Continuity mistake: When Dan dies there's a wide shot of the building with several floors engulfed in flames. When Lorrie is free-falling just two seconds later, for the scenes play in real time - the flames have disappeared. (01:04:53 - 01:06:10)
Sacha
26th Oct 2020
The Towering Inferno (1974)
11th Oct 2020
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Continuity mistake: When the elevator is lowering the people, a wide shot shows the building on fire. Couple shots later the flames are nowhere to be seen.
26th Oct 2020
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Continuity mistake: When water is cascading outside the building a man jumps out of a window, producing a hole in the glass. When another man jumps out of the window next to that one, the hole in the glass has a different shape and the hole is several centimeters below where it was before.
28th Sep 2020
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Continuity mistake: The people inside the elevator disappear in the wide angle. (01:57:21 - 01:57:51)
27th Aug 2001
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the security guard attempts to open the storage room door where the fire has started, he is set ablaze. Look closely, and he is wearing large protective gloves over his hands, plus a special mask. (00:38:15)
26th Sep 2020
Lionheart (1990)
Continuity mistake: During the fight in the pool, Lyon's big tattoo on his chest disappears. You can see a very faint blue shadow on his chest from the previous make-up.
13th Oct 2020
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Peter recalls himself alone in the rain with a teddy bear by his side, the bear is sitting upright in the first shot, but resting against the baby with its head skewed in the following angle.
6th Sep 2005
Beetlejuice (1988)
Visible crew/equipment: When Otho is doing the Seance, Adam and Barbara appear in their wedding clothes and then float above the table. When Lydia releases Beetlejuice, everyone gets up and leaves the table, and in this wideshot the black wires that Adam and Barbara are suspended from are visible. (01:15:25)
13th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the California Seismological Institute collapses, the old boss is replaced by a much younger stunt. Also, his sleeves swap between rolled up or not and his tie disappears.
17th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: A white stage light is reflected on the kettle when Stewart visits Denise at her place. (00:14:29)
21st Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Stewart and Remy stare at the destroyed building, the sky behind is cloudy and dark, but when the shot focuses on them it is a bright and sunny day.
23rd Jun 2013
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: Near the beginning, after a couple of small earthquakes, Fred comes flying out of the dam elevator shaft with a whole heap of water, dead from drowning. But you can see him lift his head out of the water seconds before his friend turns him over and finds him definitely dead.
17th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Denise escapes from the rolling home, she trips and her jeans get covered in dust. A shot later they're clean.
13th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: Before the mother is covered in glasses, she runs away, her hair covered in dust. A shot later it's clean and shiny. This is because the actress was replaced with a stunt with a wig. (00:58:50)
17th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Corry rides his bike towards the bridge it's too big for him, the seat being lower than the handlebars. A shot later the kid is way taller and the bike is tiny in comparison.
23rd Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: Stage lights and a boom mic or filming crane are reflected on Miles' helmet when he is about to ride on the track.
11th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the cattle truck falls out of the collapsing highway, none of the cows move a single inch nor fall off, revealing the real truck was replaced with a miniature prop set.
13th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the parking lot building collapses, check the right side where the cars are. All along the ground level there's a rectangular strip where the film of the miniature building was pasted on top of the film with the real-sized parked cars. Note how all the debris falls behind that strip, it never falls on top of the cars, as if there was a weird black hole of some sort. (01:37:54)
21st Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Stewart is about to save Sam, in the wide angle Sam is lying down, both legs opened wide. In the close-up he is crouching next to the railing. This swaps back and forth.
13th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the group is trying to escape the office building, a woman in pink falls into the void. Watch when she falls and you'll notice that the stuntman's wig flies off (it's to the left of his head).
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