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Oops! Movie Mistakes That Made The Cut Paperback – April 1, 2002

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Almost every film, even the classics, contains blunders and gaffes -- and this compendium of thousands of amusing mistakes will turn every reader into an informed goof sleuth and provide hours of entertainment. Each entry lists title, credits, plot, bloopers, nonbloopers (mistakenly reported errors), questions (oddities), and fun facts. Bloopers range from the hilariously obvious to the picayune; each described and keyed to the timer on a video player for easy locating. Here's a sample:
-- From Casablanca (1942): An indignant Lazlo (Paul Henreid) asks the band to play "La Marsellaise" and the music erupts from the trumpets before they actually reach the players' mouths. (01:12)
-- From Pretty Woman (1990): Vivian (Julia Roberts) is having breakfast; she grabs a croissant and nibbles it. A few shots later, she holds a pancake. (00:30)
-- From Titanic (1997): As Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) goes to the rich folks' dinner, a waiter opens a beautiful door -- that reflects the image of a steadycam operator. (00:56)
-- From The Courage of Lassie (1946), with Elizabeth Taylor as Kathie Merrick. Just one problem -- in the movie, the dog is called Bill.
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    0806523190
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Publishing Corp.; 1st edition (April 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0806523190
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0806523194
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.65 x 8.25 inches
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Aislinge Kellogg
5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Reference
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2008
This is a fun and interesting reference for looking up the mistakes in movies - and the gods know that there are plenty of them! It is fun to see if the errors you caught are in there.
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Kathy
3.0 out of 5 stars A Little disappointing
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2021
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It has lots of facts but too uch huning for movies I am interested in.
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Joe Sherry
4.0 out of 5 stars find the mistakes in some of your favorite movies
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2004
Every movie has some sort of "mistake" that was made during the editing process or during the filming of the movie and it just happens to make it into the finished product. It could be as simple as a character taking off his glasses in two shots only seconds apart, or as strange as the odometer in "Back to the Future" giving different (and impossible) readings in various shots. This is a book that covers these little flubs in the filmmaking process.
The authors' intent is not to point these out to show how bad these movies are, but rather these are the movies the authors love and have seen time and time again and it is these little things that they enjoy catching in movies. This book is not an exhaustive list of every movie mistake in every movie ever made, but it does cover a large number of movies, from the Matrix to Terminator 2 to Titanic to an old Abbott and Costello movie. The mistakes are numbered and the time (to the minute, but not second) that the mistake occurs is noted. The authors note which mistakes are ones that with just a little bit of research could have been avoided and which ones just keep happening over and over again. The book disproves some alleged mistakes on films, and also makes suggestions on things that do not quite qualify as mistakes, but don't make sense in the context of the film.
There is a companion volume out: "Oops They did it Again! More Movie Mistakes that Made the Cut" which covers more movies than were included in this volume, but this was a good book to see what sort of mistakes were made in the making of some of your favorite movies. There may never been an all-inclusive book, but this one is a good start.
-Joe Sherry
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James Yanni
2.0 out of 5 stars Beyond trivial.
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2018
While there were a few amusing glitches mentioned in this book, most of the "errors" are of the "He grabbed the item with his right hand, but in the next shot, he's holding it in his left," variety. So he transferred it from one hand to the other between shots; so what? Probably three quarters of the entries listed are of this level of triviality. Only a few gems.
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CylonActual
1.0 out of 5 stars Ridiculous!
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2013
I read an excerpt of this book that I found via a google search about the movie "Independence Day", and according to the book...

"Missiles and engines on a plane are numbered 1, 2, 3, and so on, starting from the pilot's left. President Thomas says, "Eagle One. Fox three." and fires the first missile to his right (fox three). However, for the next try he says, "Eagle One. Fox three." Again?! Yet, he fires missile No. 2 (the first missile to his left. Later on, he goes, "Eagle One. Fox two!" but the missile that is shot is the farthest to the right-Fox four, that is."

which is total bullcrap. The number after the "Fox" call refers to the type of missile launched, such as radar guided, infrared guided, etc. I know they didn't have the search functions available today, but if they didn't bother to verify one claim, then it's likely there are many more things in this book that are fiction presented as fact.
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Anne McIntyre
5.0 out of 5 stars perfect for film fans
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2012
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this was bought for my daughter who loves the movies - and especially spotting the mistakes. Quite a few of the ones in the book were ones she already knew but there are plenty more that prompt the re-watching of films !
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