Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Continuity mistake: After Mac knocks the Russian soldier out of the car, the position of Oxley's head and arms changes in the next shot. (01:18:49)

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Continuity mistake: In Nazca, the two locals Indy talks to about Oxley teleport next to the bus door between shots and the large wagon behind Indy disappears. (00:39:28)

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Continuity mistake: When Indy and Dovchenko are shot out of Hangar 51, the expression on the Russian's face changes between shots. (00:17:00)

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Continuity mistake: Indy empties the fridge hurriedly and throws away all of the trays, then pulls away the last drawer below. A shot later from a different angle, he is throwing away the penultimate tray and pulling out the drawer again.

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Continuity mistake: After Indy shouts "What?", he and Stanforth walk through the corridor and pass a painting of Brody that wasn't there when Stanforth was walking alone before entering Indy's classroom. (00:25:45)

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Continuity mistake: After Mac betrays Indy again, and Indy asks him if he's a triple agent, Dimitri suddenly appears next to Mac before Spalko enters the room.

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Continuity mistake: While the soldiers are loading the coffin inside the jeep, you can see Spalko on the left side of the jeep, handing his rapier to Dovchenko. In the next shot, she is next to the back of the jeep with the rapier again and repeats the handing action. (00:11:39)

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Continuity mistake: The Russian convoy consists of one staff car, two jeeps, and three trucks. When the convoy arrives at Hangar 51, a second staff car has appeared, from which Irina Spalko steps out. (00:02:44 - 00:05:50)

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Continuity mistake: While the staff car and the black car are racing, there's a wide shot of the place, with only the road and some mountains in the background. In a few shots later, the Atomic Cafe has appeared from nowhere. (00:01:52 - 00:02:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Indy asks for shotgun shells, behind him are, from left to right, Ivan, Spalko, Dovchenko, and Mac. Just behind Spalko, stands Roosevelt. But, when Indy asks for pliers, Roosevelt has appeared next to Indy, Spalko has moved to the right side of the group, and Ivan has disappeared. (00:09:57)

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Continuity mistake: When Indy and Mutt exit the bar, there's a man and a young girl close to each other, plus a man in brown 4 metres behind, running towards them. A shot later, the man and girl are a metre apart, and the man in brown is right next to the young girl. Also, the man in a gabardine that walks by when Mutt gets on his motorbike has no continuity between shots.

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Continuity mistake: After they fall inside the temple, Mac steals gold from the skeleton and turns around. Shot changes, and he is turning his back on us, repeating all previous movements.

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Factual error: Skara Brae is on Mainland Orkney not the West Coast of Scotland as Indy states in class just before he's let go from the university.

Continuity mistake: A car ploughs through huge iron gates, ripping them from the their hinges. Seconds later the car is pristine.

Continuity mistake: When Indy and Mutt are seated in the diner, Mutt stands up fast in an argument between the two, causing the bottles of ketchup and mustered to be knocked over. The shot then alternates from different directions, making the bottles appear as both standing and knocked over. When Mutt finally sits back down Indy sets the bottles back upright.

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Continuity mistake: In PerĂº when Mutt is sweeping the floor Indy holds the map with one hand. A shot later he holds it with both.

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Revealing mistake: When the baddies are chasing Mutt's bike, right after they exit the cafe they skid to the left. Skid marks from previous takes are visible on the road.

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Continuity mistake: As the Dean enters, several pictures hang on the wall. When they leave the pictures have been changed. (00:24:40 - 00:25:45)

Indiana Jones: Put your hands down, will ya? You're embarrassing us.

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Trivia: When in the tent and forced to face the Crystal Skull, Indy dismisses the skulls as being from "Saucer Men From Mars". Indiana Jones and the Saucermen from Mars was actually an early title for the film.

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Question: Perhaps I've forgotten some details from The Last Crusade in the years since I've seen it, but shouldn't Henry Sr. not be dead in this movie, because he drank from the Holy Grail which gives immortality?

Answer: Yep, you've forgotten some details. The Knight specifically states that the immortality bestowed by the Grail is limited to those who remain within the shrine. Jones Snr left the cave, ergo, no immortality.

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