Trivia: The story about the Mexican man working in his field in 1943 when a volcano rose under his feet is true. It is the Paricutin Volcano in Mexico. It rose over 1,000 feet in a week and is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. http://wonderclub.com/WorldWonders/ParicutinHistory.html.
William Bergquist
17th Nov 2004
Volcano (1997)
16th Nov 2004
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Revealing mistake: When Happy jumps on the alligator in the pond, it is very noticeably a rubber (fake) alligator.
15th Nov 2004
Fame (1980)
Continuity mistake: They go through four years of school, yet Doris Finsecker's little brother never gets any older.
9th Nov 2004
Taxi (1978)
Memories of Cab 804 (2) - S1-E12
Revealing mistake: The gang is talking about their experiences in Cab 804 but when Elaine's segment begins, Tom Selleck gets in the cab and the cab number is 264.
8th Nov 2004
License to Drive (1988)
Trivia: When Corey Feldman is banging the dent out of the hood of the Cadillac, he says not to worry about waking his parents as they are vampires. Feldman's movie before this one was Lost Boys where he was a vampire killer.
20th Oct 2004
Midnight Madness (1980)
Audio problem: When the green team is solving the first clue, Blaylak says "STARS" and the four guys congratulate him. A voice says "Blaylak, way to go" but no one on the team is actually saying it.
11th Oct 2004
Monster (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Aileen is talking to Selby at the skating rink, the amount of nachos in the container on the table increases.
9th Oct 2004
License to Drive (1988)
Visible crew/equipment: When Feldman is giving Haim a ride home on his bike, you can briefly see it is a large tricycle he is riding. Large rear wheels can briefly be seen when they are riding through the trees.
1st Oct 2004
Fargo (1996)
Trivia: The storyboard artist for the movie has a small role. He is the driver of the car that slowly passes by when Buscemi is dragging the state trooper's body off the road.
29th Aug 2004
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
Visible crew/equipment: At the end when Ella Fitzgerald is singing "When the Saints come Marching in", a camera shadow briefly passes over her right arm.
26th Aug 2004
Prince of Darkness (1987)
Continuity mistake: Susan and Lisa are standing perfectly still for a long time awaiting the transformation of the possessed girl, yet Lisa's hair goes from being behind her back to over her front then back again when the possessed girl "wakes" up.
22nd Aug 2004
Escape From New York (1981)
Continuity mistake: When Snake finally stops the glider on the roof of the WTC, the nose of the glider sticks over the edge several feet but when the shot briefly switches to an aerial view, the nose is entirely on the roof. (00:27:35)
4th Aug 2004
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Trivia: The "zombie" butterflies flailing about on the board after the gas is leaked are really cut out pictures from a butterfly book. The production designer was waving a piece of cardboard off camera to get them to move as if they were alive. DVD Commentary.
2nd Aug 2004
Casino (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Ace fires Don Ward, the shot is on Ace and you can see Don turn away. When the shot changes to Don, you see him turn away again.
23rd Jul 2004
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Audio problem: When Loretta is recording her first record, you hear the snare drum being hit on the drum head but the drummer is actually doing a rim shot.
15th Jul 2004
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Trivia: In the 1950 version of Cheaper by the Dozen, the father, played by Clifton Webb, dies.
4th Jul 2004
The Right Stuff (1983)
Trivia: An obvious reference to the news media being an annoying swarm by the sounds of swarming locusts in the background whenever the media shows up.
27th Jun 2004
The Fly (1986)
Question: Well into the movie, Seth's computer, which uses voice recognition, can no longer recognize his voice due to his transformation. How then, did he hook up the three telepods and execute the final sequence if he couldn't get into his computer?
25th Jun 2004
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Continuity mistake: Earnie splashes the jar of acid on Freddy's face but in a later close up shot, just Freddy's eyes are burned.
25th Jun 2004
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Visible crew/equipment: Trash is wearing a slightly visible prosthetic cover over her lower private parts during her strip tease scene - DVD Commentary.
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Chosen answer: He just used the keyboard. We see him typing on it several times before this scene, so the computer is not voice command only.
Grumpy Scot