Best comedy movie mistakes of 1980

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Continuity mistake: In the last scene, the Butler and Groomsman load a Sarcophagus in the back of their station wagon. The tail gate is left open and both step back as the vehicle pulls out. As they are driving off down the driveway the tail gate is closed.

kshokie53

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Bronco Billy picture

Visible crew/equipment: In the bar fight scene, the camera crew is visible right after Lefty hits one of the bar patrons.

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Alligator picture

Continuity mistake: When Marisa Kendall talks with her obviously arteriosclerotic mother on the phone, she holds the receiver in different ways between shots. (00:59:45)

Sammo

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My Bodyguard picture

Continuity mistake: When Clifford is running down the hallway from Moody and his gang, Moody closes in on him by almost 40 feet. In the following shot, outside the auditorium, Clifford is a greater distance from the gang, sighing relief at the apparent getaway. Unless he suddenly picked up speed rounding some hallway corner, the time distance is impossible.

oprlvr33

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Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) picture

Continuity mistake: As the train leaves Victoria, the scenery outside the window moves from left to right. Moments later, Charlie Brown is watching it pass from right to left.

Dristarg

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Plot hole: It seems hard to believe that a barely five foot tall,100-pound woman with no wrestling experience (Rosa) could face and beat someone who looks like she's got ten years' experience, looks like she's 6-7 inches taller, and outweighs her by 40-50 pounds (Terrible Tommy Dukes).

Rob245

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Visible crew/equipment: When the main character and his family are first seen making their way to the train, the rightmost one in a row of three eerie blonde pageboy-haired children keeps looking into the camera. Generally, throughout the movie, there are plenty of instances of child actors looking into the camera, mainly young Malcolm (Lorenzo Aiello). (00:05:15)

Sammo

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Continuity mistake: When Ira and Glenda are discussing Nick, who is hiding under the bed, Ira briefly stands on Nicks right-hand pinky finger. After Ira has walked away, under the bed Nick grimaces while holding his left-hand pinky finger.

djm

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Used Cars picture

Continuity mistake: When Mickey gets into the '57 Chevy to "test drive" it, there is no gear shift lever on the steering column. The camera then shows him buckling his seat belt, and when it returns to the previous angle, there is that missing shift lever.

goofyfoot

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