The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

◄ The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Anachronisms

Telephone pole visible on the left side of the screen when the argument over the burial takes place.
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As the British are leaving Fort William Henry, two buses are visible in the background as the British General rides by.
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When the British leave the Fort, a propane gas bottle, a plastic box and bucket made of stainless steel can be seen as the soldiers go down the ramp.
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When Hawkeye is hunting at the beginning of the movie, there is a chain link fence in the background.
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The flare launched from Fort William Henry, during the bombardment scene was equipped with a parachute to provide longer use. This type of flare was not invented until shortly before the First World War.
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The bars of the cell in Fort William Henry, in which Hawkeye was detained, were deformed reinforcing rod (rebar). Reinforcing rod was not used in construction until at least 1848, but deformed rod requires specialized rolling machinery which did not exist at that time.
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Audio/visual unsynchronised

When Major Heyward's company enters the forest for the first time, the drum tempo does not match the marching of the soldiers.
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Duncan can be heard translating one of the lines from French before it is spoken.
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When Cora, Alice and Duncan have been taken prisoner by Magua and his men, the branch that Cora "breaks" is broken before she falls into it.
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Continuity

Hawkeye shoots a Huron who drops his gun. The gun falls off of a rock and then in the next shot reappears on the rock for Hawkeye to grab as he runs by.
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During the messenger runner sequence, the sky above Hawkeye and the others changes between shots, showing different cloud patterns and periods of twilight.
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When Cora is in the bedroom with Alice, her hair in braid over her right shoulder, in the next, it is over her left shoulder.
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During the scene at Fort William Henry where the colonials are arguing with General Munro about releasing them to go back to their farms, Cora is shown standing in a doorway. In the first scene where she is first shown, the doorway is over her left shoulder. In the subsequent scene, the doorway is over her right shoulder and she ultimately exits through this doorway.
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When the party going to Fort William Henry is attacked, Alice's hair is pinned up in a complex pattern. However, a few minutes later her hair is completely down and there is no evidence that it was ever done up at all.
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As they are climbing rocks along the river, Uncas looks back at Alice. His earring has changed sides. (The shot was flopped)
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Maj. Duncan delivers a dispatch to Gen. Web. After he reads it, Gen. Web puts it completely rolled up and straight ahead in front of him. Subsequently it appears placed crosswise and a little open.
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As the British Army is retreating from Fort William-Henry, Magua ambushes the British. At one point in the battle, Major Duncan Heyward is commanding a small group of British soldiers. Most of them get killed, and he begins to run away. The bayonet on his rifle disappears soon after he shoots one of the Indians.
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Crew or equipment visible

Diver visible at the bottom of the waterfall.
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After Fort William Henry has surrendered, the assistant director is visible at the bottom of the screen, wearing a blue baseball cap and waving a megaphone.
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If you look very carefully during the opening, just as the elk emerges from the trees, you can see a man wearing a red hat, moving right next to the elk.
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When the troops are leaving the fort there are two big red and white buses as well as a blue and white umbrella on the beach.
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During the opening hunt sequence, right after the kill a crew member is seen to the right of the screen, first poking his head up above bushes next to a tree then ducking back down.
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Factual errors

The French are seen lighting the bomb fuses in their mortars and then firing the mortars, when by the Seven Years' War it was discovered that the flash was sufficient to ignite the fuse on a bomb (and indeed safer).
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Hawkeye first sees the bombardment of the fort on the far side of an island. There is no island in Lake George anywhere near the fort.
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Revealing mistakes

Gray rock-textured canvas, presumably covering modern trail signs or graffiti, is clearly visible in final scenes. Hawkeye bumps a canvas while running through underpass, and a larger portion is visible as he returns to embrace Cora after Magua's death.
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When Chingachgook hits Magua's arm with the war club, the club bends, showing that it was actually rubber.
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Just after they send their canoes down the waterfall and right before going into the cave, the water on the left edge of the waterfall vanishes and reappears as it is falling. Patches of the water appear to have been digitally cut out.
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