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27th Sep 2019

The African Queen (1951)

Revealing mistake: During the crossing of the first rapids, in the faraway shots Bogie and Mrs. Hepburn were replaced by mannequins - you can see how still they are throughout the bumpy ride, the lady in the hat sitting perfectly upright. (00:38:20)

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27th Sep 2019

The African Queen (1951)

Visible crew/equipment: When Rose is calling his brother who is working the burnt out ground of the village, in the long shot the man stands up straight as she approaches, while in the close-up, Robert Morley is still more hunched over. And really, the person in the long shot does not even look like Robert Morley, but a body double. (00:13:15)

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27th Sep 2019

Zombie Fight Club (2014)

Other mistake: After the longest introduction ever, a text crawl (in English in the original version too) details the event leading to the titular fight club. It says that the city fell "A PART" and the institution "IS COLLAPSED." Also, it warns us; "cannibalistic zombies are malformed." (00:59:30)

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27th Sep 2019

No Way Out (1950)

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Continuity mistake: Dr. Luther Brooks is in the changing room with Dr. Dan Wharton. During their conversation, one of the lockers behind Brooks' is open, its door quite close to him. In the close-ups though, all the lockers are closed. The shadows are also different. (00:04:00 - 00:04:40)

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Other mistake: When the match goes to penalties, if the last of the 10 regular penalty kicks is the decisive one, the game prompts a message of victory (or defeat) at "sudden death penalties", which is obviously incorrect, being the next phase.

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Continuity mistake: Mr. Maurice Horton is dining on the terrace while the bellboy "envelops him", as he puts it. In the close-up of the content, Richard Griffiths 's fingers hold the card by the top left corner. In the previous and following shots though, his hands are at the middle of the card and, even more importantly, there's a flyer behind it that is missing in the close-up. (00:09:25)

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Revealing mistake: Inspector Emil arrives at the morgue; pay attention to the body, just before he asks "You are...?" to Armstrong, the sheet covering the cadaver rises and fall as the departed takes a few deep breaths. (00:32:00)

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Continuity mistake: Chi Chi turns around after being hit by the guy she's practicing with; her ponytail flips side in the reverse shot. (00:36:00)

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26th Sep 2019

Social Animals (2018)

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Continuity mistake: The two friends are talking at the beginning of the movie. Claire says "To be fair, I am drunk half the time" just as she pops a snack in her mouth. New shot and Claire is holding a cigarette in the same hand she just used to feed herself, laughing at that joke in a huge puff of smoke. (00:04:20)

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Continuity mistake: Back at the police station from the hardware store, Cliff puts down a cardboard box full of stuff. He shows Mindy a couple of items, one being a funnel. He puts the funnel down, inside the box. At the next cut, the funnel is right on the corner of the box. (00:59:15)

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Continuity mistake: In the car towards the end, Cliff has his hands crossed on the wheel, right hand on top. "May I ask you a question?" he goes. Cut to Adam Driver, and when the camera is back on Bill Murray, he is still leaning dejected, but with the left hand on top. (01:29:20)

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Continuity mistake: The three kids in juvi are looking at the zombie horde press against the windows. Geronimo through the first phase (until the guard cries out "Save me!") has his hands off the top of the seat when viewed from behind, while his right hand is holding to it in front views. (01:06:15)

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Revealing mistake: When Hank severs the head of the second zombie with the shears, the body staggers against the barricade, and one of the planks that is supposedly keeping away a throng of zombies from the HW store wobbles going noticeably out of place. (01:05:50)

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Factual error: Bobby's shotgun hit blasts a hole through the head of the first zombie entering the store, but the zombie directly behind it, as well as the barricade, are unscathed. The shells can hardly penetrate this much, wide and clean through the head and then disappear with no trace. (01:35:05)

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Continuity mistake: When the two dead golfers sit up, Tilda Swinton says "Good grief!" and places the green powder container on the magazine before pushing the chair back. In the overhead shot that follows, the powder moves to the table. (01:02:00)

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Continuity mistake: At the police station, Ronnie gets up and switches the table lamp off when Mindy stands. Wrong continuity at the cut, though. Adam Driver still has the hand on the lamp, but his other hand is suddenly on the back of his own chair (it wasn't before), and Chloe Sevigny suddenly has her jacket in her right hand which was on the back of her chair. (00:20:55)

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Continuity mistake: A couple times during the trip before stopping for gas as "The dead don't die" plays on the radio, Jack's arm moves from the top of the window to the bottom between shots (when the song goes "For the lights to shine down on" and when Zack passes him the energy drink). (00:39:15 - 00:39:50)

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Continuity mistake: Fern and Lily are dead on the floor of the diner, but the 'crowd' outside apparently can see them from windows that are roughly at the height of their heads, and keeping distant from the flower beds. Most curtains in that area were also completely pulled.

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