Trivia: In the scene in which Alvy and Annie are watching people in the park and Alvy comments, "Oh, there goes the winner of the Truman Capote Look-Alike Contest," the passer by is actually Truman Capote, in an un-credited cameo.
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18th Oct 2006
Annie Hall (1977)
3rd Oct 2006
Apollo 13 (1995)
Trivia: Ron Howard's wife appears as one of the nuns in the VIP crowd for the launch.
3rd Oct 2006
Rocky (1976)
Trivia: Due to budget constraints, members of Sylvester Stallone's family were used to play certain minor parts; his father appears as a bell ringer, his brother was used as a street corner singer and Stallone's first wife was the set photographer.
3rd Oct 2006
Airplane (1980)
Trivia: The Zuckers' mother makes a cameo as the woman who is trying to put on makeup as the plane gets jolted around. (00:42:10 - 00:58:10)
2nd Oct 2006
Meet the Feebles (1989)
Trivia: Peter Jackson ran out of budget money during production, so the Vietnam flashback was filmed, under a separate budget, as 'The Frogs of War', and then incorporated into the film.
25th Sep 2006
The Shining (1980)
Trivia: An outtake from the opening sequence was used in the "happy ending" version of Blade Runner, but removed from the director's cut.
19th Sep 2006
The Exorcist (1973)
Trivia: The Prospect Avenue apartment where the story takes place was once inhabited by the author, William Peter Blatty, while he was a student at Georgetown University. The house is at the corner of 36th and Prospect.
16th Sep 2006
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
14th Sep 2006
The Exorcist (1973)
Trivia: The nurse who comes into Dr. Taney's office after the arteriogram is actress Linda Blair's mother.
14th Aug 2006
Big Top Pee-Wee (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Pee-Wee and Winnie are having the picnic under the tree, he wipes a big gob of something from his face onto her dress. In the next shot, there is absolutely nothing on her dress.
4th Aug 2006
Superman Returns (2006)
Deliberate mistake: When Lex tests the crystal fragment, it knocks out all the power on the airplane Lois is flying in, yet the flight attendant's amplified voice can still be heard over the speakers. (00:30:40)
2nd Aug 2006
Toolbox Murders (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the killer decapitates Ned, you can see from the body that the head was severed at the neck, but when he drops Ned's head on the floor; it's severed just below the eyes.
2nd Aug 2006
Toolbox Murders (2004)
Deliberate mistake: After the killer nails Shannon to the ceiling, he apparently has time to remove all the nails from the wall where he originally shot her, spackle, paint and clean up all the blood before the police arrive and examine the apartment.
18th Jul 2006
BloodRayne (2005)
Other mistake: Michelle Rodriguez's accent changes several times, not only throughout the movie, but sometimes within the same scene.
22nd Jun 2006
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Wanderlust - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Benson and Stabler are interviewing Virginia at the end of the episode, when she admits to committing the crime, she breaks down into tears and her face turns red. The next shot is from over her shoulder, and her expression is normal. In the very next shot, from the front, her face is flushed and tears again.
12th Apr 2006
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Continuity mistake: Even though Jacob never actually finishes his shave and wipes the rest of the shaving cream off, he appears to be completely clean shaven.
12th Apr 2006
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Continuity mistake: When Jacob is talking on the phone while shaving, the amount of shaving cream on his face changes from shot to shot.
11th Apr 2006
The Black Hole (1979)
Trivia: The name of Dr Reinhardt's ship is Cygnus. The first (theoretical) black hole was discovered in the constellation Cygnus.
27th Mar 2006
The Sopranos (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Paulie Walnuts is talking to Tony in the hospital room, the close up of the heart monitor shows the heart rate in highlighted text, with the word "Tachycardia" flashing. In the shot from Paulie's point of view, the heart rate is in normal text and "Tachycardia" is not flashing.
27th Mar 2006
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Continuity mistake: Gene Hackman and John Shea are both doused with water when they come out of the restroom. In the next shot, their hair is completely dry.
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