Continuity mistake: When Superman lifts the plane during the storm, after the pilot asks what's going on, the copilot glances at the window grabbing its side. From the opposite angle he is away, repeating all movements.
Sacha
23rd Jun 2013
Superman (1978)
20th Oct 2012
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: After Superman saves the train from derailing, there's a wide shot of the lead locomotive and it has just one small window on the side. In the immediate close-up there's a big window where the conductor peeps, and a sudden second window with a handle bar where another engineer shows up.
1st Feb 2010
Superman (1978)
Revealing mistake: All the footage of the missiles being launched is of a poor quality and grainy, which is inconsistent with the good quality of the rest of the shots, revealing that it's stock footage.
28th Jan 2010
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: In the extended edition, before Superman enters Lex's lair his hair is short, then when he's being shot at, his hair is much longer and bulkier. When he finally enters the place, it's back to short.
22nd Jan 2010
Superman (1978)
Revealing mistake: Superman has just saved Jimmy at the dam and is holding him in the air. Jimmy's fringe is standing up thanks to some hair fixer to achieve the effect of wind blowing (though it's a green screen effect). When Superman sets him on the floor his hair remains up giving away the trick, until the angle changes and it looks all combed and nice.
9th Oct 2009
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: The two cops are following Otis at Grand Central Station and two girls, one in yellow, pass by their left side. When the angle changes to a closer one, the girls are in the back and pass by again.
11th Jul 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When the young soldier is about to reanimate Ms. Teschmaker his helmet is behind her arm. When the Captain lifts him up the helmet appears one meter away from the arm.
11th Jul 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: At the police station, behind the fat cop there's a young cop picking up papers who walks to the left and stays there for a while. When the angle changes he reappears in the previous spot, repeating all the movements.
11th Jul 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: The huge lamp post next to the bus on the Golden gate disappears when the bus is about to fall down.
10th Jul 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: On the Golden Gate, the blue beetle skids and stops with the rear tyres on top of a painted white line. A frame later the car is on the middle on the white line.
10th Jul 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: At the police station, the counter swaps from being stacked with papers to semi empty when the angle changes.
4th Jul 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: The lights on the heliport keep swapping from facing the ground to pointing at the sky between shots.
30th Jun 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Lois is about to ride on the helicopter, there's a man in the background easy noticeable because he holds two very bright glowing sticks. When the angle changes to a ground level view of Lois's legs, the man disappears.
30th Jun 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: At the heliport, a cork bulletin board on the wall appears and disappears between shots.
30th Jun 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When the Hollywood sign is falling on the girls, a close view shows a girl very close to a letter while her friends run away. A split second later, from a wide angle, the girl has disappeared.
30th Jun 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the falling Hollywood sign, the girls are zooming away from the sign. Angle cuts brusquely and, though the sign keeps falling on top of them, the girls are now walking calmly forming a neat cue.
28th Jun 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: On the Golden Gate, the school bus smashes a blue beetle car, a second later the car appears in perfect condition.
28th Jun 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When the helicopter is spinning around two men run towards the control room. In the next angle they're gone, only to appear entering several seconds later.
14th Jun 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: While being mugged in the alley, Clark's gabardine keeps swapping between neatly folded to wrinkled between shots.
14th Jun 2007
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Lex Luthor calls Superman and the dogs bark, a group of trash cans disappear from the right of the black and white dog.
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