Sacha

26th Oct 2020

Willow (1988)

Willow mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Madmartigan and Willow are about to crash against a rock and when they're speeding downhill, Mad's been replaced by an obvious stunt holding an ugly doll. (01:15:19)

Sacha

26th Oct 2020

Willow (1988)

Revealing mistake: Madmartigan is asked by a man if he wants "to breed" and he rejects him and turns around. Right then you'll notice that Elora's been replaced by an obvious doll. (00:48:03)

Sacha

The Towering Inferno mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Lorrie jumps out of the window, she is replaced by an obvious stuntman: Fireproof gloves appear on her hands, she is wearing a fireproof mask, and her hair is an obvious wig.

Sacha

26th Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Revealing mistake: When the earthquake starts there are several shots of churches shaking. None of the trees next to them are shaking, revealing the camera effect. (00:52:16)

Sacha

23rd Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Earthquake mistake picture

Revealing mistake: During the earthquake, when the window-shop bursts, the airbag that breaks the windows is very, very noticeable. (00:53:13)

Sacha

21st Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Revealing mistake: After Miles' track falls down, there's a shot of a wobbling black office building. It is a mere photograph being very obviously moved back and forth. (00:52:56)

Sacha

21st Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Revealing mistake: When Miles is doing his act, he is replaced by an obvious stunt with a different skin color and rounder face.

Sacha

17th Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Revealing mistake: When Corry's bridge wobbles, the trees and objects in the background don't, revealing that someone was shaking the bridge. (00:54:10)

Sacha

14th Oct 2020

Octopussy (1983)

Octopussy mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Bond throws the baddie on the bed of steel spikes, the spikes bend revealing they're made of rubber (despite a crunch and a yell of pain being heard).

Sacha

13th Oct 2020

Willow (1988)

Revealing mistake: Willow kills the walking cauldron (a stop-motion superimposed image) with a farmer's fork, but he's very obviously just mimicking and the fork is not pinching the cauldron at all.

Sacha

The Towering Inferno mistake picture

Revealing mistake: During the party, doors open and a burning man appears. He is wearing fireproof gloves, his face is covered in some dark mask and some sort of awful wig to hide all the safety procedures. He resembles a werewolf. (00:57:20)

Sacha

13th Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Earthquake mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When the group is trying to escape the office building, a woman in pink falls into the void. Watch when she falls and you'll notice that the stuntman's wig flies off (it's to the left of his head).

Sacha

13th Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Revealing mistake: When the parking lot collapses, there's a brick pillar that not only does it not break into pieces, but it bounces around, revealing it's a hollow light-weight prop. (01:38:26)

Sacha

13th Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Earthquake mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When the parking lot building collapses, check the right side where the cars are. All along the ground level there's a rectangular strip where the film of the miniature building was pasted on top of the film with the real-sized parked cars. Note how all the debris falls behind that strip, it never falls on top of the cars, as if there was a weird black hole of some sort. (01:37:54)

Sacha

13th Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Earthquake mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When the California Seismological Institute collapses, the old boss is replaced by a much younger stunt. Also, his sleeves swap between rolled up or not and his tie disappears.

Sacha

11th Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Earthquake mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When the cattle truck falls out of the collapsing highway, none of the cows move a single inch nor fall off, revealing the real truck was replaced with a miniature prop set.

Sacha

9th Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Revealing mistake: When Stewart climbs up the rope to save Sam, in the wide angles he is replaced by an obvious stunt: younger and with different haircut.

Sacha

9th Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Earthquake mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When the car chase comes to an end, check the curb where the cars drive over: a small ramp has been placed to allow for the stunts.

Sacha

9th Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Earthquake mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Adams is inside the trench and dirt begins to pour, he is replaced by an obvious stuntman with a totally different hairstyle.

Sacha

9th Oct 2020

Earthquake (1974)

Revealing mistake: During the car chase (an obvious rear projection), Lew keeps turning the steering wheel around despite the car driving straight. (00:09:39)

Sacha

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