Big Fish

Continuity mistake: When the Korean soldiers do their kung-fu bit they end in a pose shoulder-to-shoulder, but the next shot shows them at least a foot or two apart. (01:10:55)

Nick N.

Continuity mistake: At the dinner table when Edward says "Don't know if you are aware of this Josephine.", there is a yellow bowl right in front of him. The bowl keeps changing position during the shots. (00:40:05)

Mortug

Continuity mistake: When Edward meets Karl after leaving Specter he walks out of the forest to the road on leaves. Even the shot looking down from Karl's point of view shows leaves all the way to the road. When the camera cuts to show down the road as they walk, only grass can be seen from the road to the edge of the screen. (00:40:50)

Joel Gordon

Continuity mistake: When Will and Edward are outside the boat, we can see the distance between them change from the wide shot to the close-up of them. (00:04:05)

Mortug

Continuity mistake: As Edward leaves Specter you can see the whole street is bright. When it cuts to a front shot of Edward walking, you can see shadows from buildings suddenly appear on the street. (00:37:50)

Mortug

Continuity mistake: When eating the meal the first time Edward is in Specter, the mayor has some stains on his shirt by his tie. Later in the meal the stains have disappeared. (00:32:10)

Joel Gordon

Continuity mistake: Around the table when Norther says "At night when the wind goes through the trees, you could swear there was a symphony playing just for you." Edward has a fork in his hand. At first there is nothing on the fork, but when young Jenny takes off with his shoes suddenly some pie has appeared on the fork. (00:31:35)

Mortug

Continuity mistake: As the Ringmaster is preparing to sign his contract with Karl, the Mr. Soggybottom next to him shifts his hand from the top of the contract to the bottom and back. (00:51:40)

Phoenix

Continuity mistake: After the poet grabs his poem back from Edward he has the book folded in half and starts to sit down. When it shows a close-up of him sitting the book isn't folded in half. (00:34:30)

Joel Gordon

Continuity mistake: When Will brings the canned drink to his father, the cushion at the foot of the bed keeps changing back and forth from smooth to wrinkled.

Continuity mistake: When Josephine turns off the radio in Edward's room there is a jar on the night table. First the handle is pointing towards the wall. In the following shots the handle points out. (00:41:00)

Mortug

Continuity mistake: When Edward Bloom goes into the tent with the Korean officers, he pulls the string on the lamp closest to the tent door, and it turns off the lights in the tent. When he turns the light back on, the power string is now on the lamp in the middle of the tent. (01:11:05)

Continuity mistake: When Edward is having his speech and says "To catch an uncatchable woman is to offer her a wedding ring." he is holding a glass. When Sandra approaches him, at first we see from behind Edward that he is holding his glass down. When it cuts to them about to hug, he has his glass by her shoulders and when it cuts again the glass is by her waist. (00:03:50)

Mortug

Continuity mistake: When playing football, Edward vaults over the guy stepping on his back. In the far off shot looking at the pile there is someone in front of the guy he vaults off of. When it does a close up of him there's no one in front of him so he ends up eating grass. (00:20:25)

Joel Gordon

Continuity mistake: When the nude lady jumps into the lake we can see Edward's hand reach out at the bottom of the screen. When it cuts both his hands are under water. (00:34:00)

Mortug

Continuity mistake: When Edward is walking through the forest and the trees grab him the key he is wearing falls off his neck, but in the next couple shots you can still see it hanging on his neck.

Nick N.

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Senior Ed Bloom: I've been nothin' but myself since the day I was born, and if you can't see that it's your failin', not mine.

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Trivia: If you look at the line with all the shoes on it, third from the left is a pair of ruby slippers.

rabid anarchist

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Question: The end credits say that BLUE'S CLUES and DORA THE EXPLORER are referenced and the "References" in the movie's IMDb page say that Edward was watching them on TV, but when did he? I don't see clips of either show.

Cody Fairless-Lee

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