Factual error: Eight months after Craig has taken over JM and made him into a puppeteer JM's hair is much, much longer than it could have grown within that period. (01:25:00)
NancyFelix
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the chase through JM's subconscious when Maxine enters the portal her hands are tied. When she lands in someone's bedroom her hands are free. (01:34:40)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Revealing mistake: At the end when Charlie Sheen is balding you see the edge of the silicone wig in the middle of his forehead. (01:41:05)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Audio problem: Before Lotte chases Maxine through JM's subconscious she tries to shoot her in the office. Her movements while she aims and the sound of the shot are totally uncoordinated. (01:33:30)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: Before, during and shortly after his dance JM has a very visible lipstick mark on his cheek. At the end of the scene the mark disappears, then comes back, and then goes again. (01:21:35)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: During his dance JM has a blanket wrapped around his hips. When he joins Maxine on the bed the blanket is suddenly wrapped around his upper body. (01:21:45)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Craig makes JM dance for Maxine look at the big white lamp in the background. It changes between standing up and lying on the floor several times. (01:20:00)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Lotte is in Dr. Lester's house she's having a cup of tea. When the camera angle changes the handle of the cup switches from left to right. (01:17:00)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Lotte and the chimpanzee get out of the cage there is a rather crumpled black-and-white blanket at the cage door. In the next shot the blanket is stretched out very neatly. (01:12:45)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Other mistake: When JM lands at the New Jersey turnpike he has an argument with Craig. When he walks away down the road a car drives by from behind. Someone in the car throws a can at him, shouting "Think fast, Malkovich.". This guy had no way of recognising him from behind. (01:08:55)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: While JM is crawling through the mud of his own portal you see for a split second that he is wearing gloves, which he didn't wear before. (01:06:40)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: Before JM goes through his own portal, he puts on his baseball cap with the strap in the back open. Next he is seen crawling and the strap is closed. (01:06:35)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: When JM talks to his friend Charlie about his strange experience, Charlie is playing with a Rubik's cube. The cube disappears from one moment to the next and is neither in his hands nor on the table next to him. (01:02:20)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Maxine and JM make love the second time he realizes that someone else is inside him. When he confronts her she is sitting on a sofa, her blouse partly buttoned and one leg over a pillow. When the camera angle changes her blouse is totally unbuttoned and the pillow is on her lap. (01:01:00)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: In the scene after Maxine has made love with JM for the first time she is sitting on the floor in her office. The way she folds her legs changes depending on the camera angle. (00:56:20)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Maxine is having dinner at the Schwartz's the wine in Lotte's glass increases although no one has poured it. (00:50:05)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: When the first customer comes and asks about what exactly is going to happen he breaks into tears in his low self-esteem. Then Maxine asks for the money, and from one shot to the next he is sitting straight, holding a paper with both hands. (00:47:30)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Maxine calls the newspaper to submit the ad for JM Corp., she is sitting either normally or with one foot on the chair and her knee above the table alternately. (00:40:25)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Craig is waiting at the New Jersey Turnpike roadside for Lotte, he is not wearing his glasses. When she falls down, from one shot to the next, he has them on again. (00:36:20)
25th Sep 2003
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Visible crew/equipment: After the interview, when Craig and Dr. Lester are sitting on the windowsill, you see the shadow of the boom mike on the upper frame of the window. (00:11:30)
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