Revealing mistake: When Higgins shows Magnum the article that (allegedly) manipulates his words to support the thesis that Karen was driven mad by 'Nam, the paper uses the famed recurring filler text that many Earl Hays Press papers use ("An immediate investigation is assured") that appears in dozens of movies. (00:15:50)
Sammo
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: After denying any rumor about any more Iron Man competitions, Magnum asks Higgins about Dr. Jorgenson. His left hand is wrapped in the bath towel whenever Tom Selleck is filmed from the front, but it's bare in the views from the back. (00:15:05)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is talking with the administrator of the hospital, Phillip Harriman. He asks him about Dr. Jorgenson. When Harriman answers, a rather conspicuous fella with a big head of curly hair walks into the building. When Magnum walks off at the end of the scene, he comes across that same guy, who again is entering the building. (00:11:35)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Thomas hands the newspaper to Rick, the paper is perfectly straight in close-up, then folded with the middle pointed down, then folded with the middle being raised. (00:07:00)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: In the close-up of the newspaper with the headline about Karen being the suspect in the serial killings, the same 3 paragraphs are plastered randomly all over the page. (00:06:50)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Karen and Magnum have their chat in 'Nam about Thomas' gambling debt. During the scene, in one recurring angle Karen has hair down her temple, in front of her ear, which is gone in other views. (00:03:00)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: During the funeral at the end of the episode, Mrs. Iko Tamura's hands are on the top of the urn in close-up, the side in the wide shot of the Coast Guard boat. (00:46:45)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: In the chat with the admiral at the park during the parade, passersby can be seen appearing randomly in different shots with no continuity - particularly evident is a guy with a blue and red jumper and a girl with a red and black T-shirt. (00:41:00)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: Outside of the import company building, Magnum does one of his squeaky screams at Bridget, and she begins to sob. Selleck was squeaking with his fists down, but Kathleen Lloyd gets pouty while he has raised open hands. (00:36:30)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: Bridget barges into Vic Stout 's office. When he says "You are not very discreet", she goes from holding the handbag by the strap, to having it clutched to her chest. (00:35:20)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: Magnum tells Vic Stout; "This truck? That's yours" holding a picture with his right hand, which after a 1 second cut turns into the the left hand even if he did not appear to have moved. (00:34:00)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: Magnum puts the incriminating pictures on Vic Stout's desk. He sits back and smiles; the envelope the pictures came in is now closed, the flap is not visible anymore. (00:33:45)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: TC and Magnum incapacitate a yoyo with a net, then make a hasty escape. The camera cuts when Selleck's stuntman has the camera hand on the window frame, but Selleck himself in the next one has his legs already out and simply has to hop off the sill. (00:31:30)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the car chase, Rick is in a bit of a jam. There's a close-up with the actors in between two wide shots with the stuntpeople in the car; in that close-up the sunlight is different, as it can be easily seen on the backseats. (00:26:00)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: Magnum grabs Bridget by the arm and drags her to the Ferrari. When she says peeved "He was my father, Magnum!" she puts her hand on her hip, but the reverse shot does not acknowledge this change of stance, and she is still standing with her arms down her body like in the earlier matching angle. It happens again with the same angles a moment later. (00:17:20)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: Magnum and his client go to Mrs. Iko Tamura's house. Bridget leans against the fence right by the post, and in every front view of her she has her right hand to the right of the post, or on top of it. When the camera is behind Magnum, she is nowhere to be seen. (00:15:50)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: When Bridget Archer puts her dead dad on the breakfast table, the shadows in close-up don't match the ones from the other perspective. (00:09:35)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: Magnum gets up after specifying that 'generals' in the Navy are called 'admirals'. He puts the towel by the side of the plate he has In front of him, a plate with a fork and a leftover bit of his sandwich. In the wider angle though, there are two plates, one with his fork and leftovers, the other with more food. (00:08:45)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: Having breakfast with his client, Magnum asks her "Why did the Navy arrest you?" He starts asking while she has the left hand raised, but ends up doing it while she has her right hand raised and chewing on it. (00:08:25)
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