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0:03
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Visual |
In an early scene in what is now Arches National Park, Balanced Rock is seen - but the smaller balanced rock ("The Chip off the Old Block") that stood beside it until 1975 is gone. |
wallywood |
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0:06
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Visual |
The initial scenes of the movie are shot in Arches National Park (which is, as is stated, in Utah), and the troop dismounts at Double Arch. Indy takes the Cross of Coronado from a cave near that arch. However, there is no train line for miles in any direction. |
wallywood |
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0:08
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Continuity |
When young Indy is on the crate with the rhino in it, the background changes in each shot. Once there are trees behind and a split of a second later there are rocks, once there's a cliff and once a plain, and it all changes in splits of seconds as they change shots. |
wallywood |
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0:08
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Visual |
River Phoenix first finds the whip in the car with the lion. He uses the whip, hits himself in the chin and is
bleeding, the camera flashes to the lion, and when it flashes back, he is bleeding down the other side of his chin. |
wallywood |
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0:08
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Continuity |
When Indy takes the whip in his left hand. In the next shot after seeing the lion you can see the whip is in Indy's right hand just before he hits the lion and makes his chin bleed. |
wallywood |
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0:08
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Continuity |
Young Indy is lying on top of the rhino's carriage with a man above him. The rhino sticks its horn through the ceiling, which you can see close-up, but it disappears in the long-shots. |
wallywood |
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0:09
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Continuity |
when he is fighting aboard the Coronado ship, he is punched in the face and bleeding on one side. The camera then changes views, and the next time it shows him, he is bleeding out the other side of his mouth. |
wallywood |
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0:10
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Continuity |
River Phoenix, who plays young Indy, is advised by the fedora-topped henchman at the end of the chase, the cut he received while using the bullwhip in a previous scene changes angles. |
wallywood |
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0:22
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Continuity |
When Indy takes the mail out of his pocket in the beginning of the film, he keeps the "Grail Diary" in his hand, but puts the letters down twice. Once before he opens the package and once after with the wrapper. |
wallywood |
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0:22
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Fact |
Indy goes through his father's mail, revealing a stamp which wouldn't have been issued at that time. |
wallywood |
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0:25
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Continuity |
When Indiana is showing Marcus the Grail Diary in his fathers home, he closes the book 4 times in a row without opening it - first 3 times inside the room, and then once on exit. |
wallywood |
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0:27
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Plot |
Elsa (an archaeologist) explains that those catacombs were for the Christians to escape prosecution in the 4 Century. Leaving aside the obvious difficulties of building catacombs in a city which is A LAKE, nobody was prosecuted for being a Christian then (at that time, in fact, it was the official religion of Rome) and anyway Venice was not founded until several centuries later (previously it was an empty swamp). Moreover, the sepulchre they find is obviously medieval (that is, even several centuries older than that) and the inscription on it is done in "romantic" XIX Century gothic style. |
wallywood |
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0:28
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Visual |
When Indy has just climbed the stairs in the library and is leaning over the rail to look at the X below, directly behind him is a flat book case prop. |
wallywood |
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0:28
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Continuity |
When Indiana discovers the X on the floor of the library he says "x marks the spot." The X is surrounded by a border. When he starts to break the floor inside the border, the X is nowhere to be found. |
wallywood |
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0:30
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Continuity |
In the catacombs underneath the library, when he find the "X" on the wall, he is shown ramming the wall twice to break through. The first time he rams it, however, the wall looks as if he had already had a few goes already. |
wallywood |
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0:30
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Fact |
When Indy is breaking through the wall in the catacombs, and he uses his shoulder as a battering ram. You can see his head actually bounce off a piece of the rock real hard as he is going through the wall. |
