Continuity mistake: When Jenny and Winston arrive at the house with Oliver, Winston hangs his hat from a hook. Between shots, the hat jumps to a different hook. (00:32:40)
ryguy_1983
26th Jun 2012
Oliver and Company (1988)
26th Jun 2012
Oliver and Company (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Oliver is cornered by the other dogs on Fagin's houseboat, the floorboards beneath his feet change direction. (00:16:30)
26th Jun 2012
Oliver and Company (1988)
Continuity mistake: Near the end of "Why Should I Worry", Dodger struts across an intersection dragging a string of hot dogs at his side. Once the angle changes, the string is seen dragging beneath him instead. (00:12:10)
22nd Jul 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
Continuity mistake: As Jenny and Winston first enter the front door of their 5th Avenue flat, notice how the right-hand window significantly changes its distance in relation to the door when seen from an exterior versus interior perspective. Initially the window is one space away, but this soon changes to two spaces when Winston removes his hat and coat in the following shot. (00:32:35)
22nd Jul 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Fagin first meets Jenny, a pail gets jammed on his right foot. However a short time later when Sykes shows up, the pail has switched feet. And at one point in the scene where Jenny reveals the piggy bank, Fagin has no pail on his foot whatsoever. (00:54:20 - 00:56:30)
22nd Jul 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Fagin returns Oliver to Jenny, a nearby 'Keep Off' sign lying on the pier changes to 'Keep Out'. (00:55:45)
14th Jul 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
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)
5th Jul 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
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)
5th Jul 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
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)
5th Jul 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
Continuity mistake: During the "Streets of Gold" intro, the background behind Rita and Oliver completely changes between shots. (00:28:10)
5th Jul 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
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)
5th Jul 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Jenny hands her piggy bank over to Fagin, the way she holds it changes as the angle does. First she holds the bank at its sides, then from beneath. (00:55:00)
5th Jul 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
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)
5th Jul 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Fagin meets Jenny on the pier, there's a tanker visible in the background nearby. But a moment later, after Fagin takes one step in Jenny's direction, the tanker instantly moves much further away down the pier. (00:54:15)
22nd May 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
Continuity mistake: At one point during Sykes and Fagin's first meeting on the pier, Sykes opens the door and empties an ashtray all over Fagin's shoe. But in the following shot the ashes and cigar butts have disappeared and Sykes' hand is suddenly back inside the vehicle. (00:19:45)
10th Mar 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Dodger is teasing Oliver with the string of sausages near a sunglasses vendor, some sunglasses on display hang themselves over the table's edge within a couple of shots. (00:10:50)
9th Mar 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
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)
9th Mar 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
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)
9th Mar 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
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)
9th Mar 2011
Oliver and Company (1988)
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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