Pride & Prejudice

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Pride & Prejudice Goofs/Mistakes

Movie Goof (continuity error): Towards the end of the movie, when Lizzie wakes up to walk outside, her hair is on the outside of her jacket. Once she starts to talk to Mr. Darcy, her hair is tucked into her jacket.
Movie Goof (continuity error): During the second dance that Jane is dancing in, Mr. Darcy changes his position near the fireplace many times between shots.
Movie Goof (incorrectly regarded as a mistake): While sitting in the woods "quite close to" Mr Darcy's house with her Aunt and Uncle, Lizzie is wearing a dark brown dress with a lighter colored coat. But when they go to see the house, Lizzie's dress has changed to a cream striped dress with the same coat as before. In the book the party of 3 decide to visit Pemberley the following day. In this film the changing of the dress and the fact that they clearly arrive at Pemberly in the early morning are supposed to indicate albeit rather subtly that it is the following day without having written it into the script.
Movie Goof (continuity error): At the dinner in Lady Catherine's house, the second candle from the left on the candle holder is alternately crooked/straight during Elizabeth and Lady Catherine's conversation.
Movie Goof (crew or equipment visible): During the ballroom scene, when Lizzie and Charlotte bump into Mr Darcy and he asks Lizzie to dance with him, if you turn the volume up you can hear the crew members discussing the position of the boom in the background.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Mr. Darcy helps Lizzie into the carriage, the hand shot shows her in the process of sitting down, but the next cut shows her still standing.
Movie Goof (audio/visual unsynchronized): In the scene where Jane tells Elizabeth that Mr. Wickham has not come to the ball, Jane's lips keep moving after Elizabeth says "He must be here," though Jane says nothing.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): In 1797 the military parade are waving the Union Jack with the cross of St Patrick on it. This was introduced in 1801 as Ireland was brought into the union.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): Lizzie is clearly wearing Wellington boots in many scenes.
Movie Goof (revealing mistake): In the scene where Elizabeth examines the bust of Mr. Darcy, the camera pans around the back of the bust and dried dollops of plaster can be clearly seen on the backside of the shoulders and the column. The bust is supposed to be carved marble, and would not have the plaster dollops.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Mr Darcy confesses his love for Elizabeth, both characters' fringes change position throughout the confrontation.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): Around the Bennett's home are several Wellingtonias - Sequoia which were not introduced into Britain before the 1850's.
Movie Goof (continuity error): In the Netherfield Hall ballroom scene, Mary is seen behind Mr. Collins when Mr. Collins loudly introduces himself to Mr. Darcy; she is then immediately heard playing the piano in the next room. The scene of Catherine & Lizzie observing and commenting on the manners of Mr. Collins is simultaneous with the Collins/Darcy scene therefore it is impossible for Mary to be also heard singing at this time from another room into which Lizzie then walks. The director's comments about a montage of the events that occur at the ball, cannot rule this out as a goof.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): 1797-vintage pianos sounding like 2005-vintage pianos.
Movie Goof (continuity error): In the scene where Lady Catherine shows up at the Bennett house, at first only Jane and Elizabeth are visible to Mr. Bennett's right (our left), with the remainder of the family to Mr. Bennett's left (our right). After Lady Catherine states that she must speak to Elizabeth alone, Mary appears to Mr. Bennett's left (our right), holding a dog.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): On the green outside the Collin's Rectory is a cenotaph of a type which did not come into use until the 20th Century.
Movie Goof (continuity error): At the beginning of the film, the Sun is on one side of the house, Lizzie walks from the rear to towards the front of the house, the camera enters a doorway to show Mary playing inside Longbourn, the Sun is low in the sky from the other side of the house. The scene has been filmed as a continuous shot but it is impossible for the Sun to have moved. In the commentary the director explains that the scene was cut as Lizzie passes behind some laundry - not "to indicate a passing of time" - but because he wanted to use the Sun from both sides of the house. He hoped the audience would "not notice the two Suns". It is a goof but it was intentionally done to make filming easier.
Movie Goof (continuity error): Early in the film Darcy assists Elizabeth into the carriage with this right hand. Afterwards the camera zooms onto this hand to show the effect that this 'first touch' has upon him. In a much later part of the film when Darcy wants to touch her again, but cannot, the camera zooms on this hand again. This time, however, it is his left hand.
Movie Goof (audio/visual unsynchronized): When Mrs. Bennet's sister comes, delivering Jane from London, Kitty comes into the room crying. When Mrs. Bennet's sister says, "They probably can't afford it," her mouth is still moving after the line has ended.
Movie Goof (revealing mistake): During the first scene of the movie in the house when Mary is seen playing the piano, she is not actually touching the keys.