Corrected entry: As Axel is getting tossed around in the back of the semi carrying the cigarettes, you can see that a number of the boxes are empty as they are crushed under the weight of his body.
johnrosa
26th Aug 2003
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
26th Aug 2003
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Corrected entry: When the rear trailer separates from the semi before the driver jumps out, you see the rear trailer rolling past the 1st trailer to its left, but when the camera angle changes to show the police running to the crash site, the rear trailer is now pushed up against the back of the first trailer. (00:07:35)
Correction: Not so. The low shot showing the loose trailer bouncing toward the right of the screen shows a wide separation between the first and second trailers. The next time we see both, the angle is higher, further away and rotated 90 degrees around the crash site, making the loose trailer look closer, nearly against the side of the first trailer- but it's an illusion of the camera zoom.
22nd Oct 2002
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Corrected entry: At the beginning of the movie Axel is riding in the back of the cigarette truck. There is one shot were the camera is pointing out of a police car right behind the truck. Off to the right you can see a different police car crashing through three orange and white construction barricades. In the next shot the truck is seen from the side and the same car crashes through the barricades a second time. (00:06:00)
Correction: This crash is repeated four times in rapid succession from four different angles, for effect. It's not meant to suggest four different crashes - it's simply more dramatic. Not an error.
25th Jan 2002
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Corrected entry: When the truck is driven into the alley in the side mirror you can see the police car in the background. But in the next scene the cop car is only just pulling up blocking the entry to the alley. (00:02:20 - 00:04:15)
Correction: If this refers to the opening scene with the truck load of cigarettes, there is no such moment or error. The truck is stopped in the first shot of it, seen from far above as Axel steps out. The mirrors of the truck are never looked into by the camera before the chase is well underway.
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Correction: The trailer is stocked as when it was confiscated in a prior bust. The earlier criminals must have included empty boxes among the full ones to fool their buyer. Axel has 'borrowed' it as is, and the latest buyers didn't notice the empty boxes during the sting. Not a mistake.
johnrosa