Continuity mistake: While the first UFO is blinding Roy, he protects his face. The distance between his hand and his face, and the expression on his face, keep swapping back and forth depending on the angle.
Sacha
21st Sep 2010
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
21st Sep 2010
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Continuity mistake: In India, Claude asks the Guru where the sounds came from, while a huge crowd walks along the desert. When a man in blue addresses the crowd to ask them, the crowd on the right side is gone, and the ones on the left aren't walking but standing perfectly formed like an army.
21st Sep 2010
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Continuity mistake: When Roy leans towards the steering wheel to watch the UFO, the position of his hands over the wheel changes between shots.
21st Sep 2010
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Continuity mistake: Before Roy takes the top of the clay-mountain off, the model has smooth sides. When he is about to tear it, it swaps to striped sides.
21st Sep 2010
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Continuity mistake: In Jillian's house, when the aliens launch the floor vent it lies on the right side, half a meter away from the hole. A frame later it's lying skewed on the hole. Should the aliens have moved it, a sound would've been heard.
21st Sep 2010
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Continuity mistake: While Roy and a crowd are gathering on the side of the road waiting for the aliens, a group of old men play cards on a table packed with food and drinks. When the angle changes (when Jillian meets Roy) one of the men has vanished and the table is empty.
21st Sep 2010
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Continuity mistake: In Sonora, a man introduces himself as a cartographer and walks 5 meters away from a crowd. When the angle changes he's barely half a meter away from the crowd.
21st Sep 2010
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Continuity mistake: The mashed potato that Roy serves himself swaps from stiff to creamy between one shot and the other.
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