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When Irving first researches Hughes for the Hoax, he picks up a "NEWSWEEK" to read. Bearing the title "The Secret World of Howard Hughes." It is dated 1971. However, the edition he is actually reading is the April 19, 1976 issue. This 1976 issue was printed after his death, it even included a sketch of Hughs during the last few years of his life.

As your following the brief opening sequence set in 1971, the film flashes back to the scene that occured (according to the superimosed title) "Four Years Earlier" -Truman Capote's famous black and white ball. Now in reality that party was held in 1966 which is five years earlier.

Leopold follows Stuart back from 1876 to the present day. The next day Leopold wakes up at Stuarts apartment and is all confused and upset. Leopold yells at Stuart saying that Stuart could be Jack the Ripper for all he knows. Now Jack the Ripper didn't start comitting all of his murders till 1888. Leopold is from 1876. How does he know about Jack the Ripper, which is 12 years into his future?

When Scarecrow and Dorothy comes across Tinman. He tells them to oil his mouth then arms. Tinman then begins to sing his song "If I only had a Heart" when he is singing that he falls back and ends up sitting down. How is this possible his knees nveer got oiled? He was standing there all stiff. His knees only get oiled when he is in the middle of singing the song walking over to the yellow brick road. He points to his knees telling them to oil his knees.

When Dorothy, Scarecrow and Tinman meet and begin talking to Lion his shirt changes. The stuffing switches sides on his chest. His right side to his left side.

Where did Leopold get the money to pay for the flowers, violin player and the food? Stuart is in the hospital and Leopold comes from 1876. Leopold doesn't have the character to take money from Stuart if he found some sitting around the apartment somewhere.

When the munchkins start coming out to meet Dorothy they show one munchkin come out of a manhole on the yellow brick road. Later when Dorothy starts skipping and singing on the yellow brick road that manhole is missing.

When Dorothy and the Wizard are in the balloon getting ready to take off you see Toto jump out. Dorothy jumps out running after him. As she is doing this the Wizard starts taking off in the balloon and the Tinman is shown unwinding and letting the rope go. Showing him unwind the rope on camera was a mistake.

When Dorothy meets Scarecrow her pigtails are short (just a few inches below her shoulders) then her hair length changes and it's much longer down to the middle of her chest. It goes back and forth from long to short in this whole scene.

After Kate changes into her new blouse, she goes to the hospital to see Stuart. When she is there talking to him the collar of her blouse is inside her jacket, then it folded out and then it's in her jacket again.

On the DVD they have the theater trailer show the seen of the guy getting dragged by the bull. When they show that seen in the theater trailer Mik punches the guy after the bull had stoped. But in the movie Mik never punches the guy. Mik is only sitting down on the ground laughing looking at the bull passing by and that guy tied up getting dragged by the bull.

At the very end of the song "The Phantom of the Opear" Christine's hair changes location. All of her hair is in back of her shoulders. Now when the Phantom sings his last two lines it changes location. When he sings "Sing My Angel" she has some hair in front of her left shoulder. Then when the Phantom sings his last line "Sing for Me" you see a far shot of them and her hair is in back of her left shoulder. The next shot of her after the Phantom gets off the boat and begins to sing "Music of the Night" her hair is in front of her left shoulder again. It then remains there for the rest of the song. They have so many seens in this movie with her hair changing location and the style.

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The Phantoms mask on the movie website is on the wrong side of his face they have it on the leftside of his face. Their website is "phantomthemovie.com" You see it on the main page of their website and on the wallpaper if you download it to your computer. The same photo on the DVD and Soundtrack has it on the right side of the face which is the correct location.

On the DVD it shows the theater trail seen of when Danny and Sandy are at the beach. It shows a quick seen of Danny standing and walking on the top of the cliff at the beach. Then in the movie when they show the beach seen at the very begining of the movie he is never shown on the cliff. They are only walking and running around on the beach. It is shown toward the end of the theater trailer in the small shot of the car.

When Kate brings another letter to the Lake House with the dog she puts the letter in and walks off to the car. The dog then begins to bark standing at the mail box. She continues to stand at the car calling the dog. Calling the dog Chuck saying "Chucky- Chuck come on, come on girl... Chuck." Then walks over to read a new letter and writes a new one. Ten minutes later on in the movie she explains in the letter that the dog is skinny, has sad eyes, sleeps like a person and that she calls him "Jack." She also explains the dog is 6 years old in his time and 8 years old in her time. Why does she call him Chuck? Only in that one seen, but writes to Alex saying that she calls him JACK and she calls him Jack in the rest of the movie.

When Dorothy and Scarecrow come across Tin man he has his axe in his hand. He then begins to sing his song "If I only had a Heart." While he walks out to the yellow brick road singing and dancing you'll see that he, Dorothy and Scarecrow are not holding the axe. Dorothy is only holding her basket and his oil can. Then it goes to the scene of when the Witch appears and he doesn't have it during that whole scene of their discussion with her. After that the three of them walk off singing "We're off to see the Wizard." You do not see him holding it then either. It just suddenly appears as they are walking into the forest and they begin to sing "Lions and Tigers and Bears."