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5th Oct 2009

17 Again (2009)

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Continuity mistake: The morning after Mike's party at Ned's house, when Ned finishes vacuuming the rug in the overhead shot the wood floor immediately surrounding the rug is clean, but in the next shot there is a mess right beside the rug, which would have been visible in the previous shot had it been there. (01:20:25)

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5th Oct 2009

17 Again (2009)

Continuity mistake: On the bridge, when Mike topples into the water headfirst, the distinctive treads on the heels/soles of his shoes, as well as the light colored brand logo on the heels, are visible. After the newly transformed Mike appears at Ned's home wearing the same clothing, when Ned pulls the rug out from under Mike, his shoes' soles are completely different. (00:17:40 - 00:19:05)

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Continuity mistake: At the dance Sam is wearing silver non-platform stilettos with silvery nail polish on her toenails. As soon as Fiona and the "Siamese" twins leave the diner, in the kitchen a much relieved Sam shifts her white gown and she is wearing white platforms and her toenail polish is quite gone now. (00:32:35 - 00:50:45)

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Continuity mistake: When Austin is forced to sit on the bench to meet the bachelorettes, the large words "friendship circle" are above the bench. In the wideshots Austin sits in front of the "ship" part of the words and Ryan is in front of "circle", but in the close-ups Austin's in front of "friend" and Ryan's in front of "ship", about 2 ft to their right (viewer's left). (00:57:20)

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Visible crew/equipment: In the last scene, when Sam and Austin are at the San Fernando Valley overlook, at the start of the close-up of the Princeton decal on Sam's restored Mustang, the reflections of two crewmembers are visible on the car's surface above the decal. One on the left wearing a white shirt (with arms crossed) and one on the right that joins the one on the left. (01:30:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Gabriella chases Brianna into the car wash, Brianna knocks over a large metal bucket, yellow pails, etc onto the ground, but in the last shot one yellow pail is back against the wall and the metal bucket sits upright, among other changes. (01:03:50)

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Continuity mistake: At the car wash, when Gabriella grabs the window squeegee and threatens Brianna, she holds it with the sponge edge facing away from Brianna, but next shot as Brianna runs away the sponge edge suddenly faces the opposite direction. (01:03:45)

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Visible crew/equipment: As Sam and Rhonda have Fiona's car confiscated, when Fiona runs out shouting, "I can pay for those parking tickets!" the crew's black mat is laid out on the walkway, but in the overhead shot when she tries to run away that mat is gone. (Visible on fullscreen DVD.) (01:28:10)

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Visible crew/equipment: When David and Ryan force Austin to sit on the bench and meet the bachelorettes (with 'Dating Game' music playing), the white actor's mark is visible on the ground before Austin covers it with his foot. Also, when David introduces bachelorette 1, then bachelorette 3 and after Mrs. Wells says hi to Ryan, the green actor's T-mark is visible at David's feet. (Visible on fullscreen DVD.) (00:57:20)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Austin is putting up the Cinderella fliers at school, just as he tells David and Ryan, "The phone's locked. I keep getting messages like...," the red actor's mark is visible on the floor behind Austin and the white actor's T-mark is visible on the floor behind Ryan. (Visible on fullscreen DVD.) (00:53:20)

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Visible crew/equipment: As Austin is putting up the Cinderella fliers at school, David tells Austin that he listens to him but promptly gets distracted by a girl. At the start of the next shot, as the girl walks forward the red actor's mark is visible on the floor behind her, where she was standing until she got her cue. (Visible on fullscreen DVD.) (00:53:10)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Austin is putting up the Cinderella fliers at school, in the first shot as he, David and Ryan walk forward, the blue actor's mark is visible on the floor behind Ryan, where he and David were just standing. (Visible on fullscreen DVD.) (00:52:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Fiona picks up the twins at the dance, the rearview mirror on Fiona's Jag disappears on the way back to the diner, but reappears when she pulls into the diner parking lot, then it disappears again. (00:46:45)

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Visible crew/equipment: At the start of the first scene in the diner, just as we hear Sam begin to say, "At Hal's, everyone felt like family," the actor's green T-mark is visible on the floor, where Eleanor was just standing. (Visible on fullscreen DVD.) (00:01:45)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Doc Brown loses his footing on the clock tower as it begins to toll, in the next shot, when he swings about towards the clock the thin black stunt cable attached to his waist, that leads around the neck of the statue, is visible. Do not confuse it with the thick silver electric cable Doc is holding. (01:35:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Biff and his goon friends are in Biff's car, as they chase Marty on his borrowed 'skateboard', the car's rearview mirror repeatedly disappears and reappears, and the side mirror changes from round to square repeatedly. (01:06:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Marty chases after Biff on the borrowed 'skateboard', Marty is wearing a dark grey belt and a red/blue print shirt under his red/beige jacket. However, when Marty is hanging on to the front of Biff's car as they turn a corner (and in another shot), Marty (stunt double) is wearing a light brown belt and solid tan shirt. (01:07:00)

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Continuity mistake: After Marty borrows the improvised skateboard from the boy, in the first close-up of his feet his tied looped laces are extremely short, but when he climbs over Biff's moving car and then lands on the skateboard, the length of his tied looped laces is significantly longer. It shortens again thereafter. (01:06:05)

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Continuity mistake: When Biff's car slams into the manure truck, in the first shot the side of the truck is adjacent to the car's back passenger door, but in the next overhead shot the side of the truck is adjacent to the front windshield. (01:07:20)

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