Revealing mistake: After getting out of the river, Meyer hitches a ride with a random driver who stops for him. There is a shot of the car beginning to drive off, and after they have driven off, a helicopter emerges from the field in the background to follow them. Just after the car exits the shot, and just before the helicopter emerges from the field, a visible edit can be seen onscreen revealing that these were two separate shots edited together. (01:45:45)
Casual Person
20th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
20th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Plot hole: The police are kept aware of the status of everyone going after the money, by having helicopters follow them and monitoring what they are up to from above. However, they seem to be fully aware that the Crumps are locked in the basement of the hardware store, something that would be fully out of their reach. Even if they watched the Crumps go into the hardware store, they would have no view of what was going on inside the store, so there would have been no way for them to know if they went into the basement or if they got locked in the basement. Also, later on in the movie, the police are told that the Crumps set a fire in the basement, then set off fireworks, but they still didn't get out. Something that would have been impossible for the authorities to know if they were reporting from outside the store. (01:14:50 - 01:42:15)
12th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Continuity mistake: When Ding and Benjy are landing the plane, in the shot of Ding saying "Benjy, here comes a restaurant", the view outside the plane is slanted, revealing that the plane is at a tilted angle. When the plane is shown crashing into the restaurant in the next shot, it is perfectly level with the ground. (01:58:57)
12th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Continuity mistake: When Ding and Benjy are on the verge of landing, just as Ding says "Put on the brakes" and Benjy asks "Where are they", Ding is shown putting his right hand on a couple of levers. When the shot cuts, his right hand is suddenly pointing towards a restaurant. (01:58:56)
12th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Continuity mistake: Whilst Ding and Benjy are trying to land the plane, the man in the control tower falls over the edge of the tower and is shown tangled up in a microphone wire, hanging below the tower. In the first wide shot, the microphone he was using is shown dangling below him. Then in the following shot much closer to him, the microphone is suddenly in his hand. (01:58:10)
12th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Revealing mistake: When Sylvester's car and Finch and Hawthorne's rental car drive off the road and crash, in the shot of the two cars crashing, Sylvester has been replaced with a stunt double. (01:52:58)
12th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Revealing mistake: When Sylvester is chasing Finch and Hawthorne and the two cars bump into each other, there is a shot of Finch and Hawthorne's car swerving off the road and then back onto the road. In the shot, it can be noticed that Sylvester has been replaced with a stunt driver. (01:51:57)
12th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Revealing mistake: Whilst Sylvester is driving, there is a shot of Finch and Hawthorne driving past, followed by Sylvester shouting "Hey, Russell! Russell", then turning around to follow them. In the shot, we can see that a stuntman is shown driving the car and not the same actor. (01:50:35)
12th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Revealing mistake: When the fireworks explode in the basement, there is a shot of Melville running up to and jumping over a counter to take cover. In the shot, we can see that he has been replaced with a stunt double. (01:38:30)
12th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Visible crew/equipment: When Meyer drives his car into the river, the shadow of the camera can be seen on the side of his car. (01:31:09)
12th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Revealing mistake: When Finch pokes Hawthorne in the eyes with his fingers during their fight, Finch's fingers miss Hawthorne's eyes and instead touch the corner of his face. (01:25:43)
12th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Revealing mistake: When Melville is shown driving the crane across the basement floor, actor Sid Caesar has been replaced with a very noticeable stunt double. (01:17:55)
12th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Continuity mistake: Just after Ding and Benjy have taken off in the plane, a sheriff helicopter is shown following them. In the wide shot, the man sitting on the right has both hands on his lap, but in the next shot, his left hand is suddenly holding a radio that is raised to his mouth. (01:16:45)
9th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Continuity mistake: After Culpeper bets they'll turn to the crossroads and turn south, the scene cuts to an overview shot of the four vehicles driving. In the shot, Ding's car is shown in the middle of the road and Finch's car is shown on the right hand side of the road. In the next shot, Ding's car is suddenly on the left hand side of the road and Finch's car is now towards the middle of the road. The shadows also change direction between shots. (00:32:55)
5th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Revealing mistake: In the garage fight scene, the two mechanics are shown attempting to flee by rolling underneath the garage door and Pike following them the same way. The camera then holds on the garage door before the two mechanics are thrown through it. Just before the mechanics go through the door, there is a visible shift in the appearance of the door revealing that this supposed one single shot is actually two separate shots spliced together. (00:55:34)
5th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Continuity mistake: Just after Pike pushes the chain filled with various pieces of metal through the window of the garage, Pike is shown kneeling downwards when one of the mechanics pulls a shelf off the wall and it lands on him. It then cuts to a different angle of Pike throwing the shelf off him where he is now standing upright. (00:55:23)
5th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Visible crew/equipment: During Pike's fight with the two mechanics, one of the mechanics is shown clinging onto the ceiling whilst Pike is trying to pull him down, which then causes the ceiling to collapse. The crane used to hold the ceiling into place can be seen when the ceiling collapses. (00:54:29)
5th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Continuity mistake: When Pike is fighting the two mechanics, he charges at one of them, who is holding a mallet. The camera then cuts to a different angle, and the mallet has suddenly disappeared. (00:54:19)
5th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Revealing mistake: The two mechanics hide in two toilet stalls to hide from Pike. When Pike punches through the door and the two stalls collapse, we can see that there is nothing inside, revealing that they are fake props and not real toilet stalls. (00:54:05)
5th Nov 2020
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Revealing mistake: At the garage, just after Pike breaks free from his restraints, he crashes through a wall. Right before the wall breaks, a faint line in the shape of a human body can be seen around the area Pike crashes through, revealing it was pre-cut before filming. (00:53:09)
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