Continuity mistake: When Norton prepares for his suicide you see on the desk a photograph and, a bit away, a lamp. After he has shot himself the photograph is leaning against the lamp (it was too far away in the previous shot to have fallen against it). There's also some sort of card open on his desk on some paperwork which suddenly moves onto bare desk and gets shorter. (01:57:10)
NancyFelix
26th Aug 2003
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
26th Aug 2003
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Continuity mistake: When Norton loads his gun the bullets are scattered over the table. When he takes aim the bullets are neatly in one place, but after has has shot himself they are scattered as before. (01:56:45)
26th Aug 2003
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Continuity mistake: When one of the "sisters" gets beaten up by Capt. Hadley he tries to escape from his cell and holds on to the bars on the other side of the passage. From the side his right hand grabs a diagonal bar, but seen through the bars he is holding on to a vertical bar. (00:43:15)
26th Aug 2003
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Continuity mistake: When Red is walking along the beach before he meets Andy his hat flies off and almost lands in the water. In the next wide shot the hat is lying a few meters inland against the direction of the wind. (02:10:30)
26th Aug 2003
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Joan is looking for paper tissue to wipe off the tears she sheds over her own book she finally blows her nose with a note stuck to the mirror, saying "Don't forget - buy tissue". The note was stuck on the left side of the mirror, but when she grabs it in close-up it's stuck in the middle. (00:04:45)
26th Aug 2003
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Joan and her editor wait for a cab to take her to the airport it is snowing in some camera angles, in others not. Her jacket is either dry or wet correspondingly. (00:17:50)
26th Aug 2003
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Jack goes down the mud slide he loses his hat. In the next shot the hat is back on his head. (00:30:55)
26th Aug 2003
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Joan tries to cross the gorge on the decrepit bridge the distance of planks on this bridge differs largely, depending on the camera angle. (00:37:55)
26th Aug 2003
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Joan sits and has a drink after crossing the gorge her hair is a total mess. Next, when they push off into the jungle it's neatly combed and tied to a ponytail. (00:40:25)
26th Aug 2003
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Continuity mistake: Before Joan and Jack go down the waterfall in Ralph's car they are seen heading for the sliding roof to get out. In the next, wide shot a split second later they are hanging on to the sides. (01:19:20)
26th Aug 2003
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Joan leaves for the airport by taxi she's being watched by Zolo who is sitting in his car. Depending on the camera angle, his windshield wipers are either in normal or in interval mode. (00:18:15)
26th Aug 2003
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Zolo stops Ralph's car he shows him a police ID. The way he holds up the ID differs completely, depending on the camera angle. (00:26:10)
26th Aug 2003
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Jack is digging for the stone his front hair is dangling loosely, but in all frontal shots when he looks at Joan it's stuck to his forehead. (01:15:15)
26th Aug 2003
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Jack studies the map in the plane wreck it's open in wide shots and folded in close-ups. (00:51:50)
26th Aug 2003
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Elaine gets knocked out with the ball her hat falls to the ground, next to her car. When the boy drives off the hat is gone. (00:12:55)
26th Aug 2003
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Elaine is kidnapped she gets knocked out with a ball tied to a rope. Before the young kidnapper throws the ball he swings it around his head first anti-clockwise, then, in the next shot, clockwise. (00:12:55)
26th Aug 2003
Night on Earth (1991)
Continuity mistake: The way Roberto Benigni's scarf is tied around his neck during his drive through Rome changes in plenty of ways.
26th Aug 2003
Night on Earth (1991)
Continuity mistake: The part where Corky drives Victoria through LA must have been composed from two takes, one where Corky has more rouge on her cheeks and only a small streak of dirt on her cheek (from an earlier car repair), and another one with almost no make up and an oil streak that goes from her ear to her nose.
26th Aug 2003
Night on Earth (1991)
Continuity mistake: Corky breaks her sunglasses when she tries to put them on and throws them on the passenger seat. A little later, when she grabs for a cassette lying on the seat the pieces are gone. (00:12:10)
25th Aug 2003
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Continuity mistake: Susannah's hair problems during her first encounter with Tristan after his many years of absence have been stressed already. But Tristan's hair has an even stronger mind of its own, as there is a wide strand combed back covering his parting, which looks as if it has been fixed elaborately, but which nevertheless comes and goes during the scene. (01:25:50)
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