NancyFelix

15th Jun 2004

Forrest Gump (1994)

Continuity mistake: When Forrest sees Jenny at the anti-war demonstration in Washington D.C. he runs through the crowd towards the pond. We see that the gap between the people who let him through closes immediately after him, but in the last shot it remains wide open, obviously to allow a more dramatic view of Jenny's and Forrest's reunion. However, when the crowd is shown from the other side there's no gap at all. (01:04:40)

NancyFelix

15th Jun 2004

Forrest Gump (1994)

Continuity mistake: When Lt. Dan gets lifted off the bed by the male nurse, the handle he was holding on to disappears when the camera cuts to Forrest - it was so low that it should be in the picture. (00:55:30)

NancyFelix

15th Jun 2004

Forrest Gump (1994)

Continuity mistake: When the school principal shows the poster with the IQ requirements for regular schooling to Forrest's mother, the grip on his pencil changes back and forth in shots from the front and from behind. (00:07:50)

NancyFelix

15th Jun 2004

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Continuity mistake: When Salvatore is waiting night after night under his beloved's window he ticks off a 1954 calendar, but some time before that we saw adolescent movie aficionados masturbate over Brigitte Bardot in "Et Dieu... créa la femme", which was released in 1956. (00:59:10 - 01:19:25)

NancyFelix

15th Jun 2004

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

15th Jun 2004

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Continuity mistake: When Toto comes running to the cinema to help Alfredo he stumbles and falls flat on his belly. It cuts to a close-up when he gets up, and now he is lying on his back. (00:50:40)

NancyFelix

15th Jun 2004

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Continuity mistake: When the fire starts in the projector room Alfredo is standing in a heap of burning celluloid and his pants catch fire. Then the projector explodes knocking him unconscious. However, when Toto comes to rescue him Alfredo is lying on the floor, not burning anywhere and the fire not anywhere near him. (00:50:55)

NancyFelix

15th Jun 2004

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

15th Jun 2004

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Continuity mistake: When Alfredo tries to cheat during the exam the two supervisors in the background keep switching positions. (00:36:25)

NancyFelix

15th Jun 2004

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Continuity mistake: In the first scene, when Salvatore's mother tries once again to call him, the arrangement of lemons in the bowl changes. (00:03:05)

NancyFelix

14th Jun 2004

Dogville (2003)

Continuity mistake: After Grace has been accepted to stay at Dogville, Tom, the keen observer of the townfolk, takes her around and gives her some background information about all the people who live there. Grace learns that Ben pays a visit to the whorehouse once a month, but later, when he rapes her on the apple truck he tells her that he goes there once a week. (00:24:25 - 01:51:10)

NancyFelix

14th Jun 2004

Dogville (2003)

Continuity mistake: When Tom plays checkers with Bill and makes his last, winning move, there's a cut to a wide angle where the pieces on the board are arranged differently. (00:08:20)

NancyFelix

14th Jun 2004

Beloved (1998)

Continuity mistake: When Paul D. returns to Sethe at the end of the movie she lies in her bed too weak to move, but between shots her head changes from leaning to the right to leaning to the left. (02:31:10)

NancyFelix

14th Jun 2004

Beloved (1998)

Continuity mistake: When Paul D. arrives at Sethe's house for the first time they sit down on the porch. In all wide shots her two stiff braids are behind her shoulders, in all close-ups they are in front. (00:07:30)

NancyFelix

9th Jun 2004

The Human Stain (2003)

Continuity mistake: When Coleman and Faunia meet for the first time she's working at a shop and about to close. He gets something from a telling machine and drives off home. In the next shot we see him somewhere in the woods driving past Faunia who is standing next to her stalled car, smoking, and giving the impression that she has been already waiting for a while. The question is, however, how she got ahead of him. (00:25:30)

NancyFelix

9th Jun 2004

Stille Liebe (2001)

Continuity mistake: In the opening scene little Antonia plays with the sunlight and a mirror piece. In most shots the reflections match the shape of the piece, but in one shot (on the barn) the reflection is perfectly round. (00:00:30)

NancyFelix

9th Jun 2004

Stille Liebe (2001)

Continuity mistake: Sister Maya, who looks somewhere in her late fifties in the opening scene, doesn't look older 20 years later. (00:00:45)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: At the end of the town collapse, a sincerely drunk Ben dives head-on into a tub where a lady (in her underclothes?) is just enjoying a bath. Propelled by Ben's momentum the tub with both passengers slides down the slippery planks and splashes into the river, while Ben rearranges himself into a comfortable sitting position between shots. If I wasn't completely mistaken also the lady changes her outfit, since the embroidery is missing when they float along. (02:23:35)

NancyFelix

7th Jun 2004

Kate & Leopold (2001)

Continuity mistake: When Kate tells Leopold that her Sundays are spoilt because the day after is Monday, she cuddles herself against his chest twice in successive shots. (01:21:10)

NancyFelix

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