Continuity mistake: When they dig up the chest and Will arrives, there are long shadows. Yet, when Jack, Will and Norrington duel, they have very short shadows directly beneath them. The large chest's shadow changes as well. (01:40:20)
Super Grover
24th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
24th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Tia Dalma holds the tray with two candles and a mug (the others were given out), as she asks if they would be willing to do anything, the position of the mug changes between shots.
24th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Norrington walks into Beckett's office, things on his desk change position between shots. (02:11:00)
24th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Continuity mistake: Aboard the Pearl, when Elizabeth reaches for the gun at the top of the stairs, her hand is clean as Jack appears. As she hugs Jack's leg, her hand/fingernails are black and filthy. (02:04:10)
24th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: On the island, when Jack says, "Yes, it does. You're sitting on it," the compass lid faces away from Elizabeth, but in the next shot as Jack shoos her away, the compass faces her; and the rope changes position too. (01:39:30)
24th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Continuity mistake: During the dice game aboard the Flying Dutchman, when Will challenges Davy Jones, the cloth with the key drawing is folded and positioned differently between shots. (01:21:00)
24th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Continuity mistake: The actual position of the burning word "Tortuga" differs between the first shot as it begins to burn on deck and from the close-up of the flames. (01:04:15)
24th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Jack finds the silver spice can inside the hut, the word "paprika" is written in clean white lettering. But once he's outside, confronted by the cannibals, the word is suddenly covered in reddish powder - before he spices himself up. (00:33:50)
24th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: After Beckett tells Will to get the compass, in the next shot of Jack aboard the Pearl, as he plots the map, things on the table - such as the compass, change position between shots. (00:12:05)
20th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Trivia: The face on the small music box lid is visible when Will steals the key from Davy Jones. At Tia Dalma's, when Jack steals the ring, it lies beside a necklace whose pendant is identical to the face on Davy Jones's music box.
19th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Norrington runs with the chest, he falls and his sword ends up beside shell-head when he also falls. After the quick shot of his headless body running with the chest, in the next close-up the sword is farther away from shell-head, just before his crab-like legs appear. (01:54:40)
19th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Visible crew/equipment: While Norrington and Will begin their duel, Jack walks away and promptly falls into the open grave. In the shot of Jack from within the grave, the imprint of a modern, flat bottom trainer/sneaker sole can be seen on the dirt wall (yes, wall) to Jack's left. It is not the imprint of a shoe of the time period. (01:48:00)
19th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: After Tia Dalma hands Jack the jar of dirt, the jar is positioned differently within Jack's grasp between shots - note the lid. (00:53:30)
19th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: When the cannibal women place the necklace of many fingers and toes around Jack's neck, the digits of multi-skin color and size are tied and hang in a specific way. When Jack seasons himself with paprika, the digits are different. (00:32:05)
19th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Continuity mistake: When Cutler Beckett enters his office and places the lantern on the desk, the handle is down. However, when Elizabeth walks out of the shadows, the lantern's handle is upright, then down again in a later shot. (00:27:30)
19th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Continuity mistake: When Cutler Beckett shows Will the Letter of Marque, the seal beside King George's signature is seen. Later, while Elizabeth points the gun at Beckett, he places his own seal below, and the shape of King George's seal is entirely different now. (00:11:20)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Continuity mistake: When Elizabeth sits on deck and points out the burning word Tortuga, the wound lines beside her change position between the shot facing her and the next shot, behind her. (01:04:30)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Elizabeth sits in the rain, holding her bouquet of wedding flowers, many long hair strands hang down her forehead. However, when she runs to Will there are far less loose strands of hair, and the hair pulled back is neater. (00:01:25)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Continuity mistake: The cloth with the key drawing changes greatly throughout the film. This includes the actual drawing itself, the tears on the cloth, shape of the cloth, etc. (00:08:05 - 00:43:50)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Continuity mistake: When Governor Swann and Will go to see Elizabeth where she is imprisoned, Will and Elizabeth hold hands through the square bars of the cell. Their hands are actually in different openings depending on the shot. (00:18:55)
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