Continuity mistake: When Jack gives Mathilde the rifle at the bar, the number 4 plastic sign on the table keeps moving around between shots.
Sacha
21st Sep 2010
The American (2010)
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: During the hanging bridge scene, the brown mountain has some white rocks on the right side which sometimes disappear, or even appear on the opposite side as when Mula Ram throws the Thuggee down.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: A man takes the wooden blocks off of Laoche's plane wheels but disappears in the next angle.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: The beginning of the bridge scene is really chaotic: Short walks several meters ahead, the wide angle shows he's alone, then a frame later he's several meters back plus with Willie next to him, then it cuts to him and again he's alone.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When the Maharajah enters the palace for the first time he is escorted by two guards. A frame later the guards are gone from behind and are already formed along the aisle.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: In the angle from below where Short falls through the hole on the bridge, there are no ropes hanging off the sides. In all subsequent shots there are many ropes.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: The movie starts with a guy playing a gong, holding its hammer from the lower part. A frame later his upper hand is holding the hammer from a much higher position.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: While hanging from the bridge, when the Thuggee flies down, Indy is sometimes in a higher or lower place, depending on the shot.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: The dozens of balloons next to the gong base suddenly disappear when it falls down.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Short starts to jump on the bridge, the part where he's standing is in the shadows, while the rest is on the sunny side. When he falls through the hole, the whole bridge is shadowy.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Continuity mistake: Before Mola Ram hides through a trap door on the floor, his hat is off except for a very brief moment when it's on.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: During the fight on the conveyor belt in the mine, the buckets and huge rock used to defeat the bearded giant keep changing positions all the time.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When the rickshaw crashes, the sailor jumps out. One second later, from a different angle, he is inside the rickshaw jumping out again.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: Short is in the mine pretending to hammer some rocks and a guard whips at him. Short's fringe style is different depending on which angle focuses.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: After the Indians fire arrows at the bridge, Willie and Short step repeatedly on Mula's hands. The position of his hands changes from spread apart to close together from one frame to the other with no movement in between at all.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: At the bar, Indy punches the cigarette seller and packs fly all over the place. Half a second later the floor is spotless.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Indy is in agony surrounded by candles, the three next to his feet change positions between shots.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: In the mine, while Short punches the Maharaja, the Thuggee smashes a rock against Indy's head, turning it to the right side. A frame later, from a wider angle, Indy is turning his head to the opposite side.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: In the village, Willie grabs food with her hand and puts it inside her mouth. From the angle behind, the arm and hand are not raised and close to the mouth.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: In the raft, Willie's hair changes from soaking wet to dry and fluffy right after saying, "I hate you!"
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