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Continuity mistake: After Meade escapes from the warehouse, Anthony Lloyd runs to the wall and pulls out one of the planks. In the next shot, he repeats the same action. (00:37:15)

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Revealing mistake: During the fight in the warehouse, in the shot after Holmes turns on the light, one of Holmes' allies can be seen punching the air as he fights a Nazi, who reacts as if he has been hit. (00:36:46)

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Continuity mistake: As Indy's truck is getting closer, the camera focuses on Spalko. Behind her are the duck with Oxley and Mac inside and a damaged truck. But in the next shot, when Oxley says "Henry Jones Jr.", the truck is gone. (01:16:17)

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Trivia: In the original script, instead of all dying together in the infamous scene during the opening of the Ark, Belloq, Toht and Dietrich were to die at different points in the film: Toht was to die together with Gobler during the truck chase, Belloq would die during the opening of the Ark (which was shorter), and Dietrich was to die in the mine cart chase through Geheimhaven that took place after the closing of the Ark and was cut from the film.

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Continuity mistake: In Geheimhaven, Indy watches the submarine hidden behind some ropes. When Marion comes out of the submarine and the camera focuses on the back of Indy's head, the ropes disappear. (01:39:13)

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Continuity mistake: As the sergeant climbs to the truck's roof, Belloq turns his head to watch the scene. In that shot, the staff car is passing next to a group of plants. In the next shot, almost all the plants have disappeared. (01:26:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Indy runs over the sergeant, the background behind the truck changes between shots, going from the desert to a mountain. (01:28:45)

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Continuity mistake: Dietrich and Gobler walk forward to stand next to Belloq while he's saying, "Once again, Jones..." In the next shot, Gobler has disappeared (this can be spotted by the distance between Belloq and Gobler's foot in the first shot). (01:10:57)

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Continuity mistake: After Ron is eliminated by the white queen, Harry moves two squares back and stands next to the black bishop. However, after the shot switches to Hermione and again to Harry, the latter now finds himself just in front of the white king, well away from his previous place, at the moment he says 'Checkmate'. Just after this, the white queen can be seen lying next to Harry as the white king's sword falls to the ground; however, she is never heard to fall.

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13th Nov 2024

Angels & Demons (2009)

Character mistake: The reporter speaking Spanish at the end of the movie spells the Spanish word for fire wrong. He says "inciendo" instead of the correct "incendio." (02:07:11)

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Plot hole: Although the Voice of Terror speaks in English and without any kind of accent, no one is able to recognise Sir Evan's voice, not even the members of the council, who have been working with him for several years.

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Audio problem: When the camera focuses on Belloq as he looks into the Ark, Toht's screams are inaudible, despite being right next to the Frenchman. Only when the shot changes to show Toht his screams can be heard.

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Continuity mistake: During the fight on the Coronado's deck, Panama Hat is climbing the ladder with his back to the camera. In the next shot, when he says, 'Grab him, he's getting away!', he faces the camera. (00:13:21)

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Continuity mistake: Inside the Grail's Temple, all the characters have the decapitated bodies of two Hatay soldiers and the two lion statues in front of them. However, when Indy's team is discovered and the shot changes, it can be seen from the position of the bodies and the statues in relation to the characters that they have all changed places, with the bodies now being to one side of the characters (to the left of Donovan and to the right of Indy). (01:41:55)

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8th Oct 2024

Terror by Night (1946)

Stupidity: Despite having a gun pointed at him, Sands never attempts to attack Moran after the latter betrays him and only stays crouched down, saying 'Don't shoot!' for several seconds until he is killed. (00:48:47)

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Continuity mistake: When Indy kicks the Thuggee rifleman off the scaffolding, you can see in the background that Mola Ram is about to reach the scaffolding. In the next shot, he is no longer there. (01:34:54)

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Continuity mistake: As Gobler's jeep is returning to the road after being hit by Indy, Gobler's goggles move from his eyes to his cap between shots.

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Question: What does Belloq shout after saying "Idiot, idiot" and hitting Rocky Taylor?

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Chosen answer: He says "merdique," which is French for "you suck" in that context.

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