Best drama movie mistakes of 2003

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The Barbarian Invasions picture

Audio problem: When Sebastian and Nathalie first come to Nathalie's heroin dealer, we hear the rain falling, yet when Nathalie steps on the street there is no sign of rain but we can still hear it.

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Continuity mistake: When Lila's staff are gossiping about the "new sweetheart of America" Christian raises a glass and toasts, "Hear hear!" There is only one glass, but in the next shot Lila is holding it. Also, in the following shot, Christian is holding his hands together and no wine in sight. (00:13:45)

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Revealing mistake: Near the end of the movie, when Johnny Depp's eyes are removed, he talks with the boy when he's against the wall. In several shots you can see Johnny Depp's eyes through the sunglasses. (01:33:55)

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Continuity mistake: DMX uses his Porsche to slide a dumpster into the vehicle following him, staying in contact right up to the impact, so by rights the back of his car ought to be wrecked, but in all the scenes afterwards when we see his Porsche, it doesn't have a scratch on it. (00:31:30)

Jon Sandys

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44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out picture

Factual error: After the cops respond to the domestic disturbance (son hitting mom), we see the male officer get in the back with the boy to show him the crime scene photos and he shuts the door after getting in. Police cars are designed so that the back doors must be opened from outside, however, he exited the car with no help. (00:21:00)

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Suggested correction: Police cars just use the child safety lock on the side of door that prevents the back door being opened from inside. It's simple to turn them off so the doors can be opened from the inside.

Bishop73

However, as an active police car that has just arrested a suspect, the child lock would be on to prevent escape. The mistake remains valid.

Ssiscool

And it is worth noting that when Henry leaves the car he doesn't engage the lock but the suspect remains in the car.

Ssiscool

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The Cooler picture

Continuity mistake: When Natalie tells Bernie about her son, the lock of hair hanging down in front of her right eye disappears and reappears randomly throughout the scene. It's present in only about half of the frontal shots, and no shots from any other angle. (00:37:20)

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The House of the Dead picture

Visible crew/equipment: When the Zombies are chasing Greg in the woods, one of them leaps through the air. You can see the springboard he does it from. (00:45:25)

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Camp picture

Continuity mistake: When Ellen is getting up from the table after arguing with Jill, she takes her purse off the table with her right hand. In the next shot, she's shown dragging her purse across the table with her left hand.

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Deliver Us From Eva picture

Revealing mistake: In the scene where Ray and Eva have sex for the first time, Eva is moving underneath the blanket and you can see that she has a pair of knickers on. The couple were supposed to have just finished having sex, why would she have knickers on?

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Audio problem: During the wild boar hunt, they are interrupted by Aleander who says, "Prince Frederick of Saxony. He refuses to surrender Luther to you, Your Holiness," but nothing matches his lip movements. He utters a couple of syllables, at most, out of sync with the two full sentences heard in the movie. (English DVD version). (01:03:15)

Macalou

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Revealing mistake: During the major fight sequence in the Corporation, Shannon defends against two people each having the same problem. Their weapons are made of rubber. First a man shoves a gun at her. If you slow down the picture, you can see the gun flopping back and forth. It's the same way with a knife a few minutes later.

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American Splendor picture

Continuity mistake: When Robert Crumb is looking at Harvey Pekar's drawings for comic-book ideas while the two eat in a restaurant, the level of the drink in Harvey's glass switches between full and two-thirds full several times.

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Boudica picture

Factual error: Catus Decianus actually managed to escape from the massacre at Camulodunum and fled to Gaul.

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Mona Lisa Smile picture

Factual error: A hard pack of Winston cigarettes is shown, but these were not available in 1953.

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Cold Creek Manor picture

Other mistake: In the scene where Dennis Quaid has just rescued Sharon Stone from the devil's throat, they are running through the woods to get back to the house. Quaid says to Stone that they will take the Jeep. He is referring to the Jeep Grand Cherokee that he drives throughout the film. It's a newer model, possibly a Limited, with flashy star-shaped chrome rims. When they get to the house, they see that the Jeep is up in flames. The camera hangs on the vehicle for a solid 3-5 seconds. From this camera shot, it is extremely obvious that the flaming Jeep has rims that, although still star-shaped, are styled quite differently and are most likely the alloy wheel that was very popular on the older Laredo edition from the early to mid-90's.

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The Triplets of Belleville picture

Continuity mistake: When Champion receives the dog, the alignment of the box changes after the first shot. (00:05:10)

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In the Cut picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Frannie and Detective Malloy are standing outside the police car, after Frannie was picked up by the two police officers, outside her apartment, you can see a girl with a white shirt with black sleeves and a very short skirt passing by. After a few seconds, Detective Malloy goes back into the car and you can see the exact same girl passing by at the same direction as before and she even wears the exact same clothes.

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Factual error: Sarah states that Namibia is on the Ivory Coast, while in fact, it is on the Skeleton Coast in southern Africa.

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