Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Ms. Price and the kids are imprisoned, Paul is trying to sneak in between the iron bars, with his head semi-squashed. A frame later, in a new angle, his body and head have been noticeably moved away to let the poor kid's blood flow.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: At the end of the film, Paul holds the bedknob and its colour changes from black to golden in less than half a second.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the Germans are in Ms. Price's house, the German officer quickly hands a paper to a soldier who comes running. Watch how the soldier, in his hurry, misses by far and grabs the officer's arm at elbow level. In the close-up he corrects the position and is now grabbing the paper.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When everyone's trying to recall the words on the medal, there's a shot of Paul reading his book. Depending on the angle, he holds it close to his face or at waist level.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Before Ms. Price makes the army move, she grabs her broom and the position and shape of the handkerchief on her blouse differs between the first and the angle following.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: During the soccer match, the second time Prof. Brown is run over, the amount of mud on his leg decreases in less than half a second.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: During the soccer match, the first time Prof. Brown is ran over, the number of footprints on his shorts differs between the first shot and the one following the vultures with the stretcher.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Prof. Brown climbs on the bed for the first time, the position of his left hand differs between angles.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Captain Grian greets the old officer, the position of his arm changes between the front and back shot, you can tell by the absence of wrinkles on his sleeve.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Before Ms. Price arrives in town, during the scene where the old soldiers arrive singing, the light keeps changing from semi dark to really sunny in less than 20 seconds.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: The troop of old soldiers following the general before Ms. Price arrives, disappears in a time span of 3 seconds without making any noise.

Sacha

14th Apr 2007

Rain Man (1988)

Continuity mistake: After the opening credits, while the red car's being lowered, the angle changes to a close-up and all the people in the background change positions: A man behind the red car walks around it twice, and 2 people appear from nowhere next to a white car.

Sacha

12th Apr 2007

Rain Man (1988)

Continuity mistake: In the diner, Charlie tells Ray to eat with a fork and moves his hand away. A frame later, a new angle shows the hand back in place and him repeating the movement.

Sacha

12th Apr 2007

Rain Man (1988)

Continuity mistake: When exiting the station to meet the doctor, the brothers pass by a woman in white, when the angle changes they have moved 5 meters behind and pass by her again.

Sacha

12th Apr 2007

Rain Man (1988)

Continuity mistake: In the train station, the brothers walk down a hallway with a man in a suit behind. He disappears in the following angle.

Sacha

12th Apr 2007

Rain Man (1988)

Continuity mistake: After the toothpicks incident, Charles says "let's go" and turns his head to the right. In the following angle it's facing left.

Sacha

12th Apr 2007

Rain Man (1988)

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