Saturday, April 5, 2008

Jumper

Continuity: During the scene at the airport, while waiting for his girlfriend, notice that the jumper's grey t-shirt has three small holes on the upper chest. During the next scene, when he's arrived at his girlfriend's apartment, the three small holes on his t-shirt have gone.

  • Errors in geography: David's home is in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but in two scenes, his father is watching NY1, a New York City local TV station.

  • Factual errors: When David is perched atop Big Ben in London, the clock behind him clearly states it is half past 8, however the chimes are the same as if it were to the hour, rather than half past the hour.

  • Continuity: Despite the relatively short period of time covered by the main part of the film, during various establishing shots of Manhattan, the Empire State Building is seen to be lit for two different holidays, Independence Day and Christmas.


  • Crew or equipment visible: When they are in Rome, there is a wide, high-angle establishing shot of the Coliseum. On the street by the Coliseum, we can clearly see a film crew, dolly tracks and a camera.

  • Continuity: When David rents a room in the apartment, the room he enters first is room 256. However, a scene later when the manager goes to knock on his door and complain about the noise, the room number is 205.

  • Continuity: When Griffin crash lands the jeep in the war zone scene, there is a man clearly seen sat next to him. However, when Griffin climbs out the jeep the seat in which the man sat is empty.

  • Factual errors: The Mercedes convertible Griffin steals from the showroom has its steering wheel on the left. In countries with left-hand traffic (Japan, UK, etc), such as the one where the scene takes place as apparent from the driving scenes, cars have their steering wheels on the right side for obvious reasons; it would be very unusual to have a non-standard car in a show-room.

  • Continuity: When David goes surfing he picks out a gray surfboard with blue edges. When another surfer says there are waves in Fiji, he jumps there and we can clearly see the board is Yellow. He then has lunch on top of the Sphinx in Egypt and the surfboard is once again gray and blue.

  • Factual errors: The "London" taxi shows a number on the wing. London taxis do not have any numbers on the exterior of the taxi, only on a plate at the back of the taxi.

  • Continuity: SPOILER: When David brings the bus with him on his jump to roll over Roland, you can clearly see people on the bus, but when the bus begins to roll the people are missing, including the driver.

  • Crew or equipment visible: SPOILER: Reflected in car window when Davey and Millie step out of the cab in Rome.

  • Continuity: SPOILER: When David breaks through the ice his backpack is suddenly gone.

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