Bishop73

Continuity mistake: When Barnaby is shot and lands on the ground, his arm is touching Mrs. Finch's door mat. When Mrs. Finch steps out of her flat, the body has moved away from the door mat (without being physically moved).

Bishop73

29th Dec 2014

Portlandia (2011)

Trivia: Greg Samson's (the neighbor) name is a play off Gregor Samsa. Gregor Samsa is the main character in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, who turns into a giant bug.

Bishop73

Factual error: When Ron starts to fume at Jack Lime; Tony Montana, from Scarface, is seeing shooting his gun, in Ron's eyes. However, Scarface (and thus Tony Montana) didn't come out till 1983 and this takes place in 1980.

Bishop73

14th Dec 2014

The Campaign (2012)

Continuity mistake: When Mitzi comes into the office to apologize, the background changes slightly throughout the shots. The blinds and door change position and the writing on the whiteboard is different.

Bishop73

5th Dec 2014

Total Recall (2012)

Question: At the bank I see Obama on the 50 bank note. Who is on the 1,000? I saw other denominations, but no clear shot of those people, but does anyone know who else is on various denominations?

Bishop73

Chosen answer: According to the director, Len Wiseman, the "president" on the $1000 note is his own father, Loren.

Sierra1

5th Dec 2014

Robocop 2 (1990)

Question: When RoboCop is at the hideout, we see several "artifacts" (like the skeleton of Elvis). As he leaves, the camera focuses on something and pans up on it. What is it suppose to be?

Bishop73

8th Sep 2014

Uncle Buck (1989)

Uncle Buck: We've done the battle of the wills. The deck's stacked in my favor. You're just going to lose again.
Tia Russell: Try me.
Uncle Buck: How'd you like to spend the next several nights wondering if your crazy, out of work, bum uncle will shave your head while you sleep? See you in the car.

Bishop73

8th Sep 2014

Uncle Buck (1989)

Buck Russell: I, I, I'm real sorry about those bushes too. I had no idea that they would all catch on fire like that and you were right. I should have never put the BBQ that close.

Bishop73

23rd Aug 2014

Uncle Buck (1989)

Continuity mistake: When Miles Russell is unpacking his lunch and asks about a lunch trade, the other kids scatter. The items on the table change when the camera cuts to the overhead shot. Most noticeably a soda can and snack appear in between Miles' food and the bag of Fritos, and the juice box is gone.

Bishop73

23rd Aug 2014

Uncle Buck (1989)

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Cindy and Bob are talking in the kitchen (after getting the news) and the scene of Cindy and Buck talking in the kitchen, several items change dramatically. The coats on the rack change positions and the yellow coat goes from an adult size to a kid size. A drawing on the kitchen wall is removed too.

Bishop73

7th Aug 2014

That's My Boy (2012)

Continuity mistake: When Donny first meets Jaime and he gives her the "book", she opens it, but when the camera angle changes to being behind Donny, the "book" is closed, but then changes back and the "book" is opened again.

Bishop73

Trivia: Many people think Crispin Glover reprised his role as George McFly for part II, but it's a different actor who had facial prosthetics applied to look like Glover. These prosthetics were made from actual molds of Glover's face left over from part I. Glover never authorized his likeness to be used and sued. The Screen Actors Guild now has laws against "unauthorized mimicking" of other actors as a result of the lawsuit. Crispin Glover is listed in the credit for part II only as "archive footage"

Bishop73

23rd Jul 2014

Star Wars (1977)

Trivia: George Lucas has acknowledged taking inspiration from Frank Herbert's Dune novel. C-3PO mentions the spice mines of Kessel; spice mining was a central theme in Dune. Many other key elements of Dune show up in Star Wars as well; sandworms, desert planet with dew collectors, and Sandcrawlers.

Bishop73

23rd Jul 2014

Futurama (1999)

Meanwhile - S7-E26

Trivia: While at Luna Park, Bender throws a beer bottle and it sticks in the moon-head creature's eye. This is a reference to the image of the man in the moon with a bullet in his eye, from the 1902 French film, A Trip to the Moon (considered to be the first sci-fi movie). (00:01:25)

Bishop73

23rd Jul 2014

Summer Rental (1985)

Trivia: All the movie posters seen at the theater are distributed by Paramount Pictures; Top Secret!, Uncommon Valor, and Footloose.

Bishop73

23rd Jul 2014

Summer Rental (1985)

Trivia: When Jennifer Chester and Gregg Moore are listening to their radio headsets in the theater lobby, the song Footloose is playing as they are next to the Footloose movie poster. Both films had cinematography done by Ric Waite and both were distributed by Paramount Pictures. (Moore is also the last name of the Reverend in Footloose).

Bishop73

Trivia: The line "unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent" is making fun of Kevin Costner who played the character in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" with an American accent, despite the character being an English nobleman.

Bishop73

Revealing mistake: At the end of the film as the camera zooms in on Milo as he's starting to speak, the part where he says "mama" is on a loop. (01:32:35)

Bishop73

21st Jul 2014

Soldier (1998)

Trivia: Todd's Soldier ID unit is Todd 3465. The movie's director, Paul W. S. Anderson, was born 3/4/65.

Bishop73

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