Revealing mistake: Soon after Rose gets onto The African Queen, she wants to put her bag down somewhere, but there's nothing there, so obviously a crew member takes the basket from underneath and slowly drops it out of sight.
kh1616
23rd Jun 2013
The African Queen (1951)
23rd Jun 2013
Earthquake (1974)

Revealing mistake: Near the beginning, after a couple of small earthquakes, Fred comes flying out of the dam elevator shaft with a whole heap of water, dead from drowning. But you can see him lift his head out of the water seconds before his friend turns him over and finds him definitely dead.
17th Jun 2013
Rosemary & Thyme (2003)
Swords into Ploughshares - S2-E7
Continuity mistake: Laura is handed a cup of tea that is only half-full. But when she puts the cup down, it's full.
14th Jun 2013
The Crying Game (1992)
Revealing mistake: About halfway through, when Dil throws the goldfish bowl out the window, the goldfish aren't flapping around on the ground, like they should do; they're either dead or fake fish.
Suggested correction: Of course, the fish are dead. They were thrown out an upper floor window, and the bowl smashed onto the street. The man even picks one up and yells "murderer" after he sees it dead.
14th Jun 2013
Rosemary & Thyme (2003)
Continuity mistake: Near the end, Rosemary is chased by Mrs Potts and Alysia. At first, Alysia stays behind. But suddenly she's right there, in amongst the action.
14th Jun 2013
Rosemary & Thyme (2003)
Continuity mistake: Right at the beginning, Laura throws a rock through her window that has a floral arrangement in it. But when we look at the windows again, none are broken.
14th Jun 2013
Kings Row (1942)
Continuity mistake: Robert Cummings makes a cup of tea, with milk. But when he puts the cup and saucer on the table, the tea is black, no milk.
14th Jun 2013
Kings Row (1942)
Continuity mistake: Robert Cummings is talking to a Viennese doctor. The doctor lights a match for his pipe. Then, in the next shot, there is no match.
13th Jun 2013
Rosemary & Thyme (2003)
Continuity mistake: The first time we see the land rover, Rosemary's hair is flat, with the window closed; then, suddenly, her hair is being blown around, as if the window is open to accommodate a camera.
13th Jun 2013
Water for Elephants (2011)
Continuity mistake: Three-quarters into the film, Jacob brings Rosie, the elephant, to Reece Witherspoon's tent. Her husband, August, appears and seconds later there is, out of the blue, a cigarette between his fingers.
1st Jun 2013
The Omen (1976)
Revealing mistake: When Damian knocks Lee Remick over the balcony with his tricycle, five big goldfish in a bowl get knocked over, too. But the fish don't move; they don't flap around like fish do out of water. They are obviously fake fish.
24th May 2013
The Omen (1976)
Other mistake: Gregory Peck and David Warner are attacked in the cemetery by four large vicious dogs, who attack their throats, arms and legs, but once they escape, the only wound seen is the one on Gregory Peck who hurt his arm while climbing over the fence.
24th May 2013
The Omen (1976)
Factual error: In the cemetery, the skeleton of Gregory Peck's son is far too big to be that of a newborn, which it is supposed to be.
24th May 2013
Rebecca (1940)
Continuity mistake: Near the beginning of the film, in the foyer of the hotel, Joan Fontaine is seen drinking coffee but in the next shot she's reading the newspaper.
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