Continuity mistake: When a drunk Rick flops on the couch, his belly has a big wet patch, but the shirt was fine when he poked Higgins with his finger disputing the command of the operation. (00:28:15)
Sammo
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is catching his breath while the guy who was having the better of him has to stop being held at gunpoint. He is touching the guy's arm in the first shot, but has his hand on the armrest of the chair in the next. (00:17:05)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the close-ups of Jeannie's hand with the face-down card dealt by Mr. Matt Thompson, you can spot to the left of the cards her handbag, which is way far away in the shots of the table. (00:10:30)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Rick looks at Magnum funny when Jeannie Lowry says he'd look devilishly handsome in a tux. He has cards in hand, but the next shot starts with no cards anywhere near (TC is just then shuffling the deck), and more discontinuities happen during the convo later. (00:04:30)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum joins TC and Rick that are playing poker with a mysterious blonde. As he gets through the door, the towel around his neck has the left side pulled very much up, above the level of the 44 symbol on the tanktop. The towel drops lower (more balanced) in other shots, going back and forth between the two levels. (00:04:00)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The man running down the escalator runs past the same couple (old lady with blue dress and man with pale yellow shirt) twice. Similarly, when the policemen reach the top and shout "Halt", the same woman with a hat reaches the top too in two separate shots. And, in the same shot, in the foreground coming up from the escalator there's a man with a white and blue striped polo, who was visible earlier in the policemen's way when Mike Vejar's director credit popped up, on the way to get down the same escalator. (00:02:15)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Opening scene, recycled extras. Look no further than the blonde woman in a maroon stewardess uniform, walking to the left of the screen in the suspicious person POV, and simultaneously in the background behind him. Or the woman with long curly hair wearing a brown top and long beige skirt. (00:01:50)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum and his two friends are watching the team practice. In the establishing shot they are fully in the sun, and the whole section of the stadium does not have a bit of shade. Next time they are displayed, the direct sunlight is gone. (00:06:20)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the tunnel, TC says "Bye!" to Magnum who tries to involve him in the finale; the number 33 player is both behind TC and behind Magnum. (00:44:25)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The policeman gives Dorsey a picture of the crazy fan. Dorsey picks it up from the left side, but he's holding it by the bottom in the next shot. (00:39:10)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The security guard spots the obsessive fan running through the seats. He shouts at him, and in the next shot the guy is running a couple rows lower than he was in the first shot. (00:37:45)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: At Mrs. Greeley's, Magnum says "He's not in bed", while she has both hands around her glass. She replies, icy "Wanna make a bet?" and it's just one hand. (00:30:15)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the hot tub scene, Mrs. Greeley blackmails Dorsey in return for favours; during the conversation, David Wilson's mouth position/facial expressions transition from shot to shot with a spotty continuity all the way through. (00:25:00)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Dorsey pops pills in the tub with Magnum, he puts the bottle to the left, off frame. Mrs. Greeley arrives, and now the pills are on the opposite side, between Magnum and him. (00:24:25)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the locker room, Dorsey gets his cortisone shot to the shoulder while he talks to Magnum. His hand is between the legs under one angle, on top of the thigh in the reverse shot. (00:10:10)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When it cuts back from the sub to the star at the party, the woman is fanning him, but in the background it was him the one waving the dainty little fan. (00:04:35)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Pat Morita gets dunked in the pool (twice) and he is dripping wet, you can even see his black underwear through the shorts when he gets pulled up from it. Still, a couple of shots later he's nice and dry poolside with the exact same clothes and hat. (00:03:05)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Coach Bell is talking to Dorsey's substitute and his wife at the party, the couple is in a different position in the two different camera angles mainly used; she casts a shadow on him in a different spot, with sunlight on his arms when the camera is over Bill Edwards' shoulder, and not in the other angle. (00:04:20)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The coach is talking to the number two QB, saying he's worried about the star. "I am too, sir", he replies. A blonde with a black swimsuit walks past him, but 5 seconds later she's doing the same. (00:04:20)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Mrs. Greeley turns around and watches Dorsey Bramlett on the hammock with a girl. He is gripping the net with his hand around the middle, but in the next shot and rest of the scene he is clinging to the top. (00:03:15)
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