Oliver and Company

Continuity mistake: The number of steps on Georgette's dog bed staircase changes from time to time, depending on the shot. When Georgette is introduced, there are nine steps initially, but eleven steps appear instead as she descends to make herself up in the following shot. And later on when all of the strays trick Winston into thinking nobody is in the room, the staircase has eight steps. (00:33:00 - 00:45:05)

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Continuity mistake: During the song 'Perfect Isn't Easy', when Georgette is going to her big pillow by all the pictures, there is a pink little pillow near it with nothing on it. Next shot there is another picture that she picks up that is on the pillow. (00:34:15)

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Continuity mistake: During "Perfect Isn't Easy", Georgette dresses up and bursts through the balcony door at one point. Between shots, the long red curtains disappear and the interior door handles change into knobs. (00:35:00)

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Continuity mistake: After Winston warns Georgette to stay away from the kitchen, she walks in at her own risk only to see Oliver eating food from her dish. All the while, the kitchen door has somehow vanished from its hinges between shots. (00:36:45)

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Continuity mistake: Outside of the pawn shop where the strays wait for Fagin, Einstein and Rita are seated on the sidewalk. But once Dodger and Tito run onscreen in the following shot, they're suddenly standing up instead. (00:37:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Jenny sings a song for Oliver, the casement windows nearest the piano swing open by themselves at some point during the scene. (00:39:30)

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Continuity mistake: During Jenny and Oliver's day in the park, they enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride. In one instance the carriage has wheels of similar height, but then one shot later the front wheels are half as large all of a sudden. (00:40:40)

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Continuity mistake: The number of steps leading up to Jenny's front door changes. One day she gets picked up for school and there are seven steps, but later on that same day there are only six. (00:41:45 - 00:49:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Winston is watching a televised wrestling match in the kitchen, one wrestler gets stuck in a headlock. A shot later, that wrestler is wearing different colored clothes. (00:42:05)

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Continuity mistake: After Winston answers the doorbell to see Francis lying on the staircase faking an injury, the shot changes, but now Francis is suddenly one step lower than before. (00:42:20)

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Revealing mistake: Right before Dodger walks into Georgette's room in search of Oliver, she talks to herself in the mirror. But at one point the reflection moves when she doesn't. (00:43:10)

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Continuity mistake: In Fagin's houseboat where Dodger gives Oliver a choice of staying or going back to Jenny, Oliver approaches the staircase. A dirty rag can be seen hanging below the third step, but a couple of shots later the rag has vanished. (00:47:35)

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Continuity mistake: When sitting down in the recliner, Fagin notices Oliver's new 5th Avenue license and grabs onto it with his left thumb and index finger. But in the next shot, Fagin has the license in the palm of his hand instead. (00:48:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Fagin sits in his recliner and comes up with the brilliant idea to exchange Oliver for ransom money, a white cloth draped over the recliner's headrest vanishes between shots. (00:48:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Jenny is searching for Oliver at home, she approaches the mail slot - where a folded piece of paper has been placed. But the paper unfolds on its own between shots. (00:49:40)

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Audio problem: When Fagin is on the shipyard dock getting ready to tell Sykes his debt repayment plan, he walks over to the door and reaches for an intercom buzzer. Fagin never actually presses a button, but somehow the buzzer goes off right before Sykes is heard on the loudspeaker. Instead, he simply touches a random spot on the door and a buzzer sounds in response. (00:50:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Sykes is at his desk monitoring Fagin from a security camera feed, Dodger suddenly appears onscreen between shots, right beside Fagin. (00:51:00)

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Continuity mistake: After Fagin opens the door to Sykes' shipyard building and lands on an elevator, the door disappears from its hinges between shots. (00:51:25)

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Tito: Hey, man, if this is torture, chain me to the wall.

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