Continuity mistake: When the doctor brings the soup to Cheryl Cunningham, who is being held prisoner in the box, (before he unlocks it) in the shot from inside the box there is a spoon handle sticking out of the bowl, but next close-up the spoon is gone. (01:02:50)
Super Grover
20th Jan 2009
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
20th Jan 2009
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Continuity mistake: In the car, as Mulder hands Agent Bannan's badge to Father Joe, its photo is to the left with the clasp, but as Father Joe takes it from Mulder in the close-up the photo and clasp are on the right (before he turns it). (00:20:45)
20th Jan 2009
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Sculley stands at the doorway telling Mulder that the FBI wants his help, the top book beside her has its spine facing her, but in the close-up when she says, "Someone's come forward," the book faces the opposite way. (00:08:10)
20th Jan 2009
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Mulder tacks up the Princeton ESP article, in the first shot it blocks most of the large letter 'o' in the word 'to', but next shot the tacked up article is only beside that letter 'o'. (00:08:05)
20th Jan 2009
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Continuity mistake: When the FBI are searching the office, Dacyshyn walks out, sees Mulder, drops the donor bag and runs with Mulder and Agent Whitney in pursuit. The donor bag is rear-facing when he drops it, but in the close-up it's front-facing to show the words "human organ for transplant", and its straps positions also change between all shots. (01:07:00)
19th Jan 2009
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Mulder stops cutting out the newspaper article, he grabs the paper with his right hand and turns toward Scully, but next shot it's in his left hand and the paper with its partially cut headline differs as well. (01:35:40)
19th Jan 2009
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Mulder cuts out the article about "Dr. Frankenstein", the cut is just above the article title, but when he tacks up the article it includes the heading of the 'Times Dispatch'. Then in its close-up the paper is cut just above the article title again and it continues to go back and forth in following shots. (01:37:20)
19th Jan 2009
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Dacyshyn drags Mulder by his legs and brings him to the shed, he goes past the tree stump with an axe embedded in it, but in the close-up of Mulder's torso there is some debris on the tree stump and the axe has disappeared, then the axe reappears still embedded in the wood. (01:31:10)
19th Jan 2009
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Continuity mistake: As Mulder's car hits Dacyshyn's truck, the front left side of the car and its headlight sustain significant damage, but when the truck's snow plow pushes the car all that damage is gone and the headlight is fixed. (01:18:45)
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