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Audio/visual unsynchronised (1) |
Character error (1) |
Continuity (11) |
Crew or equipment visible (4) |
Errors in geography (1) |
Factual errors (5) |
Miscellaneous (1) |
Revealing mistakes (6)
Audio/visual unsynchronised
When the driving instructor tells Stephanie to "extend your middle finger" he mouths an expletive instead. More than likely the original audio was voiced over so the movie could keep its PG-13 rating.
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Character error
When Ed looks at the picture in the hospital, he says "I LUV YOU, out of Caracas. A Panamanian ship.." Caracas is in Venezuela, not Panama. Also, when the picture is shown to the audience, there is no indication of the ship's registry (no visible flag, crest, or wording). Ed would have no way of knowing that the ship was from Caracas.
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Continuity
In the video/theatrical release, in the final battle with Vincent Ludwig, Frank Drebin's chest protector has deflated without reason. (note: the network television broadcast adds a scene in which Ludwig shoots the chest protector, causing it to deflate.)
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Frank's hair changes appearance while in the car outside Ludwig's apartment.
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In the airport, we see a DC-10 (in United Airlines colors) landing, but when Drebin is deplaning, he's getting off a Lockheed L-1011 (in TWA colors).
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In a close-up of Dr. Alfred, the rear window of the Taurus can be seen smashed before Frank shoots it.
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The sky is perfectly clear as Frank watches Ludwig fall from the stadium into the street. But seconds later, when Frank is talking to Jane, the weather is very foggy.
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When Jane sucks Frank's finger, her hand jumps on and off of his between shots.
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When Frank Drebin is umpiring the baseball game, there's a scene where an Angels player hits a grand slam and four players score in the same inning. But when they show the scoreboard a moment later, the Angels are shown to never have had any inning in which they scored more than 2 runs.
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During the baseball scrum, Seattle #41 in gray swings a chair at LA #5 (Beverly), just as the chair hits him, the camera cuts to a tighter angle showing the chair breaking apart across #50's (Lombardo's) back.
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Frank tackles Reggie, sparking the bench-clearing brawl. Reggie drops the gun but crawls out of the pile with the gun back in his hand.
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In the opening scene, just as the Ayatollah starts speaking Frank Drebin (in disguise) is standing side by side with the Ayatollah's chair. Immediately following the next edit he is suddenly standing facing the chair.
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In the hospital scenes Nordberg has a cast on his right arm and his left arm is fine. In the final scene at the stadium Nordberg's right arm is fine and his left arm is in a cast.
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Crew or equipment visible
In the opening sequence, as the "car roof" and siren enters the house, the camera's shadow is visible.
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Crew reflected in the side of the Taurus as it tries to stop before hitting the petrol tanker.
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In the hospital, when Drebin climbs over Nordberg to go after Dr. Alfred, a microphone wire is visible coming from under O.J. Simpson's hospital gown.
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When the queen throws out the first pitch in the ball game, the wire the ball is traveling along is faintly visible.
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Errors in geography
The opening panoramic shot of the city labeled as "Beirut" is actually Cairo, Egypt, as seen from the Citadel of Saladdin.
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Factual errors
The British National Anthem is played as HM the Queen is entering the baseball stadium, but the Queen keeps walking. In reality, she always stands still (and to attention) when the anthem is played.
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Ludwig mentions that the fish in his tank are 'Japanese Fighting Fish'. They are actually Lionfish. There are no actual 'Japanese Fighting Fish'. Siamese Fighting Fish, or bettas, are much smaller and cost much less than Ludwig says.
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When Frank steals the unconscious umpire's wardrobe. He wears white underwear, but it should be black in case the umpire splits his pants during a game.
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When Drebin is singing the national anthem, the American flag behind him is in the wrong position. The Union Jack is to the flag's right. US Flag protocol mandates that no flag should be on the American Flag's right (the viewer's left) when flown at the same height.
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When the Queen enters the reception at the hotel, the Mayor introduces her as "Her Royal Highness..." but the proper form of address for the Queen is "Her Majesty..."
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Miscellaneous
When Frank hits the trash cans in front of the police station, the airbags deploy and the second "airbag" pushes the gear selector up, causing the car to roll down the hill. In a car with an automatic transmission, the selector must be moved down to take the car out of 'park'.
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Revealing mistakes
When Drebin is riding in the back seat of the "driver's ed" car, the gear shift stays in the same position even while the car is reversing.
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When Jane removes her dress in Frank's house, she is supposedly nude, but her bra is visible in a shot from the front.
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In the opening credits as the police car enters into the house, just off to the right you can see the shadow of the camera car rig on the wall.
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In the very last scene when Nordberg is rolling down the stadium stairs, a white mist is seen coming from his wheelchair as he shoots up in the air, suggesting a burst of compressed air on a dummy.
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At the end of the movie, when Drebin slaps Nordberg on the back, sending him down the stairs, the wheelchair that Nordberg is in starts to roll before Drebin slaps him.
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One of the players thrown out of the pile during the players scrum is obviously a dummy.
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