Continuity mistake: When Dwan wakes up, she moves her left arm around her hair and nape. A shot later, her arm is lowered in a totally different position. Then, in an instant cut later, it's back around her nape. (00:17:43)
Sacha
26th Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)
26th Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)
Continuity mistake: When the captain walks over to the bed where Dwan lies unconscious to feel her pulse, her head swaps positions between one frame and another and so do her legs.
26th Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Continuity mistake: Dwan's scarf falls through the side of the hatchway, but from the opposite angle, it falls through the middle.
26th Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)
Continuity mistake: When Wilson talks about a Beauty and the Beast musical, the light swaps from sunny to cloudy, and the wind swaps from mild to strong to breeze, all in a matter of sudden cuts.
26th Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)
Continuity mistake: On the boat back to New York, Wilson asks, "Any chance that you two are getting married?" and then Dwan's arms completely change position between shots. (01:29:07)
25th Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Continuity mistake: When Kong dries Dwan's hair by the waterfall, she is holding onto his second finger. From the opposite angle, she is holding onto his third finger. This swaps back and forth.
25th Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Continuity mistake: On the island, Jack removes the lens from his camera. A shot later, the lens is back on, and he removes it again.
25th Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)
Continuity mistake: On the island, when the group admires the huge picket fence, the man on the far right watches it with his binoculars. An instant cut later, his hand is lowered, and he is grabbing them again. This happens several times throughout the scene.
25th Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Continuity mistake: When Dwan's inside the cargo hold, her trousers are grey. When she's outside, they're blue.
25th Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Revealing mistake: In the wide shots of Kong carrying Dwan around the barren lands, she is replaced by an obvious doll with stiff hair and unrealistic short arms.
23rd Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Other mistake: When Kong breaks free from the cage and the crowd runs away in panic before being stomped to death, there's an extra with white hair who is having the time of his life and can't stop smiling.
23rd Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Continuity mistake: When Kong breaks the cage, the steps are packed with people. A mere second later, there's just Dwan.
22nd Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Revealing mistake: When Kong fights against the helicopters, the real helicopters have red and yellow lights all over, but the miniature ones have just a couple, revealing the FX trick.
22nd Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Revealing mistake: When Kong grabs the subway car and throws it away, the lower part of the car is a blatant miniature model with no cables and no wheels.
22nd Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)
Revealing mistake: When Kong picks up the subway car packed with people, in the wide shots, one can see it's empty.
22nd Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Revealing mistake: When Kong pops out of the EL tracks and extends his hand, the glove is noticeably cracked, and the stuffing is coming out.
22nd Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Continuity mistake: When Kong breaks the cage in New York, the human-in-disguise gorilla is different from the mechanical model used in the wide shots, most noticeably the mechanical stiff movements and the dirty teeth that swap to white and pearly.
22nd Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Visible crew/equipment: When Jack walks into the hotel suite, a crouching boom mic operator and the mic pole he holds are reflected in the mirror.
22nd Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Continuity mistake: After Jack walks over the log and crosses the cliff, his rifle is strapped to his back while he turns around to watch Kong. A shot later, the rifle is already in his hands.
22nd Feb 2025
King Kong (1976)

Other mistake: During the last shot of Dead Kong, one of the extras in the crowd waves his arm at the camera.
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