Easter egg: From the Special Features menu, highlight the word FEATURES and then press LEFT. One of the markers in the picture to the left will turn blue. Press ENTER to see video of an avalanche that occurred during filming.
Jeff Swanson
14th Jul 2007
Insomnia (2002)
13th Jul 2007
In America (2002)
Continuity mistake: When Mateo is chasing the girls around the apartment while wearing the mask, Christy is holding the camcorder and taping him. When the girls run in front of their mother, suddenly Christy no longer has the camcorder. But in the next shot, she has it and is taping again. (00:50:40)
11th Jul 2007
I Am Sam (2001)
Trivia: Dakota Fanning's younger sister Elle makes her film debut, portraying Lucy at age 2. Incidentally, both Dakota and Elle go by their middle names; Dakota's full name is Hannah Dakota Fanning while Elle is Mary Elle Fanning.
18th Jun 2007
The Wonder Years (1988)
Continuity mistake: The items on Chuck's lunch tray - particularly the milk carton - keep moving around between shots as he's speaking to the pretty girl.
18th Jun 2007
The Wonder Years (1988)
Factual error: The gym at the "1972" championship game has a 3-point arc. High schools didn't implement a 3 point line until 1987.
30th Apr 2007
Family Affair (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: Oliver (a dog) jumps up on Uncle Bill's bed and starts barking at him. The real reason the dog is barking: in the shots of Oliver, the shadow of a towel or some sort of toy can be seen being waved around in order to agitate the animal. It even briefly pops into the shot a couple of times. (00:10:45)
27th Apr 2007
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Trivia: Susan Olson, who played Cindy, loved the TV show 'Family Affair' and begged her mother to give her a 'Buffy' hairdo. The producers loved her hair that way and so for several seasons, she wore it that way (and grew to hate it).
24th Apr 2007
Family Affair (1966)
Other mistake: Jane Webb is listed in the closing credits as "Store Lady". She actually played the "Story Lady". (00:25:00)
11th Mar 2007
Tootsie (1982)
Trivia: "Tootsie" was Dustin Hoffman's childhood nickname; it was he who suggested that as the movie's title.
1st Mar 2007
St. Elsewhere (1982)
Continuity mistake: When the man and his wife are checking out, we see the printer spitting out his bill which reads $1665.90 - yet when the man reads the amount, he says it's $1380.90. Director Mark Tinker comments on the discrepancy in the commentary.
24th Jan 2007
Adventures of Superman (1952)
Revealing mistake: When the robot releases the balloon with the bomb attached, the wires used to pull the balloon up are visible as the balloon rises through the skylight.
14th Jan 2007
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Trivia: In the opening credits of the black-and-white episodes, the US flag at the marina is at half-mast because the opening was filmed shortly after the Kennedy assassination.
6th Jan 2007
Drake and Josh (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Megan is passing out the pop quizzes, she reaches back with her right hand to hand them to the kid seated behind her. But in the next shot, showing the kid she is handing them to, her left hand is holding the quizzes. (00:13:10)
7th Dec 2006
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
Visible crew/equipment: As Ward and June are discussing the pigeons, the camera moves in for a close-up - and its shadow becomes visible on the left sleeve of June's dress. (00:11:40)
25th Nov 2006
Home Alone (1990)
Trivia: There is a scene where Kevin is walking past a driveway just as Harry and Marv are driving down it, and they stop just in time to avoid hitting him. This was achieved by having Macaulay Culkin walk backwards, as the van was driven in reverse away from him; the film was then shown backwards. It's hard to tell - but if you look at the smoke from the exhaust, it's drifting toward the van rather than away from it. (00:42:15)
21st Nov 2006
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
Trivia: Abigail Breslin, who plays Trish the elf girl, is the younger sister of Spencer Breslin, who plays Curtis.
2nd Nov 2006
Christine (1983)
Trivia: When Arnie and Leigh discover that the car has been trashed at Darnell's Garage and Arnie suddenly turns on Leigh, yelling at her and shoving her backwards, note the look of shock on her face - it's real. Keith Gordon (Arnie) explains on the DVD that in rehearsing the scene, he purposely didn't react as violently, so when the scene was shot, his behavior change actually shocked Alexandra Paul (Leigh). (00:57:20)
2nd Nov 2006
Christine (1983)
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where the wrecked Christine rebuilds itself for the first time, and the camera moves in on Keith Gordon, the shadow of part of the camera becomes visible along the right side of his face just as he says "Okay. Show me." (01:00:30)
2nd Jul 2006
Full House (1987)
Trivia: Prior to filming this episode, Jodie Sweetin broke her arm. There wasn't enough time to re-write the script to explain her injury so for this episode she was dressed in an oversized long-sleeved shirt to hide her cast. It wasn't until the following episode that her cast was revealed and the injury explained.
8th Jun 2006
Scrubs (2001)
Continuity mistake: When Elliot goes to the bus depot to stop Shawn from leaving, she jumps out of the car leaving the car door open. When she's on the phone with Shawn, the car is behind her and the car door is closed. As the bus pulls away, the car door is open again. (00:19:30 - 00:20:25)
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