Continuity mistake: After the beach scene, Costello is preaching young Sullivan on loaded guns. His cigarette disappears from his lips between shots.
Sacha
11th Jan 2007
The Departed (2006)
11th Jan 2007
The Departed (2006)
Visible crew/equipment: When Costello is looking at the dead corpses on the beach, two beams of light get reflected on his glasses.
11th Jan 2007
The Departed (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Sullivan and his pal are watching the golden dome building from a bench, from a back shot his friend has his head faced straight, but from the front shot it's sideways.
11th Jan 2007
The Departed (2006)
Continuity mistake: The dead woman on the beach lies with her feet together, but a shot later they are spread apart.
11th Jan 2007
The Departed (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Costello is getting his money in the diner, young Sullivan is first sitting next to some packages on the right of the screen , but a shot later, when he stands up holding a brown paper bag, he is seen sitting next to to an empty seat.
11th Jan 2007
The Departed (2006)
Continuity mistake: After the rugby game, when Sullivan turns around to insult the other team, there's a guy with a light blue shirt that steps ahead of another one with a dark blue shirt. A second later their positions swap.
11th Jan 2007
The Departed (2006)
Continuity mistake: When young Sullivan is at Mass, a priest is swinging the smoking incense burning. In the next shot the smoke is gone, and he is away, arriving with the burner and repeating the previous movement.
7th Nov 2006
The Departed (2006)
Continuity mistake: The position of Madolyn's spoon while eating the chocolate cake is not continuous in the front and back shots.
6th Nov 2006
The Departed (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Costello tells the girl he has a hard-on, the position of her fingers on the blue book keep changing.
6th Nov 2006
The Departed (2006)
Revealing mistake: ***SPOILER*** When Costello is killed, a blood-pack is noticeable under his shirt.
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