Continuity mistake: Desmond throws a bunch of papers tied up with a string at Gillis. Shot changes to him catching them and the bundle is totally different.
Sacha
5th May 2006
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
5th May 2006
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Continuity mistake: Gillis is lying on his bed with the script pages all over the bed. Look closely and you'll see that they're all copies of the same page.
4th May 2006
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Continuity mistake: Gillis steps out of the pool, dries himself and then Norma Desmond helps him dry again. When the shot changes, his face is totally wet again.
4th May 2006
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Continuity mistake: When Gillis enters Schwab's pharmacy, the wide shot for the exterior shows a man and a woman on the left of the entrance. In inside shots they are gone. When Gillis steps outside, the prior exterior shot is used and the man and woman appear again.
28th Apr 2006
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Continuity mistake: When Gillis is seen floating in the pool, a photographer on the left kneels down twice to take the picture: First in the wide shot, and a second later in the closer shot.
21st Mar 2006
A King in New York (1957)
Continuity mistake: When Chaplin is watching the TV that's in the bathroom, the wiper blade of the screen is in low position and not moving. A split second later, in the next shot, it's up and moving fast.
8th Mar 2006
A King in New York (1957)
Continuity mistake: In the cinema, Chaplin moves along the aisle and moves a girl aside. From a front view, watch her skirt and you'll see it's a different girl.
8th Mar 2006
A King in New York (1957)
Continuity mistake: During dinner with Kay, the hands of the woman next to Chaplin keep changing positions depending on the angle.
8th Mar 2006
A King in New York (1957)
Continuity mistake: The man being questioned by the court changes from facing straight to sideways from one shot to the other.
8th Mar 2006
A King in New York (1957)
Continuity mistake: When Chaplin is inside the elevator, the hose changes from being tied knee level to hip level, depending on the shot.
8th Mar 2006
A King in New York (1957)
Continuity mistake: At the start of film, outside the King's house, the number of people on the right, close to the blonde woman, changes between shots.
8th Mar 2006
A King in New York (1957)
Continuity mistake: In the school, the kid with the striped shirt takes the spoon to his mouth twice.
8th Mar 2006
A King in New York (1957)
Continuity mistake: While Chaplin is hearing the loud orchestra in the Club, the drummer behind is standing up, several inches behind the drums, banging them wildly. Half a second later, a close shot on Chaplin shows the drummer behind, sitting down close to the drum. Back to a wide shot and the drummer is up and wild again. He doesn't sit down and calm himself until several minutes later.
7th Mar 2006
Gaslight (1944)
Continuity mistake: Gregory crumples the letter where Sergio Bauer is mentioned, but when Paula finds it later on it is perfectly folded and the wrinkles are gone.
7th Mar 2006
Gaslight (1944)
Continuity mistake: When the maid is out on the street calling a cab, the policeman shows up. The distance between them changes from close to farther away, between shots.
28th Feb 2006
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the film, When Indy uses the whip to take the guides gun away, Satipo makes a weird face and starts to move away in amazement. The very next frame, in a wider shot, he is not finishing his movements, but on the contrary he is standing still, with a normal gesture, until a second later he starts to repeat the movement and looks from before.
25th Feb 2006
A King in New York (1957)
Continuity mistake: The letter slipped under the door changes from being close to the doorframe to being in the center of the door.
25th Feb 2006
A King in New York (1957)
Continuity mistake: The bottle of champagne that Chaplin's holding vanishes from his hand and magically appears in the bucket.
24th Feb 2006
A King in New York (1957)
Continuity mistake: First day in the hotel, the Ambassador sees Chaplin peeping. Chaplin's places both hands on his hips, a brusque cut follows and his right arm is up.
24th Feb 2006
A King in New York (1957)
Continuity mistake: When the lawyer calls a taxi, Chaplin's facing the right. In the next shot he is facing the left.
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