Best movie audio problems of 1986

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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home picture

Audio problem: When Gilliam slams on the brakes, the tires make a screeching sound, but the wheels come rolling to a stop, ergo do not skid. (00:56:50)

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Blue Velvet picture

Audio problem: The second time Jeffrey visits his father in hospital, there's the whooshing sound of a respirator, but the father isn't on a respirator and he's in a single room, so there's no need for a respirator, or the noise of one.

kh1616

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Aliens picture

Audio problem: In the beginning of the scene where the soldiers are eating in the mess hall, the soundtrack of background noise is played, then repeated.

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The Money Pit picture

Audio problem: In the end of the movie when the band plays during their wedding, watch the drummer. The drummer is playing something different than what you hear.

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Psycho III picture

Audio problem: In the scene after Norman goes for a late-night swim, when he's telling Maureen that he slipped in the mud, you can see that his mouth never moves, yet he speaks the words "I slipped in the mud."

Clerk13

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No Retreat, No Surrender picture

Audio problem: During the training to defeat the champion from Soviet Russia, Bruce Lee says "This time I'll kick YOU", but the phrase is out of synch. (01:00:05)

Sammo

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An American Tail picture

Audio problem: When Warren T. Rat calls open season on Fievel, the cats all scramble at once to capture him. In one shot where Fievel is running from either end of the piano, he jumps upon the same key twice. The notes play, but the key never goes down at all. (00:51:55)

ryguy_1983

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The Wraith picture

Audio problem: When Oggie races the Turbo interceptor, the engine sounds for his car are from a V8, though his Chrysler Daytona is powered by a turbocharged 4-cylinder.

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About Last Night... picture

Audio problem: In the scene where Joan is over for Thanksgiving dinner and she is sitting on the counter, she hands Debbie the joint and says "good, Deb". Her lips do not move when she says that line.

Jim Krom

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Clockwise picture

Audio problem: After Stimpson misses the train he gets a taxi home. The taxi is a Ford Granada mark 1 with the sound effect for a diesel engine. This range of cars was only available with petrol engines.

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Flight of the Navigator picture

Audio problem: After it's revealed that David has been missing for 4.4 hours in analysis mode on Phaelon, one of the technicians says, "Light speed theory" but the words aren't consistent with the movement of his lips. (00:36:15)

ryguy_1983

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Howard the Duck picture

Audio problem: When Howard's couch is about to be sent backwards he says "What is going on here?" but he's not mouthing the lines.

Sacha

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Slaughter High picture

Audio problem: Although the protagonists are all American, the actors are all English. This is why several characters mysteriously switch accents part of the way through the film - Marty speaks with a solid English accent after his first few lines.

swordfish

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Police Academy 3: Back in Training picture

Audio problem: When Hightower is driving and does the U-turn, you hear tires squealing in a take off, but as the camera is in a close up on Hightower, you can see the car is already at cruising speed.

Movie Nut

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