Continuity mistake: Before the propeller chops the boat, Elsa leaves and looks at Indy. Right then, the camera is reflected on her boat's windshield.
Sacha
10th Dec 2012
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
3rd Nov 2012
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: Indy slams a pole against the big X on the floor and produces a hole. When the angle changes the shape of the hole is completely different.
15th Nov 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Revealing mistake: When the tank shoots-up the jeep the interior is revealed to be empty and such a prop.
15th Nov 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: While in the zeppelin, the German officer extends his baton and lowers Dr. Jones's newspaper, wrinkling it. From the opposite angle, the newspaper is still raised and the officer repeats the previous movements, though this time he doesn't wrinkle the newspaper.
6th Nov 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: Hitler walks surrounded by a huge crowd ahead holding Nazi pennants. When Indy bumps into Hitler, half a second later, the pennants on the left have disappeared.
6th Nov 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: Dr. Jones hugs his son and walks 20 meters away. When he turns around to address him, he is barely 5 meters away.
6th Nov 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Visible crew/equipment: When Indy Sr. is shot, two big stage lights are reflected on his glasses.
6th Nov 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: When a jeep gets stuck to the tank's cannon, the type of jeep, its position and the damage done changes between the first and second shot (watch how the smashed windows fix themselves, for example).
6th Nov 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: The position of the stone that Indy places to block the cannon changes between shots.
4th Nov 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
4th Nov 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: In front of the main tribune there's a pile of burning books. First the fire is just atop, a frame later the whole pile is burning.
31st Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Indy and Elsa exit the catacombs through a sewer and start to run away, a woman in pink turns her head to watch them leave and then turns around to see Kazim's men run after the couple. A frame later, from a new angle, the woman's head is turned 45° facing downwards.
31st Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Other mistake: In the catacombs, Indy flips over the casket with the skeleton and dives underneath together with Elsa. If you watch closely, the skeleton gets trapped inside the casket, however Indy and Elsa are alone inside the casket. If the skeleton had sunken, there wasn't enough time, nor did Elsa or Indy bump into it when they dove underneath.
31st Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: Sallah rescues Dr. Jones from the tank and stops by the cliff. On the next wide angle he's nowhere around.
31st Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: In the zeppelin, after Indy says "no ticket", everyone searches for their tickets and waves it at Indy. When the angle changes, a frame later, the people are searching for their tickets, no one is showing one.
31st Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: Indy stops his sidecar at a crossroad, meters ahead of a house. When the angle changes he is now several meters behind.
31st Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: During the crashes by the border control the road keeps swapping from sunny to shadowy back and forth in less than 3 seconds.
31st Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: The Zippo lighter on the floor, thrown by Dr. Jones, keeps moving around between shots.
31st Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Indy jumps on Kazim's boat, Elsa's boat is inches away from Kazim's, but a shot later she has managed to appear somewhere else with no boats around.
31st Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Marcus watches the carbon copy of the shield, his ice-bag is on the table, but when the angle changes he has it next to his head and seconds later he puts it on the table. Also, the ashtray moves backwards between shots.
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