wallywood |
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0:30
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Continuity |
The flower on Elsa's blouse changes size when she is inside the catacombs. |
wallywood |
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0:32
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Continuity |
After swimming under petrol in the catacombs, Jones surfaces completely dry, except his wet hair, which makes wet spots on his clothes. |
wallywood |
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0:32
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Fact |
Indy and Elsa are waist deep in petroleum. Indy has a torch, and if you look carefully, you will see burning pieces of the torch fall and hit the petroleum. |
wallywood |
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0:34
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Fact |
When they go under the coffin you see the flame of the torch in the background. How could the flame go under the petroleum without burning it? |
wallywood |
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0:34
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Plot |
When Indy and Elsa are in the tunnel under the library, why would the keepers of the grave (that they have guarded their whole lives) burn it down when they could just go down the tunnel and shoot them? In a narrow space like that it would be virtually impossible to miss. |
wallywood |
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0:35
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Continuity |
When coming up out of the manhole from the catacombs, both Indy and Dr. Schneider are remarkably dry for two people who had both just been under water. |
wallywood |
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0:35
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Plot |
The holy grail protectors ignigte the pertroleum when Indy and Schnider are on the other side of the tunnel. When Indy and Schnider secretly come out of the manhole, the protectors run out of the library and chase after the duo. How did they know Indy and Schnider excaped when they were out of sight and on the other side of the tunnel? |
movie addict |
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0:35
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Visual |
For a split second, when the villain jumps from the dock to Indy and Elsa's boat, it's clear he slid off the other side into the water. |
wallywood |
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0:37
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Continuity |
In the boat chase sequence, the film is flipped horizontally to preserve the continuity of the boat's motion. This causes a reversed image of the boat and its interior (Indy, Elsa and the steering wheel swap sides). |
wallywood |
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0:38
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Visual |
In Venice as Indy's boat is being dragged into the big ship's screw the wooden hull breaks away proving its empty. |
wallywood |
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0:38
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Continuity |
When Indy and Kasim are fighting on the speedboat while it is being chopped up by the propeller of a ship, the windscreen on the boat is upright, and just as Indy says to Kasim " why are you trying to kill us?" the windscreen is
lying flat. |
wallywood |
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0:38
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Continuity |
Indy & the protector of the Grail are in the boat about to be destroyed by the rotors, there are panels on the top of the boat that pop up and are destroyed when the boat is moving backwards into the rotors. In the next shot, they are intact, then in the next shot, they are destroyed again. |
wallywood |
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0:38
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Continuity |
When Indy and the Protector of the Grail are fighting in the boat that is about to be chewed up by the giant propeller, when the angle changes to the top point of view, you can see the rope pulling the front of the boat around to position the rear for destruction. |
wallywood |
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0:38
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Fact |
The boat chase in Venice. Just after Indy says "don't go between them" a jet stream is visible above the two boats. Not very likely in 1938. |
wallywood |
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0:38
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Continuity |
Dr Schneider rescues Indy and Kasim from the boat that is chopped up by the propeller of a ship, she driving the speedboat with the steering wheel on the right-hand side. Seconds later as she drives the speedboat away, the steering wheel is on the left-hand side. When the speedboat slows down to allow Kasim to alight at the jetty, Indy is at the wheel which is now back on the right-hand side. |
wallywood |
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0:38
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Continuity |
The Protector reveals who he is to Indy, watch his chest, Indy asks "Who are you?" he is looking down at his chest (looking at the tattoo), and when we cut to Kasm you can tell he is holding his shirt open showing Indy the tatoo, then when we cut to Indy and back to Kasm, his shirt is closed and he then opens it to show Indy the tattoo. |
