Continuity mistake: Ms Froy's writing on the window has changed position when Iris spots it later.
rabid anarchist
21st Dec 2004
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
20th Dec 2004
Duck Soup (1933)
Continuity mistake: Harpo squirts the lemonade seller with lemonade, but seconds later his shirt is completely dry.
15th May 2004
Ghostbusters (1984)
Continuity mistake: In the first scene the librarian is pushing a cart of books. In one shot both her hands are gripping the back but in the next shot her left hand is holding the top shelf. (00:00:50)
19th Apr 2004
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Starsky and Hutch first visit Reese the drink that Hutch is given changes from being in his hands to being on the table next to him several times. (00:20:40)
24th Mar 2004
Life is Beautiful (1997)
Continuity mistake: When Giosue comes out of his hiding place at the end he opens the door only wide enough to slide through. When he walks away the door is fully open.
24th Mar 2004
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Continuity mistake: After Sir Lancelot has gone on a rampage at the wedding party, the bride is first seen with a clean face. Then in the close-up she has loads of bright red Pythonesque blood coming from her mouth and running onto her chin. In the next shot, the blood has disappeared again.
22nd Mar 2004
Amelie (2001)
Continuity mistake: When Amélie goes into the grocer's apartment for the first time, there is a close-up shot of her unlocking the door. The sleeve you see in this shot is completely different from the shirt she's wearing when she steps inside.
18th Feb 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Two Dozen and One Greyhounds - S6-E20
Continuity mistake: There are twenty-six puppies eating from their bowls in the kitchen. As the title suggests, there's meant to be twenty-five.
17th Feb 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
The Great Louse Detective - S14-E6
Continuity mistake: Frank Grimes' gravestone appears to look different from "Homer's Enemy" and "Alone Again, Natura Diddly."
17th Feb 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
The Great Louse Detective - S14-E6
Continuity mistake: When we see the picture collage of Moe with the pickle jar the bottom picture is of them in front of the pyramids. When it pans around the pictures though, it turns into a picture of them on the beach.
17th Feb 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
The Great Louse Detective - S14-E6
Continuity mistake: When Bob pins Bart onto the wall in the final scene, his pajama top is stretched up so you can see his stomach. It then zooms in slightly when he looks at his watch and his stomach is covered.
4th Feb 2004
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Continuity mistake: Throughout the flight with the seagulls attached to the peach stem, the length of the peach stem gets shorter and then longer and then shorter again.
5th Jan 2004
Shrek (2001)
Continuity mistake: The sun sets in different directions with respect to the same view of Lord Farquaad's castle.
5th Jan 2004
Shrek (2001)
Continuity mistake: On the bridge over the lava, when Donkey steps on one of the boards, it breaks down the middle into two pieces. But when we see it falling, it's the entire board as if it had come off without breaking. (00:36:30)
5th Jan 2004
Shrek (2001)
Continuity mistake: When Shrek backs into the two barrels at the tournament, they both have taps on them. He then bashes one of these off with the beer mug. But when Donkey rolls the other barrel the tap has vanished on that one as well. (00:24:00)
5th Jan 2004
Peter Pan (1953)
Continuity mistake: When the lost boys are going into their hiding place, Hangman's Tree, the trapdoor is opened by one of them pulling on a noose. However, when Hook and his minions show up later, the noose has vanished.
1st Jan 2004
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Fat Bastard explodes through Austin Powers' bedroom door, you can see where his right arm was meant to break through, but didn't. The piece of the door is shown still intact for a moment or two, but with the outline of his arm surrounding it. It disappears in the very next shot of the door only a second later.
13th Sep 2003
Billy Elliot (2000)
Continuity mistake: When Jackie is inside the bus leading to the mine, an egg hits his window, but when the bus is viewed from outside, the window is clean.
13th Sep 2003
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Continuity mistake: In Florida, Josephine and Daphne are assigned to room 413, but from then on their room number switches back and forth between 413 and 415.
13th Sep 2003
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Continuity mistake: At night, on the train, Sugar gets the curtains stuck between the ladder and the side of the berth. In the next shot she opens the curtains while standing on the ladder and without moving it. (00:36:05)
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