Continuity mistake: Virginia Fowler is entering the building on her own with the butler. Barker in the security camera footage is holding the elevator key in his left hand, but when the angle changes, it's in his right hand. (00:34:15)
Sammo
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Rick is getting the print of the keys from the geriatric butler, his grip on the box changes depending on the camera angle. (00:31:05)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is carrying the box to Virginia's new bungalow. From the door, they look inside and find it all messed up like the old one. Magnum is then consoling Virginia without having time to put down the box. (00:20:10)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is talking with Mr. White, hands raised, for some reason. When the camera is behind Tom Selleck, his two forefingers of the right hand are close together, while filmed from the front they distant enough to keep the index out of frame entirely. (00:15:30)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The chauffeur gets a phone call while Magnum and his client is in the elevator. In wide shot he's holding the wheel with the hand at the top, but he's waiting with the hand on 9 o' clock in the closer view, and back on top as it switches to the same angle as before. (00:13:20)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The guy on top of the building passes TC an envelope with his fee. The envelop is facing a different direction between shots - it opens with the flap towards him in the first one, towards TC in the next. (00:02:40)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: A very sweaty Kendall is about to tell Magnum about the correspondent. She goes to the barre to fetch her robe; the robe is folded over it in a different position compared to how it looked in the previous part of the scene; the sleeves hang down by a completely different length. (00:30:55)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode, Kendall gets in the car. Left hand on top of the steering wheel, she lowers the hand, and...it's back on top of the wheel in the next shot. (00:46:15)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum carries off stage the ballerina while the two CIA agents look at him. The white haired one has his hands on his pockets, but the jacket is closed in one shot and unbuttoned in the next. (00:44:30)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Magnum moves over her to console her after the brutal handling of the Ruskies, Kendall is lying on her side with the left knee touching the floor at first, then raised. (00:44:00)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is listening to the story about the correspondent, leaning over the piano. Depending on the camera angle he has crossed arms, or both forward with the hands joined. (00:31:45)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is back to the ballet rehearsal after his bribing routine with Mac. Kendall uses the line "I really appreciate everything you did last night" and you can spot she is touching the side of her head with her hand. Close-up and the hand is gone. (00:30:35)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the forceful kiss scene on the lawn, Andrea Marcovicci's hand changes position (on the grass/on Magnum's shoulder) between shots. (00:21:25)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Magnum looks at the client Rick is forcing upon him, the man at the table behind her changes position at the cut, and and people on the beach just disappear. (00:16:20)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is telling Kendall while she is torturing some ballet shoes "You have to stick by me." Between shots, she's holding the ballerina turned in the opposite direction. (00:12:55)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Magnum and TC found the shack and are getting inside. In the interior shot, the curtains that kept flapping in the wind in the exterior shot are practically still, and the sublinds are absent/pulled up from the side wall. (00:39:00)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Magnum asks Gloria about her car mentioning it's a "1974 blue Sedan, AFF 444." The license plate was different (BBR 877) and a different model - it's blue, that's just about it.
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Magnum asks Kaholo who knew about the island. At the cut, the hand with the money changes position, considerably higher. (00:42:15)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: TC has Kaholo pinned against the building after his attempt to escape. His hand is above or under the window frame depending on the camera angle. (00:41:45)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Magnum and TC are doing recon on the thirteen islands; the chopper has flotation pads on the skids when it flies over the ocean and approaches the islands in panoramic views, but the normal slim skids when they finally find the hideout and land by it. (00:39:30)
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