wallywood |
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0:38
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Visual |
After the Venice boat chase scene, in the shot which takes place on the boat while it is being chopped up by the propeller, look at the top of the boat and you can see camera lights reflecting in the boat. |
wallywood |
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0:40
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Continuity |
While Indy and Marcus are in the apartment in Venice, after Marcus says, "He knew everything, except the name of the city", he slams the diary shut. Then it's shown open, and he closes it a second time. When Indy takes it, it's once again open. |
wallywood |
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0:40
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Plot |
When Indy and Elsa are back at the hotel after the boat ancident, Elsa's room is wrecked. How did Indy not know she wrecked it herself or hear her wrecking it? He was only 2 doors down. He could hear the music playing in the bathroom but not her trashing her own room. He should have known she did it when she came out the bathroom surprised. |
wallywood |
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0:44
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Visual |
When Indy first enters the castle and speaks with the Nazi officer he is mouthing the Nazi's dialogue as the Nazi is speaking. |
wallywood |
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0:44
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Visual |
The butler in the castle says "...and if you are a Scottish lord, then I am Mickey Mouse," but his mouth movements indicate something completely different than the words "Mickey Mouse" (in fact he says "...then I am Jesse Owens" and the line was altered in post-production so that audiences who didn't know who Jesse Owens was would still get the joke). |
wallywood |
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0:55
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Miscellaneous |
In 1939, the truck that Marcus is kidnapped in displays the German Afrika Korps emblem, not introduced until 1940. |
wallywood |
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0:56
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Continuity |
When both Joneses are tied up, the lighter on the ground clearly flips over. |
wallywood |
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0:56
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Continuity |
When Indy is tied up to his dad and his dad drops a lighter, in one scene his cap is pointing to the left, then they turn to look back at Indy and his dad while his dad tries to explain that the rugs on fire, then they turn back to the lighter and it flipped over, and the cap is pointing to the right. |
wallywood |
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1:00
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Continuity |
When Indy and Elsa enter the castle where Jones Sr. is being held, it is pouring with rain, and continues to do so while they are inside. However, when they make their escape from the castle and are pursued by the motorcycle Nazis, the sky is clear, there is almost no water on the ground, and there is actually quite a bit of dust being thrown into the air by the motorcycles. |
wallywood |
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1:01
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Fact |
When Indy and his father are being chased by the German soldiers on motorbikes they can be easily identified as modern lightweight Japanese trailbikes, not the big heavy BMW's the German army used.
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wallywood |
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1:02
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Continuity |
When Indy and his father are being pursued by German soldiers on bikes, right after they break through the barrier, the barrier guard comes out of his post and waves the pursuing German soldiers to slow down in the background. In the next shot he's no longer there. |
wallywood |
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1:02
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Continuity |
When the last Nazi motorcycle pulls up next to Indy and Jones Sr., Indy has the remnant of the staff/lance in his left hand. But it is in his right hand as he throws it into the spokes of the other bike. |
wallywood |
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1:03
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Continuity |
There are quite a few mistakes during the motorcycle chase scene,as already wrote above the motorcycles are clearly small capacity modern trial bikes totally concealed with all sorts of panniers and junk.Also if someone pokes a broken flagpole through your spokes while your hoikin a massive wheelie you wont crash unless you actually drop the front wheel back onto the ground.The wheels are obiously made of modern alloy because of their shape complete with modern trial knobbly tyres.The fat kraut that was felled in the jousting style and the wheelie king were armed with MP40s which werent made until 1940 this was 1938,used presumably because they were semi usable while riding a motorcycle..however the recoil would chuck you off the bike while riding one handed if proper ammunition other than film blanks was used. |
atomtaylor |
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1:03
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Continuity |
