Continuity mistake: Directly after Amir's wife is shot Amir runs and puts his tied-up arms around his daughter, holding her face-to-face. In the next shot the girl is turned around with her back towards him. (00:38:00)
NancyFelix
21st Jul 2003
Three Kings (1999)
21st Jul 2003
Three Kings (1999)
Continuity mistake: After the milk truck is shot at the four protagonists dive away from a door to avoid the blast. In the next shot Archie lands meters away, far beyond jumping distance. Then they are swept back to the door by the resulting milk flood, and when Archie gets up it's again far away from the door, against the direction of the flood. (00:24:00)
21st Jul 2003
Three Kings (1999)
Continuity mistake: When you see Chief Elgin working at the baggage belt a suitcase pops open and stuff falls out. He throws everything into the lid, but when he closes it the lid is empty. (00:14:10)
21st Jul 2003
Three Kings (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Ron takes off in a helicopter after his argument with Archie, Archie gets bothered by the wind. You can see that both his hands are empty, but when he covers his face with his hands he is holding a pair of sunglasses. (00:09:20)
21st Jul 2003
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Dorothy kills herself by reversing her car down a cliff there is not even a dummy in the car when it's shown falling. (01:05:30)
21st Jul 2003
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Dorothy kills herself she reverses twice. The first time she just touches the fence and stops. The second time, when she breaks through the fence and goes down the cliff, she comes again from a distance. Also some trees that were in the backdrop the first time are gone the second time. (01:05:30)
21st Jul 2003
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Continuity mistake: After the FBI agents ask for David at Mr. Saltman's shop they get back into their car which is covered with snow. In the next shot most of the snow is gone. (00:55:50)
21st Jul 2003
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Larry is burning his books he throws one at Dorothy who is looking out of the window. The upper right part of a window pane breaks, but in the next shot the left side is broken. (00:11:20)
21st Jul 2003
Crazy in Alabama (1999)
Continuity mistake: When the people rush out of the pool when the police arrive the water is wildly agitated. A moment later, when Taylor's brother slowly goes back into the water it is totally calm. (00:48:30)
21st Jul 2003
Crazy in Alabama (1999)
Continuity mistake: When a photographer takes a shot of a black girl bumping into Peejoe their movement is halted to indicate the moment when the picture is taken, and they look into opposite directions. Then the picture is shown, and here they both look into the camera. (00:48:00)
21st Jul 2003
Crazy in Alabama (1999)
Continuity mistake: When the black community marches to the pool in broad daylight you hear Taylor's father's speech at the poolside already in voice-over. Then it cuts over to the arrival at the pool, and it is totally dark. The plot doesn't suggest that the march was interrupted somewhere. (00:45:40)
21st Jul 2003
Crazy in Alabama (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Lucille sees her children through the prison window you see a tuft of grass outside. Seen from outside it isn't there. (01:20:50)
21st Jul 2003
Crazy in Alabama (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Lucille and Harry Hall drive up the mountains and stop at a vista point they drive across a stretched, rather even area. When the camera angle changes there is a hill behind the car, and there is no road or even dirt road where they came from. (01:03:50)
16th Jul 2003
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Continuity mistake: In the scene when Toula's sister drops the menus on the floor you see the same extra with a huge greenish rain overcoat walking back and forth outside at least 5 times. (00:10:35)
15th Jul 2003
Notting Hill (1999)
Continuity mistake: The orange juice stain on Will's shirt changes size and shape from shot to shot throughout the whole scene. (00:11:45)
15th Jul 2003
Notting Hill (1999)
Continuity mistake: On the surveillance monitor there are lying two books, the upper one with a black binding. In a close-up of the monitor you see only a part of the book with the black binding, and the other book is gone. (00:06:50)
15th Jul 2003
Notting Hill (1999)
Continuity mistake: For some time during the interview Anna's collar is above the lapel although she sits quite still. (00:27:30)
15th Jul 2003
Notting Hill (1999)
Continuity mistake: In the second scene at Will's bookstore a bus with Anna's face on it is passing the bookstore twice in successive shots. (00:18:35)
14th Jul 2003
The Polar Bear King (1991)
Continuity mistake: The king's youngest daughter climbs down a wall and drops a tightly sealed Erlenmeyer flask (invented centuries later) filled with a toxic potion. The flask is full when it is dropped, but partly empty after it has been caught and handed back to her by her spouse's earlier visitor. (01:08:40)
14th Jul 2003
The Polar Bear King (1991)
Continuity mistake: On the way to the witch's castle the king's daughter falls into a river. She is totally drenched, but a moment later part of her hair is already dry again. (00:52:00)
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