Best comedy movie continuity mistakes of 1997

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Kicked in the Head picture

Continuity mistake: After the gunfight Redmond talks about girls, etc. The guy he talks to crashes his can of beer with his right hand in one shot of Redmond but when in another shot the can ends up in his left hand.

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Geri's Game picture

Continuity mistake: In 4th black's move, king's bishop go to third row (A3) and capture the white knight. There is not elipsis yet, but. in 6th black's move, Geri's imaginary opponent takes a piece from A4 to B3 and capture a white pawn. but there wasn't any piece previously on A4, in fact, pawn was not moved before, staying on B2, its original place. In the next shot black bishop remains on A3 and white pawn on B2, as nothing was happened.

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Runaway Car picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where the cop car is over taking the runaway car you can see the front bumper of the runaway car and it's in perfect condition however earlier you see them take it off. in the next shot its back to normal.

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Destiny picture

Continuity mistake: When Hemeda is getting dressed in the presence of Nour El Sherif, he changes from being in his underwear to fully dressed in a complicated costume in a few seconds.

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Crowned and Dangerous picture

Continuity mistake: When Danielle is in the evening gown section in the Miss Madison competition, her dress changes from sky blue to sparkly dark blue after the shot cuts to her mother.

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Breaking Up picture

Continuity mistake: When Monica and Steve are in Monica's classroom, the position of her hair changes from being over one shoulder, to being over two shoulders as the shots change from being in front of her and behind her.

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A Simple Wish picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the film, when Martin Short is taking the test, a woman in a pink dress gets up to hand her test in, but later she is still sitting in the room.

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The Spanish Prisoner picture

Continuity mistake: When Joe realises that Jimmy isn't turning up at the park he goes to a pay phone, puts the red notebook down with the spine faceing to the right and starting phoning the FBI. In the next shot the the notebook has rotated 90 degrees with the spine now facing the wall. (01:06:45)

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Critical Care picture

Continuity mistake: Dr. Werner Ernst is talking with nurse Stella as he has his cup of hot liquid. She asks him "Is the world really that shallow?" James Spader is holding the cup from the top without using the handle, but in the next shot he is holding it from the side instead as he puts it down on the desk. (00:04:35)

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Continuity mistake: In the sequence with Terence Hill and Marvin Hagler giving chase to the bad guys, when the baddies break the guard-rail and supposedly drop one level, the lights of the chasing car are still fully visible through the back window before the good guys take the same dive from the highway ramp.

Sammo

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Wag The Dog picture

Continuity mistake: When the car's group exits the Washington hotel, there's a red-haired woman in green on the far right, meters ahead, and two passers-by on the left. When the car makes a turn, they've all exchanged sides and are now right next to the car.

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Jack Frost picture

Continuity mistake: When Sam walks into his kitchen at the beginning after cleaning his driveway, he walks past his son. His son goes from having his right hand down on the counter to up, holding a ladle between cuts.

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Tower of Terror picture

Continuity mistake: After Crocker discovers that Gregory is in his house, she tries to hand him the key to the basement at the Hotel. In one shot, when facing Crocker, the handle of the key is facing him, but when the camera is facing Gregory, the key's handle is is facing her.

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Booty Call picture

Continuity mistake: When Listerine and Buns are seen having sex for the first time Listerine is wearing orange gloves on her hands all of a sudden.

Kevin Brown

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