Best drama movie continuity mistakes of 1979

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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.

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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.

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Meteor picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Dr Bradley in the back seat of the limousine on his way to the meeting, he is wearing a white shirt and a black tie. When he arrives at the meeting room, he is now wearing a black shirt and striped tie.

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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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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)

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