Avalanche

Avalanche (1978)

10 continuity mistakes - chronological order

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Continuity mistake: When Caroline's car arrives at the hotel, the amount of snow on the hood changes between shots, despite it not snowing.

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Continuity mistake: When the avalanche crashes against the cafeteria building, there's a man next to the windows wearing a white shirt. When the shot changes, he's got a brown jacket.

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Continuity mistake: When the last skier is picking up speed, there's a close-up of the people on the bleachers staring at the sky and moving their heads along. However, he doesn't jump until several seconds later.

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Continuity mistake: The editing of the ski jumping competition is a disaster movie in itself: first we see #35 jumping and wearing a helmet while wearing a red and blue suit. Then comes #6, who starts to ski wearing a helmet and a marine blue suit, but when he jumps it's skier #35 again but now his helmet is gone. Now comes a new skier, #26, wearing a dark blue suit. When he picks up speed he is suddenly no-helmet #35 and -drumroll - when he jumps he's now yet a new skier, #27.

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Continuity mistake: When David arrives to save Caroline who's hanging off the broken bridge railing, in the wide angles her feet are dangling and her arms are stretched, while she is struggling for her life. However when David looks at her, her arms and legs are bent and she seems to be safely sitting. Seemingly some sort of safety chair.

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Continuity mistake: After the kid jumps, when his dad is about to jump, he is holding the chairlift's iron bar, but in the immediate close-up he is holding the upper cable.

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Continuity mistake: When Tina is in her room and the whole place starts to shake, there's a close-up of the stuff on her night table moving. A shot later, the stuff is back to where it was before the avalanche, all neatly set.

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Continuity mistake: When the old lady hands David her birthday cake, her hands are either on top of the table or away, depending on the shot.

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Continuity mistake: Before David and Nick sit by the counter, a waitress rushes by. Several seconds later, they stand up and the waitress is now behind them, walking hurriedly again.

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Revealing mistake: After the birthday dinner and dance, the exterior shots of snow falling show the snow being sprayed from a lower point on the right side of the screen. Shot changes and now it's being sprayed from somewhere behind the bleachers.

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