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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close picture

Other mistake: When Oscar finds the business card under the swing, the narration doesn't match the writing on the flip side of the card.

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What's Your Number? picture

Visible crew/equipment: In the shot where Faris is running to Evans's room to get him away from his one-night stand, as she passes the staircase you can see a shadow with movements that don't coincide with those of Faris. Deductive logic can be used to determine that this shadow is that of a member of the crew.

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Other mistake: In the scene near the start as Will Atenton is being driven to his house by the property agent there is a close up of the car which shows a snow covered bonnet therefore the car would not have been driven very far as the engine was not warm.

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Continuity mistake: When Alan is taunting Michael about selling door knobs and Michael's back is against the door frame to the dining room, the dining room is dark; both chandeliers are off. All four characters are in the living room but as Michael responds to Alan's taunts, the lights are on, even though no one entered that room and Michael's hands were in his pockets during the exchange.

MovieFan612

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Continuity mistake: Three-quarters into the film, Jacob brings Rosie, the elephant, to Reece Witherspoon's tent. Her husband, August, appears and seconds later there is, out of the blue, a cigarette between his fingers.

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Continuity mistake: When Conan first fights Remo, Conan places a blood stain on his forehead by pressing his sword to it. Remo then runs off, and Conan gives chase immediately, pausing only to get Tamara on his horse. The stain is still there when Conan mounts his horse. The next time we see them, Conan and Tamara is still chasing Remo, but now Conan's face is completely clean. It is highly unlikely he would pause in pursuit of one of his father's killers to wash his face. (00:47:55)

Twotall

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Factual error: The security guard in the bank is carrying a revolver as a sidearm but has semi-automatic magazine pouches on his duty belt.

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Other mistake: When the captive begins her escape, she kicks the bed through the orange portal offscreen, but the portal only starts about a foot off the ground, so the bed would have hit the wall, rather than have gone through the portal.

Knever

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Visible crew/equipment: When Frank enters his office a boom mike dips into view for a split second, when the camera pans away from his co-workers laughing about the American Superstar contestant.

RoyT

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer picture

Continuity mistake: Coulson has just entered the supermarket and is holding 2 donut packages in each hand. Watch his left thumb. In the close-up shot it is on the 'D'. In the next shot, it is below the letter on the red band on the plastic wrap. (00:00:55)

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Continuity mistake: After Sarah finds her father in the bedroom and goes downstairs to get help, the blood pattern on her shirt/upper breasts changes. While the movie is edited to look like one continuous shot, it was filmed in bits and pieces, and the blood pattern was not consistent in some of the shots, it seems.

TedStixon

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The Hunter picture

Continuity mistake: In two scenes featuring close-ups of the fireplace days apart, the same logs are burning.

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Plot hole: When the hikers heard the voice calling out for help, they were yelling "can anybody hear me" and "is anybody there" in English. Once they rescued her and they tried to talk to her, they said she didn't know any English.

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Visible crew/equipment: While Maria Leon is talking in the corridor to the head of the house she is applying to, the tip of a microphone appears on the top of the picture. (00:11:10)

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Factual error: Colonel Meyer's promotions are listed in his SS ID card as Hauptmann, Oberstleutnant and Oberst. Since the SS used a different ranking system from the Wehrmacht, they should actually be Hauptsturmführer, Obersturmbannführer and Standartenführer.

Necrothesp

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Continuity mistake: In the scene in the kitchen when Helen is telling Joe that she is pregnant, Joe is wearing suspenders over his shoulders. As the camera moves back and forth between the characters during the dialogue, Joe's suspenders "disappear." When the camera pans out, you can see that they are now hanging below his waist.

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Continuity mistake: When Frisson is giving the adder to the girls, the adder is going to go leave the jar through the hole but in the following shot, it is resting at the bottom.

Dr Wilson

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Continuity mistake: Mariso Golfetto is beginning a tirade about immigrants and assaults on women. A woman gets her drink from the barman, picking it up with her right hand, completing the movement. Reverse shot, and not only she repeats the gesture and still needs to pick up the glass, but she does it with her left hand. (00:07:00)

Sammo

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Other mistake: Spoiler alert! At the end, when the sniper shoots the killer, Eve says he is 800 yards away, but within the next 30 seconds he appears at the scene. (01:22:02 - 01:22:32)

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