Revealing mistake: Jack is on a platform next to the burning stage. In the close-ups it's Michael Douglas, but in the wide angles it is a skinny stuntman with light hair who looks nothing like him. (01:34:10)
Sacha
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: When Jack blasts the wall, the shape and wooden bits hanging off of it keep changing depending on the angle.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: During the initial wedding, Jack flies with a rope and crashes face towards some barrels, which roll down the deck. When the angle changes, the barrels are falling again and Jack has changed positions 180ยบ.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: While Jack pilots the plane, the noise and wind coming out of the turbines is either huge or none, without any logic at all.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Revealing mistake: Inside the train, a couple of the musicians can't help staring at the camera.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: The Jewel walks on stage on a burning floor with flames at ground level, but in the close-up the flames are suddenly two meters high. Then cut to the previous angle and back to the ground-level flames.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: Jack, Joan and Jewel hide behind a donkey and two men. From the next angle the men are gone and a man in red is suddenly passing by.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: Ralph is hanging upside down by the well and the rope around his chest appears and disappears randomly between shots.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: When Ralph is riding on the camel chasing the train, in the wide angles (with an obvious stunt) his clothes flutter. In the close-ups, with a fake background, the clothes remain still.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: The train is about to enter a tunnel and a "bump" is heard. We immediately discover it's Ralph crashed against the side of a tunnel. Problem is the camel has magically managed to face the opposite way and, what's even more magical, it's now been safely tied up by a big fat rope.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: From the shots around, the well is not quite big, with its edges almost near Joan and Jack's feet, but on the aerial shots (where it's an obvious blue-screen) its size is humongous.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: Ralph gets squashed by the donkey's butt near a dark, secluded stable, surrounded by stacks of hay. When he's rescued, the stacks are gone and the donkey's moved away from the place it was, but Ralph remains underneath him.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: Jack stops water skiing and places a white towel around his neck. A frame later the towel is flipped and now looks red and blue with anchors on, the previous white part being on the back side.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: When the guards chase the boy who's written on the wall, a biker falls on the ground and stares at the guards. A frame later his bike is already standing up again.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: When Joan sees the boy writing on the wall, the passers by have no continuity between the front and back angles.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: Joan's editor sips a whisky when they're interrupted by Omar. In the next angle her arm is suddenly down.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: During the well scene, in the aerial shots Ralph's hand is very close to the ladder, but in the close-ups it's more than a meter away.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: From a distance, the train to Gadir is seen already in the train station. From a close-up, it's starting to arrive.
21st Aug 2010
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Continuity mistake: Jack falls facewards on a crate of oranges, but a frame later he's sitting on the floor with his back against some boxes. (01:05:00)
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