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1 Speed
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In the scene before they jump the gap, they played the film in fast forward to make the bus appear to be going faster. If you watch the police on the truck in the background, they are moving in fast forward as well.
2 The Shawshank Redemption
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When the warden comes into the cell the morning after the escape, the poster covering the hole is fastened down on all four corners - impossible to do after squeezing into that small hole. <em>[On the DVD commentary, the director confirms that this was a movie "cheat".]</em>
3 Pulp Fiction
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When they are giving Mia Wallace the adrenaline shot, they mark her chest with a red magic marker. When the shot has been given, the red mark has disappeared.
4 The Little Rascals
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At the beginning when Alfalfa is in the boat and the girl slicks his hair back, there is a shot where Alfalfa's hair is already up. When she kisses him, his hair pops up again.
5 Stargate
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Throughout the movie, in the shots of the guys on the alien planet, the white reflector screens and film crew's reflections are visible in their sunglasses.
6 When a Man Loves a Woman
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In the opening scene when Andy Garcia is talking to Meg Ryan in the bar, the level of the beer in Meg's glass on the bar changes depending on the camera angle.
7 The Santa Clause
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After giving Scott his business card, Neal puts his wallet in his pocket twice.
8 The Chase
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In the movie Christie Swanson drives a BMW 3 series coupe. In the scene where they were making love the car suddenly changes to a four door model then back to a two door.
9 Richie Rich
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In the scene where Macaulay Caulkin has all his friend over and they are riding the rollercoaster there is a section of it missing.
10 True Lies
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During the hotel scene where Arnold is on the horse chasing the bad guy on the motorcycle, keep your eye on the carpet. As the bike clears a path through the lobby, you can see tyre marks all over the carpet where this shot has been practised many times.
11 The Madness of King George
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In the opening shot of the film, a big oak door opens - carved in it is the date 1862 - 42 years after George III died.
12 The Swan Princess
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When the evil king's female assistant is "turned into" Odette, and Prince Derek is dancing with her near the end, he puts the locket on her. The chain goes around her hair, and in the next shot, it's under her hair. They were dancing the whole time, so how could she or Derek have pulled her hair out of the chain?
13 With Honors
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In one scene of the movie, after Brendan Fraser and Joe Pesci have been sitting on the bridge, Fraser's cast is on one leg. Two seconds later, the cast has switched legs.
14 A Low Down Dirty Shame
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When Angela and Shame are in a car chase from the bad dudes, Shame turns the jeep around 180 degrees and then drives over the bad guys' car. While the jeep is driving off the bad guys' car, you can clearly see the jeep driving off some kind of ramp set behind the car. You can just see them driving down it.
15 Swimming with Sharks
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When Guy and Dawn are in his apartment and Guy is called into the office, he puts his jacket on. His collar goes from being turned up in the back to folded down from shot to shot.
16 City Slickers 2
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When Mitch is in the caves he falls into a mining car, while he is riding, a car falls off, and then in a later scene the second car is back.
17 Dellamorte Dellamore
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When Francesco and 'she' are in the cemetery together and the little blue flame-beings gather around to watch them, you can see the wires they're suspended on several times. This is most apparent when Francesco sees the first one (moments before seeing 'she' at the fountain) and also just before they are all frightened away.
18 Ed Wood
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When Ed is filming Bela Lugosi's last footage in front of his house, he is standing on the sidewalk, facing the house. From the camera's point of view there is a concrete walk leading to the porch, yet when there's a cut to the house's view, the walk is gone. It's just grass.
19 Natural Born Killers
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At the beginning of the wedding day scene when Mallory is throwing the red doll off the bridge, her nails are long and manicured, but later in the same scene you can see that they are bitten down to the quick.
20 Only You
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In the sequence in which Marisa Tomei and Bonnie Hunt are getting ready to meet Damon Bradley, Marisa is sitting in front of the mirror fixing her makeup, then Bonnie looks in the mirror and is putting on her right earring, then in the next shot, she is grabbing the earring from the bureau and putting it on again in the right ear.
21 Wyatt Earp
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When Wyatt (Kevin Costner) becomes the sheriff/deputy/policeman of Wichita, Kansas, you can plainly see mountains in the background - there aren't any around there.
22 Immortal Beloved
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What on earth is the conductor at the premiere of the 9th doing with a baton? This was not used until around 1849, and the premiere of the 9th is in 1824.
23 Bad Girls
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At the end the nasty man is out of bullets so the Bad girl throws him a bullet from her rifle. He puts the bullet in but fails to revolve the cylinder so of course he loses as you would have to thumb-cock and pull the trigger 3-4 times to get to the live ammo. Dumb, dead desperado.

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