Continuity mistake: The position of the Top Secret sign and the whole text is put on the ark's box across vertically laid planks. A shot later the sign appears slanted across horizontally laid planks. Though it could be argued that there could be a second sign on the opposite side with horizontal planks, when the warehouse guy turns left to store the crate, we get a glimpse of the left side and it's not painted.
Sacha
27th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
19th Jun 2024
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Visible crew/equipment: Right when the Nazis are struck with the light, one soldier shakes wildly and one can see the cable coming out of his trousers and stretching off-screen to the right. (01:47:30)
19th Jun 2024
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Revealing mistake: When the Nazis are about to glow (and die), check the one on our left. His shirt is already unbuttoned right where the light will subsequently glow (which was a mere light bulb). A second later, he triggers a device clutched in his right hand (seemingly a switch) seconds before his chest lights up. (01:47:25)
28th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: After Indy replaces the idol for a bag filled with sand, the position of the bag changes between frames.
28th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: The amount of moss behind the idol increases between shots.
28th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: When the temple collapses, Satipo is crouching looking at the chaos. Indy starts to run and there's a wide angle of the passage ahead but Satipo is nowhere around. He couldn't have managed to run that distance in half a second.
Suggested correction: He had a couple of seconds to run away from that spot.
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