Continuity mistake: After Cornelius knocks out the guard with the food tray, he makes for the door. He places his right hand on the door next to the wall, but as he exits the room in the next shot, his hand is suddenly wrapped around the door frame. (01:01:55)
Casual Person
10th Aug 2014
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
10th Aug 2014
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Continuity mistake: When the guard with the milk and the oranges enters Cornelius and Zira's cell, the jug is 60-70% full. As the guard says "You better drink your soup and eat the oranges...", there is less milk in it. (01:01:35)
10th Aug 2014
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Continuity mistake: The scientists tell Zira to put the shaped blocks back in the box. She starts by placing an orange heptagon in the box, followed by a purple square and blue square, followed by a blue triangle. This is all she puts in the box in this shot, but by the next shot, a red star has appeared and an orange shape has appeared in the corner of the box. Also, the blue square has vanished and Zira then puts a purple box down in its place. (00:14:10)
10th Aug 2014
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Continuity mistake: When the scientists are using the blocks on Zira, Zira is told to point to the blue blocks. As she points, the blue block is at the front of the pile from the scientist's perspective. In the next shot, the blue block is suddenly in the middle of pile. (00:13:30)
10th Aug 2014
Lego Marvel Super Heroes
Continuity mistake: After completing "Juggernauts and Crosses", it will show the Fantastic Four outside Baxter Building. The Thing and The Human Torch will then run off, leaving Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. The two will then go to Central Park and get in the Fantastic Car. When they get into the shuttle, it is still just them, but when the intro clip for "Doctor In The House" starts, The Thing, The Human Torch and Nick Fury have appeared in the shuttle from nowhere.
10th Aug 2014
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Continuity mistake: When Taylor and Brent fight in the cell, just before Taylor jumps on Brent, we can see nothing on the floor behind Brent. Then as Brent gets jumped on, some blood has appeared on the floor out of nowhere. (01:17:25)
10th Aug 2014
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Continuity mistake: When one of the apes shoots the horse, Brent and Nova fall off the horse and land about six feet away from it. Shot cuts and they are suddenly only about two or three feet away from it. (00:31:00)
10th Aug 2014
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Continuity mistake: Zira says "Have you a horse?", Brent says "Yeah, out in the scrub." In this shot, Brent's left arm is facing Zira. Next shot, Brent is suddenly sitting about 90° to the left and his left arm isn't facing Zira. (00:29:05)
8th Aug 2014
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Continuity mistake: In the sauna, when the general says twelve of his finest scouts vanished and Zaius corrects him by telling him it was eleven, there are visible steam clouds around them. The general then stands up, and the steam cloud around them has suddenly vanished. Some steam is still visible, but the steam around the two has definitely vanished. (00:22:25)
8th Aug 2014
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Continuity mistake: When Zaius and the general are in the sauna, as Zaius says "Well, General. I only pray you know what you're doing" and the general says "How can you have any doubt, Dr. Zaius", Zaius' hands are on his lap. Next shot, his right hand is suddenly placed on his face. (00:22:00)
8th Aug 2014
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Continuity mistake: Taylor walks over to the stone wall and tries to hit it with the rifle. In the close-up, as he aims the rifle at the stone wall, you can see his left hand is wrapped around the butt of the rifle. Between this shot and the next shot, Taylor's hand switches which side of the rifle butt it is holding. (00:11:40)
8th Aug 2014
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Continuity mistake: In a flashback sequence of Taylor and Nova, Taylor is trying to get Nova to say her name. In the shot where he is gesturing the word "Nova" with his lips and repeating the name, the end of this shot shows a strand of hair flying over Nova's face and her hair is blowing backwards. In the next shot, the hair strand is gone and her hair is blowing forwards. (00:11:30)
8th Aug 2014
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Continuity mistake: When Brent and Nova first meet, in the reverse angle where Brent says "Don't be afraid. Just tell me where I am", his shovel is shown to be slanted to the right. In the next shot, the shovel is suddenly mostly level. (00:10:15)
8th Aug 2014
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Continuity mistake: As Nova approaches the wreckage of the ship, Brent is shown hiding and holding the shovel in his hand. In the wide angle, the shovel is held almost up to Brent's chin, but in the sudden close-up of Brent, the shovel is suddenly lowered with no time to do so. (00:09:55)
8th Aug 2014
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Continuity mistake: When Brent hears a horse in the distance, he goes to take cover behind the wreckage of the ship. In the mid-shot from the side, Brent looks over the ship and just to the left of the huge tear in the ship is some sort of scratching in the ship's paint. In the previous shot, as Brent ran over to the ship for cover, the scratching marks were never there. (00:09:30)
8th Aug 2014
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Continuity mistake: After the apes have blown up the cave, Taylor and Nova are shown riding away on a horse. In a close-up, Taylor looks at Nova and places his hand on Nova's cheek, but in the reverse angle he suddenly doesn't have his hand on her cheek and he is now looking straight forward. (01:44:30)
8th Aug 2014
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Continuity mistake: When Taylor ties Doctor Zaius up to the log, shots from behind Zaius show the rope at the top of the log just above Zaius' head to be wrapped around the log only twice. Shots from in front of Zaius show the rope to be wrapped tightly a dozen times around the log. (01:37:35)
8th Aug 2014
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Continuity mistake: When Lucius releases Taylor from his cell after knocking out Julius' the guard, his hands are shown to be tied above the horizontal lining along the cell. Then as Lucius says "We've got to move fast", the guard's hands are now tied below the horizontal lining along the cell. (01:19:05)
8th Aug 2014
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Continuity mistake: After Lucius knocks out the guard, Lucius then ties the guard to the cell bars. In the shot where Lucius says "I'm Doctor Zira's nephew. This abduction was her idea", it can be noticed the fingers on the guard's right hand are resting freely. Then as Taylor says "Get me out of this", the fingers on the guard's right hand are almost clenched together. (01:19:00)
8th Aug 2014
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Continuity mistake: When Julius arrives to escape Taylor from his cell, he gives the guard a note who has a cigar in his mouth. When Julius tackles the guard, the size of the cigar differs between shots. (01:18:50)
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