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Dudley Moore in Arthur (1981)

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Arthur

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Continuity

The length of Arthur's hair changes back and forth throughout the final scenes.
The position of Arthur's top hat changes in the bathtub scene after Hobson places it on the edge.
When Hobson is in the hospital, a two-tiered cart is rolled up the hall of the hospital. The only things on the bottom is a glass container of orange juice and a glass. When the cart enters Hobson's hospital room, a carafe of coffee has joined the orange juice and glass.
At the engagement party, Linda leans over the gentleman's shoulder to get her cigarette lit. Seconds later, while stepping back to observe the party, she asks the same gentleman to light the same cigarette.
During the proposal scene, the ring is sitting in its box on the table, then it suddenly appears in Arthur's hand without him taking it out of the box.

Incorrectly regarded as goofs

Linda steals the tie from Bergdorf-Goodman's by itself, yet when Arthur helps her into the Rolls-Royce, he hands her a box that contains the tie; she still has the box with her when Bitterman helps her out of the car. When Arthur and Hobson walk up to Linda during her confrontation with the security guard, Hobson is carrying a bag with a large box in it. That's the box Linda was given. Since it contains the tie she stole, presumably the tie was put in that box off-camera.
When Bitterman drops Linda off at her apartment complex, she looks out the back window of the car and asks that he wait until her neighbor is there before he opens the car door for her. When Linda does get out of the car, the woman is approaching the car from the front, not from the back. However, Linda was looking in all directions for any neighbor who might be approaching.

Revealing mistakes

At the wedding scene, all the expensive cars have license plates beginning with "Z". At that time in New York, only rented cars had license plates beginning with Z. It is clear that these cars were rented for the scene and are not actually owned by the churchgoers.
(at around 51 mins) Arthur is at Perry's door, while looking for Linda. Perry's wife opens the door and mouths some of Arthur's dialogue. She mouths the lines beginning with, "Very sorry to disturb you, Madam..." The last line she mouths is, "I hope this is the wrong house, no offense."

Audio/visual unsynchronised

During Arthur's engagement party, a live band is playing. At one point, a hi-hat is clearly heard while the drummer plays cymbals.

Character error

At the end of the shoplifting scene with Linda, Arthur, Hobson and the Bergdorf-Goodman security guard, as the crowd breaks up, a passerby inexplicably looks directly into the camera, smiles and gives the "okay" sign.
In Bergdoff's, after ordering two dozen green sweaters, Arthur tells Hobson he doesn't wear sweaters. However in the next scene, in the flower shop, he is wearing a purple sweater.

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