Continuity mistake: During his brief escape Judah threatens Messala who is standing behind his desk. The arrangement of things on the desk changes many times throughout the scene, most noticeably the three books on the right. (00:53:20)
NancyFelix
22nd Aug 2003
Ben-Hur (1959)
22nd Aug 2003
Ben-Hur (1959)
Continuity mistake: After Judah knocks out the prison guards he grabs a spear and busts into Messala's room. Two other guards standing far down the hall start running after him. Seen from inside the room, the guards enter directly after Judah. (00:52:15)
22nd Aug 2003
Ben-Hur (1959)
Continuity mistake: After Tirzah causes the tiles to fall from the roof, there is a wide shot from above, showing Judah and Tirzah now standing at a different part of the wall than where the tiles fell. (00:46:25)
22nd Aug 2003
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Continuity mistake: After Huck's new friend Billy gets killed by the Shepherdsons Huck is escaping along the river. Suddenly he hears distant voices and hides under a bush, and a second later the Shepherdsons gallop through the water past his hideout. (00:52:50)
22nd Aug 2003
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Continuity mistake: In a foggy night on the river Huck's and Jim's raft gets crushed by a steamer. When Huck is seen swimming in the water the formerly calm water is quite choppy. (00:40:20)
22nd Aug 2003
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Continuity mistake: Huck and Jim take a swim on Jackson Island fully dressed. When walk on their clothes are already bone-dry. (00:21:15)
22nd Aug 2003
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Huck is chased by his Pap through his hut some things that get messed up are back in place in the next shot, like a fallen chair getting back on his feet. (00:13:50)
22nd Aug 2003
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Continuity mistake: Right at the beginning of the movie Huck is fighting with another boy. The sequence of the fight is not OK as a ship in the background moves around rather erratically. (00:03:00)
15th Aug 2003
No Man's Land (2001)
Continuity mistake: After Ciki gets out of the trench to get a lighter from his pal's bag he lights a cigarette while he is still squatting outside the trench. In the next shot you hear the lighter snap shut, and Ciki is leaning against the wall of the trench. (00:12:30)
15th Aug 2003
No Man's Land (2001)
Continuity mistake: When Ciki is shot dead by Nino he falls flat on his face and doesn't move anymore. In the next shot his head is lying on the side. (01:21:15)
15th Aug 2003
No Man's Land (2001)
Factual error: The German mine expert is working with his face shield open while he is trying to defuse the mine placed under Cera. (01:15:45)
10th Aug 2003
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Continuity mistake: On the 18th hole of the last round Junuh calls for a penalty because he moved the ball when he removed some twigs that were in the way. In close-up and wide shots the arangement of twigs around the ball changes. (01:43:20)
10th Aug 2003
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Continuity mistake: After the first round Adele and Junuh are sitting on a bench talking. Adele's hairdo keeps changing from shot to shot, with an especially unruly curl sticking out on the right side for a second. (01:05:20)
10th Aug 2003
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Continuity mistake: On the morning of the first day of the tournament people are standing in line for food. A woman is serving meatballs, but the men waiting already have meatballs on their plates. (00:51:00)
10th Aug 2003
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Continuity mistake: When Junuh drives down to Krewe Island he is cheered by the people on the road. A number of times the camera is relatively close on the driving Junuh, and the people he is just passing by are missing in the background. (00:42:40)
10th Aug 2003
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Continuity mistake: When Hardy comes to talk Junuh into participating in the tournament Junuh is playing poker. While he is talking to Hardy they are not playing, but throughout the scene cards keep appearing and disappearing on the table. (00:24:05)
10th Aug 2003
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Revealing mistake: During the war flashback there is a newspaper photograph with Captain Junuh on the shoulders of Savannah's young men. When the camera zooms into his face you can see it's someone else's, only in close-up it switches to Matt Damon's. This is surprising because in all other newspaper pictures Matt Damon is nicely worked in. (00:06:15)
10th Aug 2003
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Revealing mistake: When little Hardy Greaves hits a ball at some golfers the ball actually flies off from somewhere on the right, not from the spot where Hardy is standing. (00:04:20)
10th Aug 2003
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Continuity mistake: At the very beginning of the movie the old Hardy Greaves is teeing off. When the camera is on him he casts a long shadow, but when the camera looks down the fairway the shadows of the trees look as if it is around noon. (00:01:30)
10th Aug 2003
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Continuity mistake: After Junuh makes a hole-in-one the townspeople rush to the course. Before Hardy's father rushes off too he is shown leaning on his broom, with his hand holding the broom in three different ways up and down the handle with changing angles of the camera. (01:24:00)
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