[GermanBusiness]

Who's got more cool Hollywood mistakes along these lines? Let's leave out the cigarettes burning at different rates and switching hands, and suitcases in the right hand and a split second later in the left hand.

[r9etb]

John Wayne as Ghengis Khan.

Oh, wait ... really stupid, but not a "mistake."

[scott7278]

In real life, Marian was killed with her servants after Wallace visited her and then escaped when the building was surrounded on 3 sides.

Man, she was good.

[grobdriver]

Or Dirty Harry shots from the back where he doesn't wear the shoulder harness correctly - and someone apparently corrects him because in the next scene the straps are correctly worn?

[chae]

I think it was on ebaums world, there was a picture of Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean and there is a little niks tag visible on his bandana. Also, there is a scene in Troy, above Brad Pitt's shoulder, high in the sky, you can see an airplane.

[Fintan]

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Mr. Barbra Streisand.

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[Blzbba]

Not to put a damper on this thread, but a definitive list of movie mistakes can be found here

[lilylangtree]

On "Stargate Atlantis", one of the doctors sports a Canadian flag on his shoulder while the rest of the cast show American flags. Maybe because the production company is Canadian.

[GSWarrior]

You know it's a bad movie when African tribesmen have vaccination marks.

[lafroste]

When the alien ship attacking Los Angeles in Independence Day finally ceased firing, the protective plates that had to be opened before firing the weapon were already closed.

[Andyman]

In North by Northwest there is a scene in which a shooting takes place in the cafeteria at Mt. Rushmore. The shooter pulls his gun, a little boy (who has his back to the shooter) puts his hands to his ears, then the gun goes off. It is something of a wide shot, so may be a little difficult to find.

[Reagan Man]

Go to IMDb.com. It lists just about every movie, film, documentary and cartoon made in the last century plus. Almost every movie page listed has a place for "goofs" and "trivia". Its a great source of information on everything to do with movies. Take note: a lot of the personal opinions offered on the IMDb.com website are liberal in tone. Ignore them and stick with the data stream.

[The_Victor]

In the movie "Patton"...Patton says "I read your book!" after he beats Rommel in command of a tank battle. But Rommel had never written a book on armor battles, only on infantry tactics. In the reflection of his binoculars (which say "Made in Japan") you see the film crew. The tanks before him are all 1950s models.

The funny part about that is they are M-48 "Patton" tanks.

[NRA1995]

1)"Ben-Hur": Messala has bladed wheels on his chariot, which he uses to chew up the wheel spokes on one of the other chariots. In the close-up, the wheel breaks off and falls to the ground, in the very next scene the chariot flips over and both wheels are intact. In another scene, when Messala's chariot wrecks due to its wheel being torn off, his chariot goes airborne with both wheels intact. Then, as it lands on its left side with the wheel hub skidding in the sand, they used the sound effect of a car skidding on pavement.

2)"The Godfather": As Michael Corleone arrives by taxi at the Sands Hotel in Vegas (supposed to be about 1952), two of the filming crew are seen coming out of the hotel wearing 70's permed hair!

[NCC-1701]

This isn't whorellywierd but in the original American release of Godzilla, the Big Guy picks up a rail car in his mouth. The shot from inside the car shows dust falling from the ceiling. The Japanese must not have taken much pride in their railway cars.

Another one I like is Apollo 13. During the launch, there are multiple views of the first stage engines. What I'd like to know is, what's keeping the Saturn V launch vehicle from falling through the opening of the pad. The real pads had mounts that looked like inverted 30-60 triangles and those four mounts took the entire load of the vehicle.

[martin_fierro]

It'd be easier to name that which was not mistaken about this venture.

[Muleteam1]

I have no specific mistakes but ever notice that in modern movies set in the 1950s or 1960s, the only cars on the streets are the classics that are very collectible, e.g., convertibles and 2-door hardtops. Having lived during this period, I happen to know that most people had frumpy old 4-door sedans.

Muleteam1

[HeadOn]

My favorite: In one of the street scenes in "Gone With the Wind", you can see a light bulb in one of the gas street lamps in the foreground...

[chae]

This isn't movie mistake, but it is a famous piece of soap opera legend. Back in the early seventies (I think), on the soap opera All My Children, the oldest son of the characters Jack and Ruth Martin went upstairs to his room to wax his skis and was never seen again.

[WeddingPlanner]

My two that I always look for, since TNT is good at running movies over and over and over ad nauseum, is: (1) in Commando, the little yellow sports car keeps crashing into the side of the other car it's chasing and has it's whole side battered in - some of the time. When Arnie lifts it up to drive off in it, the side is smooth as a baby's bottom; and in (2) the Bruce Willis film (can't remember name right at the moment) where he's supposed to be in Washington DC and the telphone booth says Pacific Bell on it.

[HitmanLV]

At the end of 'The Professional,' Natalie Portman takes the Roosevelt Island tram to Wildwood, NJ. I still haven't figured that one out.