hand changes position on the crate between shots. (00:00:55)

Sammo

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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure picture

Continuity mistake: When the purser's safe falls through the ceiling, we get to see the safe come to a rest, and we can see the door to the safe is still perfectly in position and still closed. The next shot looking down on the safe now shows the safe with the door now fully opened.

GalahadFairlight

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Last Embrace picture Video

Continuity mistake: In Princeton Library Harry leaves his side-kick Sam on lookout downstairs while going up to Ellie's reading carrel, to snoop on her papers. Professor Peabody arrives downstairs and Sam heads to the elevator to go up and warn Harry. There are several cut-aways showing the Professor, and Harry. Sam is entering the lift another time, also waiting in the lift just before that. (01:20:00)

DeBigC

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Meteor picture

Continuity mistake: Malden enters a bar to meet Connery. Sitting on Connery's right is a white-hared guy, so Malden sits on his left. We switch to watch the TV, and when we return, Malden is now on Connery's right.

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Continuity mistake: The babysitter answers one of the early calls saying "Robert, I don't think this is very funny." The pencil and papers have completely changed position on the table. (00:07:30)

Sammo

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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi picture

Continuity mistake: Kindaichi follows the gang of rollerskating thieves in their hideout. The female leader says she has a question about his book, and hands him what he identifies as his book of short stories. He's holding it with the left hand in close-up, but in the next shot it's the right hand. (00:17:40)

Sammo

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The Villain picture

Continuity mistake: When Cactus is sneaking behind a bush, chuckling before Handsome's cart drives over the glued planks, he covers his mouth with his left hand. From the opposite angle, it's lowered. (01:16:28)

Sacha

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Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol picture

Continuity mistake: Before going to bed, Scrooge takes off his slippers and puts them by the side of his bed. But when he is disturbed by the singers, the slippers and the pillows he is resting his head on have disappeared.

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century picture

Continuity mistake: In "Plot to Kill a City: Part 2", Kellogg is told the man was lying about the top button giving access, so he presses the bottom button, which goes dark. In the shot of them entering, the buttons have switched, with the top on dark.

Movie Nut

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The Frisco Kid picture

Continuity mistake: While pointing his pistol at Matt Diggs, the Rabbi cocks the pistol's hammer. A split second later from another angle, the pistol's hammer is down.

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Fright Before Christmas picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs Bunny is reading from the Christmas stories book to Clyde, you can see Clyde is sitting by the fireplace and there is a long red stocking on the right hand side of it. After a quick cut to Bugs reading, we return to Clyde and the long red stocking has disappeared.

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The Electric Horseman picture

Continuity mistake: In the sequence where the police are chasing Sonny on Rising Star through the field there are two close ups of an officer driving a car where the image is reversed (it appears like the car is right hand drive and the logo of his shoulder patch is reversed).

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