In the motorcycle chase scene after the escape from Brunwald castle, Indy's hair is noticeably longer than it was in the castle scenes. It returns to the shorter length when they stop at the crossroads. |
wallywood |
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1:04
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Continuity |
When they escape the German castle by motorcycle, they stop at a crossroads. The first shot of the signpost here shows "Venedig" (German for Venice). A subsequent close-up of the sign shows the English version of the city name, "Venice". |
wallywood |
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1:07
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Fact |
When Indy meets Hitler. Hitler takes the book from Indiana's hand, gets a pencil and signs his autograph. The signature finally used in the Close Up was readable. The real Hitler signature was unreadable. They originally had a signature expert to do this, but they decided to change it so that the audience could read it. |
wallywood |
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1:07
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Plot |
when Indy is wearing the uniform of a German Artillery Officer. He is wearing the ribbon of the 1939 Iron Cross 2nd class in his buttonhole. As this is supposed to be in 1938. |
wallywood |
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1:07
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Miscellaneous |
When Adolf Hitler autographs Indiana's grail diary, he does so with his right hand; in reality, Hitler was left-handed. |
wallywood |
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1:07
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Miscellaneous |
When Indy is wearing the uniform of a German Artillery Officer, there is a ribbon of the 1939 Iron Cross 2nd class in his buttonhole, yet the movie is set in 1938. |
wallywood |
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1:08
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Fact |
Indy & his father get on a German airship in 1938, yet there were no commercial airship flights after the Hindenburg disaster of 1937. |
wallywood |
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1:08
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Plot |
In the airport lounge, two people are reading German newspapers dated 1918, twenty years before the film is set. |
wallywood |
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1:09
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Continuity |
The sky colour changes between the shots of Indy and his father in line to get on board the Zepplin and the scene just before. In one, it is cloudy, and in the other it is a clear blue. |
wallywood |
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1:09
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Visual |
Henry picks up a paper and starts to read it. Look closely and you can see that it's upside down. |
wallywood |
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1:10
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Plot |
How could the German citizens on the zeppelin have understood why Indy threw the SS colonel off the ship? Although he had been asking for tickets in German, Indy explained to everyone that the colonel had "no ticket" in English. |
wallywood |
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1:12
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Fact |
It's impossible to reach Greece in a zeppelin from Berlin in such a short time like it seems in the movie. |
wallywood |
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1:14
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Fact |
The biplane is armed with a rear machine gun. The only problem is that it is an aged German D-VII from World War I. These planes were no longer built after 1918, and all common military planes of 1938 were vastly superior to the old biplanes. Why would you try to protect an airship with a 20-year-old biplane? |
wallywood |
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1:14
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Visual |
German Fighters are in fact Pilatus P-2 (Swiss made aircraft built after World War II). Most probably when they shot the movie there were no Messerschmitt 109's in flying condition available. |
wallywood |
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1:14
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Visual |
Indy and his father don't lose their hats when they are in the plane after the Zeppelin. |
wallywood |
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1:14
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Continuity |
After they blow the tail on the plane, the plane is shown flying in the distance with its tail still intact. |
wallywood |
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1:14
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Fact |
Blasting holes through the rudder of a small plane will not disable it, especially when Jones Sr.'s body was enough to cause wind drag. Although level turning would be impossible, the plane could still maneuver with the wing ailerons, which are more critical to level flight if ever damaged. |
wallywood |
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1:17
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Visual |
On the beach, if you look at indy's father's glasses, you can make out the reflection of a camara |
movie addict |
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1:17
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Continuity |
When on the beach, it is possible to see the bullets in Indy's gun. When he opens it up, however, they are gone.
