Revealing mistake: When Corry's bridge wobbles, the trees and objects in the background don't, revealing that someone was shaking the bridge. (00:54:10)
Sacha
17th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
14th Oct 2020
Octopussy (1983)
Revealing mistake: When Bond throws the baddie on the bed of steel spikes, the spikes bend revealing they're made of rubber (despite a crunch and a yell of pain being heard).
13th Oct 2020
Willow (1988)
Revealing mistake: Willow kills the walking cauldron (a stop-motion superimposed image) with a farmer's fork, but he's very obviously just mimicking and the fork is not pinching the cauldron at all.
13th Oct 2020
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Revealing mistake: During the party, doors open and a burning man appears. He is wearing fireproof gloves, his face is covered in some dark mask and some sort of awful wig to hide all the safety procedures. He resembles a werewolf. (00:57:20)
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).
13th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the parking lot collapses, there's a brick pillar that not only does it not break into pieces, but it bounces around, revealing it's a hollow light-weight prop. (01:38:26)
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)
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.
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.
9th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When Stewart climbs up the rope to save Sam, in the wide angles he is replaced by an obvious stunt: younger and with different haircut.
9th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the car chase comes to an end, check the curb where the cars drive over: a small ramp has been placed to allow for the stunts.
9th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When Adams is inside the trench and dirt begins to pour, he is replaced by an obvious stuntman with a totally different hairstyle.
9th Oct 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: During the car chase (an obvious rear projection), Lew keeps turning the steering wheel around despite the car driving straight. (00:09:39)
8th Oct 2020
Octopussy (1983)
Revealing mistake: When Bond is driving on two wheels, the stuntman behind the wheel is very noticeable, mainly because of his toupee.
8th Oct 2020
Octopussy (1983)
Revealing mistake: When Bond horseback rides towards the plane, Roger Moore is replaced by an obvious stunt man wearing red goggles. (02:02:50)
8th Oct 2020
Octopussy (1983)
Revealing mistake: On top of the plane, Gobinda's stunt is noticeable because he has less of a beard.
8th Oct 2020
Dr. No (1962)
Revealing mistake: When Bond pushes a man over a railing the black crash mat where he lands is visible. (01:43:44)
6th Oct 2020
Willow (1988)
Revealing mistake: Madmartigan kicks a baddie but his foot misses by far, despite the thump being heard. (01:31:44)
28th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When Denise picks up Corry, he has a silver patch underneath his shirt. Seemingly some sort of protection.
28th Sep 2020
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the highway collapses, the miniature prop is missing the delineators and lamp posts.
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