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GOOFS
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Continuity
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Position of medallion's chain when Marion pulls it out of
her blouse.
Scene: The Raven Bar
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Blood on the plane window suddenly disappears.
Scene: Airplane Fight
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After a German soldier shoots Indiana in the arm, another
punches him several times, Indy's blood appears and then disappears
from the German soldier's knuckles.
Scene: Truck Chase
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The sweat marks on Indy's back shrink and grow from shot
to shot.
Scene: Cairo - The Baskets
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After trapping Indy in the Well of Souls, Belloq's hat jumps
from his hand to the ground.
Scene: The Well of Souls
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Indiana
Jones is shot in the arm whilst taking over the truck that is
carrying the ark. In the next scene, however, before he gets
on the boat, Sallah grips Indiana firmly on the arm exactly
where he'd just been shot, but Indy doesn't appear to feel any
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The clasp on the Bible that Indy throws down on the table.
Scene: Ravenwood and the Ark
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Amount of hair in Marion's gag in the tent.
Scene: Indy finds Marion, she isn't dead
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Revealing Mistakes
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The staff is supposed to be 60 inches tall (6 kadams = 72
inches, minus 1 kadam). The pole that Indy inserts into the
hole in the map room towers over his head, indicating (incorrectly)
that Indy is less than five feet tall. The DVD edition disproves
any claim that he's standing on a lower step.
Scene: The Map Room
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The driver of Belloq's car winces before Belloq hits him.
Scene: The Truck Chase
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When Indy pushes a stone block out of a wall to escape from
the crypt, it bounces as it hits the ground. You can't see
it on the picture. You have to watch the movie for it.
Scene: Before the Airplane Fight
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The exploding truck has a pole launched out of the bottom
of it to make it flip over.
Scene: Cairo - The Baskets
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The plane that is circling on the ground is driven by a chain
around its wheels.
Scene: The Airplane Fight
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Trench dug under the truck that Indy slides under. Without
that there wouldn't be enough space between the truck and
the stuntman.
Scene: The Truck Chase
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the scene just after the Nazi truck explodes where Marion was
presumably killed, Indy is at a bar in Cairo. Just before he
is approached by the two Nazis look to the left of Indy, you
can see a guy in blue jeans, a white t-shirt smoking a cigarette.
Now, is it just me, or does he seem just a tad bit out of place?
You may need the Widescreen version of the film to view this
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Can you see the guy on the left? Who is he and where did
he come from? And why is he unconsious? Because Indiana hit
him. It is one of several deleted scence from Raiders of the
Lost Ark, but during that shot you can still see the poor
guy. For more deleted scence click here.
Scene: Out of the Well od Souls
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Crew or equipment visible
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Cobra's reflection in glass between it and Indy. Fixed on
DVD!!!
Scene: The Well of Souls
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Factual Errors
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The issue of Life magazine that we see Toht reading has the
front cover of the magazine's second issue (November 30, 1936),
showing a West Point cadet, but the back cover of the following
issue (December 7), advertising Stetson hats. The actual November
30 back cover advertised Lucky Strike cigarettes.
Scene: Flight to Nepal
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The snakes in the Well of the Souls come from all over the
world.
Scene: The Well of Souls
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Anachronisms
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Map showing the path of Indy's flight includes Thailand,
which was called Siam at the time.
Scene: Flight to Nepal
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When Indy flies from Asia to Cairo the map shows Iran, Iraq,
and Israel. These countries did not exist in 1936.
Scene: Flight to Cairo
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Set in 1936, the submachine guns used are German MP-38s (a.k.a.
"Schmissers"), not adopted by the German Army until 1938.
Scene: The submarine
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Plot Holes
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Egypt was British-controlled in 1936 and the Germans would
not have been able to mount a large military operation there
as shown.
Scene: The Digging
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs
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The Golden Gate Bridge was not opened until 1937, but the
main structure was finished in November 1936. Evidently the
movie takes place later in 1936 than that. This is confirmed
by the fact that in the same scene with the bridge, Toht is
reading Life magazine, whose first issue was dated November
23, 1936; see also above.
Scene: Flight to Nepal
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Indiana
seems to have clung to a submarine which was diving (we hear
the klaxon and the order "Dive! Dive!" in German)
for a trip of several hundred miles. However, it is possible
that the dive was only to periscope depth, and the sub may have
surfaced once offshore. Footage was actually shot, but cut before
release, showing Indy lashed to the periscope with his whip,
and he might similarly have hidden near the waterline during
surface running. |
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