Directed by: Ate de Jong
Starring: Carrie Fisher, Tim Matheson, Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason
Audio problem: As Fred slides down the banister he cries out "Whee!" but his mouth remains closed. (00:16:50)
Audio problem: When Drop Dead Fred is hanging from the yellow rope outside the boat, and there is water spraying up, Fred says something like : "I dunno" and laughs. Notice this doesn't match his mouth movements.
Visible crew/equipment: When the camera passes Elizabeth in the phonebox saying "Yes, that what he said...", the reflection of a crewmembers face is perfectly reflected. Then (in the same shot), as the camera pulls back and goes past the phonebox again, his face is once again reflected. (00:05:05)
Elizabeth: Go away!
Drop Dead Fred: Go away? Why do you want me to go away? Fine! Say the magic words and I'll piss off.
Elizabeth: Piss off!
Drop Dead Fred: Ha! Gotcha. Those weren't the magic words.
Polly: What did you say?
Drop Dead Fred: She told you to piss off.
Question: How could Fred have been trapped in the jack-in-the-box for so long? He could make himself appear whenever he wanted and could always appear someplace else, so shouldn't he have been able to appear outside of the toy after it was covered in duct tape?
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Answer: When she trapped Fred in the box, she was closing off the part of her imagination. The part of the brain that stops believing in fairy tales and decides to grow up.