Continuity mistake: Anna's uncle storms away refusing to translate the notebook of the dead girl. Anna sits down while her mom lays the table. In the close-up, she has all the utensils on the cloth (she missed the spoon in the wider shot) and the knife shifted more to her right. (00:06:35)
Sammo
1st Oct 2019
Eastern Promises (2007)
25th Sep 2019
Eastern Promises (2007)
Continuity mistake: The corpse is examined by the police; the corpse is shown once in its entirety. The knee is exposed. When Donald Sumpter inspects the body, he has to roll up the pants for the knee to be visible. (00:29:20)
25th Sep 2019
Eastern Promises (2007)
Continuity mistake: During the kiss and farewell with Nikolai, Naomi Watts' hair is all agitated by the wind in every shot from one particular angle (camera behind his shoulder), and goes back to being unperturbed at the cut. (01:32:55)
25th Sep 2019
Eastern Promises (2007)
Continuity mistake: Kiril and Nikolai hug in the wine cellar. There's a constant back and forth between two angles where Vincent Cassel's hand is positioned differently, either on Mortensen's back, or shoulder. (01:08:40)
24th Sep 2019
Eastern Promises (2007)
Continuity mistake: Anna brings Semyon only copies of the original diary. The sheets are held together by handbag clips, which are closed in the close-ups, and open in the views from her angle. (00:23:00)
24th Sep 2019
Eastern Promises (2007)
Continuity mistake: Looking at the security monitor as he talks to the young Maria, Kiril has a balloon between his hands that is balanced differently between shots. (01:26:40)
23rd Sep 2019
Eastern Promises (2007)
Continuity mistake: The necklace worn by Vincent Cassel changes position on his chest during the cut when Nikolai tells him "Calm down, Kiril." (00:34:05)
21st Sep 2019
Eastern Promises (2007)
Continuity mistake: Anna walks up to Uncle Stepan holding a glass. She holds it with just her left hand in the wider shot, becoming two in the following, across the sentence "You have an uncle, Anna, who doesn't steal things from the dead." (00:06:00)
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