Continuity mistake: George's collar on his leather jacket is sometimes up, down or somewhere in between, in successive shots within a particular scene, depending on the camera angle. Additionally, his long neck scarf changes position numerous times, in shots following one another within the same scene too. One example is in the salon with Felicia and Jill. (00:18:20)
Super Grover
30th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: During George and Lester's frank discussion, the coffee table is seen in a variety of camera angles, and some of the things on the coffee table change their positions within these shots. (01:36:35)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: At George's house, Lester comes back from the kitchen and tosses the towel onto the chair. In some shots of the chair, the towel isn't even there, and in the front shots of Lester sitting in that chair the towel keeps changing position. (01:36:15)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: When George tells Jill the truth in her house, the hair at her shoulders changes repeatedly, going from tucked in her coat, to all out, to partially tucked and then out again, over and over, throughout this scene. (01:29:30)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: When Jill walks over to the coffee table, takes the earring and throws it, we see the hallway behind her. Then Jill confronts George and in this shot the telephone is seen on the floor in the hallway, where it wasn't in the previous shot. (01:28:55)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: Before Jill throws the chair through the glass doors, the pants on the floor and the bottles in the fridge differ in their positions compared to after the door shatters. (01:24:45)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: While George sits on his bed, as he and Jill are talking, the pillows, solid and color blankets change positions between the front and back shots. Then later, when she sits and puts her arm around him, that arm is positioned differently in the front and back shots too. (00:54:55)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: When Jill is in the restaurant with Johnny, the napkin, her utensils, etc. on the table move between the different camera angles. (00:50:15)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: When Lorna yells that she's nothing like her mother, in the wide shot she's holding the carrot in her right hand and she starts to sway her left hand. Yet in the next close-up as she sways her hand around, the carrot is now in her left hand. Also, the carrot changes size throughout this scene, regardless of the fact that it's being eaten. (00:49:30)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: When George and Lorna talk in the kitchen, the tennis racket, white towel it lies on and the sponge in the dishpan change positions repeatedly depending on the camera angles. (00:48:10)
27th May 2004
28 Days (2000)
Continuity mistake: While performing in Santa Booze, Bobbie Jean's hair at her shoulders, her black eyeglasses necklace and her neckline change throughout. Also, while Gwen and Gerhardt are performing, the bottom light on the floor lamp behind them changes positions in the close-ups and wide shots. (01:19:05)
27th May 2004
28 Days (2000)
Continuity mistake: When Gwen first finds Andrea, the shoe lace is on the floor with the hypodermic next to it, but in the close-up the needle's direction differs. Also, the sock monkey with its stuffing pulled out and the rest of the things are on the toilet. These things differ in their position in the few shots of the toilet. (01:24:35)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: Felicia asks Mona to find the lost earring, and the flowers that Mona holds in the first wide shot and the next close-up change their appearance. (00:38:00)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: While George and Norman are arguing, the towel in George's right hand changes position from the side shot to the front shot. (00:19:45)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: When George arrives at Jackie's, he has the hair dryer in his belt and he then walks up the stairs to her door. The electrical cord is wound around the dryer differently in these shots. (00:34:25)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: When Felicia and Lester are in the dining room, in the wide shot she places the mirror down, but in the close-up the mirror's position has changed. (00:31:40)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: While Jill and Jackie (Julie Christie) are sitting in the restaurant, their hand positions differ between the shots facing Jill and the ones facing Jackie. (00:15:00)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: As Jill sits in the producer's office, the eyeglasses case jumps on and off the papers on the desk repeatedly in the close-ups and wide shots. (00:11:50)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: When speaking with Mr. Pettis at the bank, the paper in George's hand disappears, and the paper and pen on the desk change positions between the different shots. (00:10:20)
27th May 2004
Shampoo (1975)
Continuity mistake: At the bank's parking lot on his motorcycle, George's tie is seen, and when George is in the bank, the tie is noticeably tied differently. (00:10:10)
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