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wallywood |
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1:21
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Continuity |
When Indy and gang are racing the Nazis to the canyon of the Crescent Moon, Indy looks at the Nazi convoy with binoculars. Close-ups of Indy show the sun is clearly behind him, and the binoculars are in his shadow. But then a glare from the lens alerts the Nazis to their presence. |
wallywood |
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1:21
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Continuity |
When they are first looking over the cliff at the tank, Sean Connery's beard is quite full, and in a shot moments later, still looking off the cliff, it has been trimmed. |
wallywood |
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1:25
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Continuity |
When Indy takes four horses before battling with the tank, three are black and one is brown with black legs. Sallah is riding a chestnut. When they ride to the Grail Temple, there are two black horses and two chestnuts. |
wallywood |
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1:29
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Visual |
When the Nazi drives the tank off the cliff and the turret falls off, the top of the tank body has no opening into, as Sallah would put it, "the belly of that steel beast". Obviously, a very cheap prop model tank with a turret glued on top. |
wallywood |
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1:30
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Continuity |
Indy's face is almost black from dirt and grime in the scene where the tank's gun is grinding dirt onto him from the wall, yet after he climbs up from the side of the cliff to join the others his face is hardly dirty at all. |
wallywood |
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1:30
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Continuity |
When Indy rolls off of the side of a tank, and somehow gets a strap around one of the guns pointing out from the sides. The end of the barrel has already been blown open by the rock he shoved in earlier. |
wallywood |
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1:31
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Continuity |
When Indy elbows Marcus off of the tank, watch the centre of your screen. A few shots later, you can see Marcus between Indy and Connery. For about one second, it looks like Marcus is laying flat on his back and a second later, he raises his legs into the air. It just doesn't look right but is extremely hilarious to watch. |
wallywood |
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1:33
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Visual |
When the tank goes over the cliff, the turret detaches upon impact. But in a subsequent shot, the tank is shown rolling over with the turret still attached. |
wallywood |
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1:33
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Fact |
Watch the tank roll over the hill with the German officer holding onto the top. When the tank hits the ground the turret pops off. The German soldier (the prop dummy) maintains its grasp on the turret and is pulled off with it. The sheer force of the crash would have easily blown a human body off the tank. |
wallywood |
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1:33
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Continuity |
When the tank falls off the cliff, the turret falls off, but when they look back down shortly thereafter the turret is still intact. |
wallywood |
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1:33
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Continuity |
When Indy is fighting those evil Nazis on the tank, and it rolls off the cliff, you can clearly see that the top of it, the part with the long gun on it, breaks off the bottom of the tank. Then there is a shot of Indy's dad, and then back to the tank, which has been magically repaired to its original condition, minus a few things. |
wallywood |
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1:33
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Visual |
When the tank falls over the cliff and is rolling to a stop, you can see that it leaves a trail of paint behind it |
wallywood |
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1:41
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Fact |
When Indy is stepping on the letters at the end, trying to spell out God's name, he steps on J, incorrectly. When he falls through, however, he grabs onto another letter so as not to fall down. The letter he grabs onto and pulls himself up with is not in the word Iehovah. |
wallywood |
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1:41
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Fact |
It is true that Jehovah is Iehovah in Latin, so at the time the booby traps were placed, they would have spelled it with an I. The problem is that there's no such thing as a J in Latin, so they wouldn't have even known to put J there to trip people up, since it didn't even exist. |
wallywood |
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1:43
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Visual |
Toward the end, right before Indiana makes his 'leap of faith' across the huge drop, you can see one of the rock cliffs wobble. |
wallywood |
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1:45
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Fact |
The candles that adorn the wall in the Grail room do not appear to have a strong enough flame to put out the light they do that shines on the wall. In fact, it looks like there are electrical lamps just behind the candle. |
wallywood |
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1:45
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Plot |
How does the old knight know contemporary English after spending centuries in a cave? |
wallywood |
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1:47
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Visual |
When Donovan takes a drink from the false grail, he turns toward the camera and you can see a screw holding the base to the stem of the cup. |
wallywood |
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1:47
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Visual |
After Elsa gives Donavan the false Grail, he turns and you can see the reflection of the camera lens in the cup. |
wallywood |
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1:49
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Plot |
Surely Elza just drink from the cup while they are still in the room with the knight before Indy takes it to his father. |
wallywood |
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1:50
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Continuity |
After Indiana Jones gets the Holy Grail he puts the water on his dads wound and he empties all the water out of the cup. In the next shot you can see the cup is half full again. |
wallywood |
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1:52
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Continuity |
When Elsa takes the grail past the seal, she stumbles and tosses the grail forward. Then a crack in the earth appears directly beneath the grail, but in the next scene, when she dives for the grail and knocks it into the crack, it is sitting on solid ground next to the crack in the earth. |
wallywood |