Continuity mistake: Magnum jumps in the Ferrari to stop the bomb. He is wearing his blue Lacoste and beige pants. The car sprints out of the gates...and Magnum lost his pants. But it's nothing compared to the interior shot of the Ferrari that follows; he's wearing now blue jeans, and shifting gears wearing his team ring on that hand - but it was on the left hand earlier. (00:42:50)
Sammo
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Rick smacks the cork on top of the wine bottle after he poured for Magnum and himself. In the next shot of the table following TC's messy arrival, the cork is almost all out. (00:46:25)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: When Rick serves special Sarduci-style sauce and wine to Magnum, set lights are reflected in Tom Selleck's shades. (00:46:10)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum approaches the Audi in a spot where the road is straight in longshot, but in the perspective with the camera just in front of Higgins, they are coming off a curve. (00:44:20)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: The IRA operative puts the bomb into the Audi with a timer rigged for 5:00. Three minutes and a half of time that cannot be compressed (no cuts to any other scene that happens simultaneously - and if anything, more time than that should have realistically elapsed) pass before Magnum even gets on the Ferrari and drives out of the Nest. The way it is shown in the episode, Magnum could never make the heroic save. It gets even worse at the ending; 15 seconds remain on the timer and Magnum has yet to force the Audi down the beach road, the car has to reach the end of said road, Magnum runs, on foot, to their point, convinces them that there is indeed a bomb, and they run for cover.taking cover and waiting for the thing to explode! A minute could have been spent for that task alone. (00:39:20 - 00:42:50)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Factual error: The villain holds Magnum at gunpoint with a weapon with a silencer. Which is useless, the gun being a revolver. (00:41:20)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Mandy is leaning against the Audi chatting with Higgins, her towel changes position (its end pops in front of her arm, or is tucked underneath). (00:39:35)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Deliberate mistake: In the scene that sets up the climax involving the car, both the trunk and the gas cap are unlocked to make the filming smooth. (00:38:50)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Magnum tells the Brigadier "I don't believe you have a...", the Brit's shoulder is casting a shadow on his chest. Neither of them moves, but when Magnum is back being in frame from the waist up, Richard Johnson's shadow has moved significantly off. (00:31:55)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The Brigadier gets up after drink and cigars; on the couch, Mandy is sitting with her right leg crossed over the left. The camera cuts closer to her and her colleague Suzie, and she is now sitting with the left crossed over the right. (00:28:10)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Inside the suspect's house, Magnum holds in close-up the instruction manual of the Audi and a receipt. Holds the receipt by the side, but when he puts them back in the drawer, he is holding the same paper by the top. (00:22:50)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum sits on the couch and tells Mandy that his life is not "that exciting." Selleck's arm is on the back of the couch, Robin Dearden's isn't, until the angle changes, and then both have their elbows sticking out. (00:18:35)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Factual error: Richard Johnson appears in the end credits as "Brigadier General Alistair Ffolkes, Royal Army", and is consistently referred to that way by Higgins and Hooker. The rank was abolished in 1921, the Royal Army would have him as as a Brigadier or a higher rank.
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum leaves the hanger and the bag in Rick's hands as he tries the jacket on. Rick asks "What is this, the tailor shop?" with the hanger in the left and the bag in the right, but they switch in the next shot. (00:13:15)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Higgins gives Magnum back the envelope with the incriminating photos. Magnum puts it under his arm; the envelope sticks under the flap of the breast pocket. Change of view, and the envelope is covering it. (00:11:45)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Magnum is talking with Mandy at the tidal pool once the other girl left them alone, the towel in her hand changes position quite noticeably - it shows a lot more of the yellow-brown pattern in the close-ups, and blue in the first and last angle. (00:10:00)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: Towards the end of his phone convo with Rick, Magnum peeks through the window. As he is sitting back on the bed, on the curtains you can see the shadow of the boom mike going down and then up again. (00:08:50)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: One of the guests sounds eager to know more about Magnum's exciting line of work. Mandy has towels in her arms, and she holds them in a different way (left hand above the opposite wrist, or below the elbow) depending on the camera angle. (00:07:00)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum reaches the bottom of the stairs of 'his' quarters and makes a bitter comment about Robin's taste in guests. In the shot with just the two girls, the one with the jacket is glancing with her arms folded; they were relaxed down her sides before the cut. (00:06:30)
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