Super Grover

19th Feb 2025

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Visible crew/equipment: While Moretti is in the barber shop on the phone with Sonny, the camera tracks closer to Moretti, Sheldon, and Carmine, and as Moretti says, "Come on, let's be reasonable...just give me your name," we can see their three T-marks (dark chalk) on the floor at their feet. (00:28:40)

Super Grover

19th Feb 2025

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Visible crew/equipment: When Sonny wants to use a heavy desk to block the bank's back door, Mulvaney removes his suit jacket, and as they both push the desk toward the door, the outline of the actor's lav mic transmitter is visible at the lower right side of Mulvaney's back. (00:24:15)

Super Grover

19th Feb 2025

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Visible crew/equipment: When Leon is brought to the scene from the hospital and escorted toward the barber shop across the street from the bank, Sonny shouts, "Hey, Leon! Over here!" In the next shot facing the crowd around Leon, the moving reflection of the production's huge camera crane becomes visible in the window at the right side of the screen. (01:05:00)

Super Grover

19th Feb 2025

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Continuity mistake: When Mulvaney is about to open the vault with his spot key, which would trip an alarm, Sonny takes the keys away from him. In the close-up facing Sonny, he's holding the keys up in his raised left hand, but in the next wide shot from behind Sonny, he's holding the gun up with his left hand as he declares, "No games, all right?" Then, in the next close-up, the keys are back in Sonny's raised left hand. (00:09:50)

Super Grover

19th Feb 2025

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Visible crew/equipment: When Stevie gives Sonny the handgun, as Sonny tucks the handgun into his waistband, the actor's mic wire becomes visible. After Moretti's first phone call, Sonny is angry that "Jack downtown" gave him wrong information, and when he stands up there's an odd bulge at the back of his pants, presumably his mic transmitter. Then Sonny asks Mulvaney about the back door's location, and when Sonny leans down to tell Sal, "Cover them, cover them," we can see the mic and its wire between Al Pacino's tie and shirt. In exterior shots, we can see the outline of the white tape under Pacino's shirt (holds his lav mic in place due to the actor's frenetic movements). (00:07:55 - 00:20:40)

Super Grover

19th Feb 2025

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Continuity mistake: At Margaret's desk in the bank, her name is spelled "Margret" on the name plaque prop, but at the end of the film, her name is spelled "Margaret" in the credits. (00:51:10 - 02:03:25)

Super Grover

16th Feb 2025

King Kong (1933)

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Continuity mistake: When King Kong carries Ann Darrow to the top of the Empire State Building, he places her on the ledge near the fixed ladder mounted to the building. During the scene, in Ann's close-ups, the ladder vanishes from where it should be, and in the zoom-in shots (biplane POV), the ladder is mounted in a different area than in the long shots. (01:35:00)

Super Grover

16th Feb 2025

King Kong (1933)

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Other mistake: While Ann Darrow is lying on the Empire State Building ledge beside the ladder, the backdrop shows the Chrysler Building, Queensboro Bridge, and Roosevelt Island, behind to the right. However, after Kong falls from the skyscraper, when Jack appears and says, "Ann, hang on, dear," this one shot is angled toward the left of the ESB, but the set's backdrop is positioned so it's the same background with the Chrysler Building, Queensboro Bridge, and Roosevelt Island, behind to the left. (01:38:20)

Super Grover

16th Feb 2025

King Kong (1933)

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Revealing mistake: While King Kong is atop the Empire State Building, the biplanes are strafing their large target. There are several static close-up shots facing a biplane's nose, and in these "aerial" shots, there's a girder beneath the set prop's fuselage. (01:36:10)

Super Grover

8th Feb 2025

The Equalizer (2021)

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Aftermath - S2-E1

Visible crew/equipment: While Rob, Mel, and Harry are standing beside the table, Harry blows out his deathday candle to celebrate his 5 years being underground, and in the wide shot, their tape marks, including a red T-mark, are visible on the floor. (00:05:55)

Super Grover

8th Feb 2025

King Kong (1933)

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Revealing mistake: After King Kong destroys the train track of the oncoming train, in the POV shot directly behind the train operator while he watches Kong rise from the broken track, the small model's support control bar is visible at the right as it moves up and down. The next shot is a close-up of the shocked motorman, and after he attempts to stop the train, there's another shot facing Kong with the control bar visible for a moment. (01:31:50)

Super Grover

6th Feb 2025

Columbo (1971)

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An Exercise in Fatality - S4-E1

Visible crew/equipment: When Janus parks his car at the health spa's service entrance, the reflection of filming equipment, including a large spotlight and the location's 9-bank array lighting, is visible on the car's surface. Then Janus lets himself in with his master key. (00:10:30)

Super Grover

6th Feb 2025

Columbo (1971)

6th Feb 2025

Columbo (1971)

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An Exercise in Fatality - S4-E1

Visible crew/equipment: At Tricon, Columbo calls and leaves a message on Lewis Lacey's answering machine, then he heads to the elevator and grabs his cigar. When it cuts to Ruth Stafford at the piano, as she walks toward the door a T-mark is visible on the floor; then it's visible in following shots as well. (01:00:00)

Super Grover

6th Feb 2025

Columbo (1971)

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An Exercise in Fatality - S4-E1

Visible crew/equipment: After Columbo follows Janus from the beach back to the house, Janus asks the detective why he's there asking questions. Then, when Janus walks into his house, the boom mic is visible over the open door (and through the top window curtain); as Columbo follows him inside, the overhead boom mic is now visible through the curtain over the door as it pulls away. (00:47:30)

Super Grover

6th Feb 2025

Columbo (1971)

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An Exercise in Fatality - S4-E1

Visible crew/equipment: At the start, while Milo Janus is in Gene Stafford's office, Janus tells him, "Calm down, stress is bad for your blood pressure," and there's a visible T-mark on the carpet where Gene stands. When Gene walks back to his chair, another tape mark is visible on the carpet near the door. (00:03:20)

Super Grover

3rd Feb 2025

Fire Country (2022)

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See You Next Apocalypse - S2-E3

Visible crew/equipment: When Engine 1591 encounters resistance at their evac location, Jake tells Gabriela to treat Zachary. In the following wide shots facing Laura, Alice, and Zachary, there are two T-marks, a red and a blue, visible on the ground near Zachary (there's also a small bright green mark on the ground behind Alice). (00:15:05)

Super Grover

3rd Feb 2025

Fire Country (2022)

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See You Next Apocalypse - S2-E3

Visible crew/equipment: When Laura is finally convinced to evacuate, she shouts for everyone to head for their cars. Just as Laura reaches the area with the cars, she sees the fires, then stops short, and in the wide shot facing Laura, there are multiple T-marks (plastic type) visible on the wet ground. (00:19:45)

Super Grover

30th Jan 2025

I Love Lucy (1951)

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The Quiz Show - S1-E5

Revealing mistake: At Freddie Filmore's radio show, when Lucy steps out from behind the curtain, a bit of the kitchen from the Ricardo apartment is visible behind Lucy; it's the cabinet area with plates and canisters, beside the refrigerator. (00:06:15 - 00:19:40)

Super Grover

27th Jan 2025

Clambake (1967)

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Continuity mistake: During Dianne's second water skiing session, the boat Scott's driving has its registration number on the port and starboard sides; in long shots it's "FL 6160 F" at its side, but in the close-ups it's "FL 1128 AE" at its side. (00:31:30)

Super Grover

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