Continuity mistake: In the scene where Sally tries to put herself into Butch's shoes, the short ends of both Red's and his colleague's ties keep disappearing and reappearing. (00:54:30)
NancyFelix
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Phillip drives the Ford across the meadow the way he pushes the pedals doesn't match the engine sound and the movement of the car. (01:09:10)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Visible crew/equipment: When Butch pulls up at the farmhouse where he is going to steal the Ford, a camera is reflected in the side window behind Butch. (00:36:00)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: When the trick-or-treaters come to the Perrys' door, Phillip's mom ushers her children back into the house. They obey immediately, but when the camera angle changes the girls are back where they were and leave again. (00:02:30)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Butch and Phillip go past the police trailer Sally spots the Casper costume. In this shot the relative movement of both vehicles is shown far too slow. (00:57:20)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Butch sits at the counter at Dottie's, his left hand changes from pointing upwards and resting on the counter between shots, and when the camera looks across the counter his glass disappears. (01:18:45)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Visible crew/equipment: When Mack talks to Butch in the cornfield a crew member is reflected in the side of the car. (01:28:35)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Phillip is about to leave the Friendly store he is seen from behind with his arms hanging down. When the camera angle changes he is holding on to his booty. (00:50:30)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Phillip is pulled into the Ford, his socks, in which he has been running around all day, are remarkable white, but later, at the Friendly store, they are as dark grey as one would expect. (00:39:25 - 00:45:00)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: When the waitress at Dottie's seduces Butch, the degree of boob exposure varies depending on the camera angle (not only due to perspective). (01:17:15)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Other mistake: When Butch steals the clothes and the Ford, Phillip pees for almost two minutes, which is OK for an elderly man with a malfunctioning prostate but not for a healthy 8-year old boy, not even after an overdose of RC Cola. (00:39:20)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Visible crew/equipment: When the driver of the truck explains the intercom system to his colleague, there's a reflection of a crew member with sunglasses at the bottom of the windshield. (00:34:50)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Butch kidnaps Phillip he grabs him with his left hand, holding his gun in the right hand. When he leaves the house Phillip and the gun have switched places. (00:12:40)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Phillip walks away with his mom, the dollar bills keep falling out of his costume one by one at quite a distance from the dying Butch. However, when the camera cuts to Butch the bills strangely pile up on him. (02:05:05 - 02:07:05)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Phillip crawls through the cornfield the gun disappears from his hand for one shot. (00:26:25)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: When the police check Terry's body the corn is significantly higher than in the chase scene, where even little Phillip had to crawl on his knees for cover. (00:25:35 - 00:33:10)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the movie the dollar bills Butch has stuck into the neck of Phillip's costume change positions or disappear completely between shots throughout the scene. (01:58:10)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: After Phillip has tricked-and-treated the old lady she closes the screen door behind her. When the camera angle changes and he says thank you the screen is open again. (01:05:20)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Continuity mistake: When the farmer hangs on to his car his elbow switches back and forth between inside and outside the car. (00:39:55)
12th May 2004
A Perfect World (1993)
Plot hole: There's a number of strange things about Butch's and Terry's escape: When the grid falls down the very loud noise passes unnoticed. After they climb down the tied bedsheets Butch pulls once and it comes down, although no-one tied it loose. And finally, their escape route ended within the prison walls, and they needed to kidnap the clerk, who had come back into the prison to get some papers, for the escape in his car, something which wasn't planable at all. (00:05:40)
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