A question about movie mistakes?

[diggleblop]

How many times have actors accidentally called their co-star by their real name in movies and it's gone unnoticed or unedited?

I ask because I could've sworn I heard Robin Williams call Bonnie Hunt "Bonnie" during one of the climactic moments in Jumanji, but it was barely audible.

[samclem]

The proper forum for questions about movies, tv, cooking, etc. is Cafe Society. Moved.

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[pkbites]

Don't know how often it happens that it's not caught.

IIRC the most famous one to slip through was Star Wars when Mark Hamill called Carrie Fisher Carrie instead of Leia. I believe this was corrected eventually, but some of the Carrie copies made it to theatres.

[David Simmons]

WAG. Whether or not such a mistake makes it to the final print probably depends upon the budget. In some of the old Republic or Monogram westerns it might possibly be ignored. And I think it's not that hard to fix the sound track to either smother it or replace it with something else.

[Kamino Neko]

Originally Posted by pkbites

IIRC the most famous one to slip through was Star Wars when Mark Hamill called Carrie Fisher Carrie instead of Leia.

Wasn't it Harrison Ford who did that?

(I can't find the goof, to confirm either way....I fail at nerd.)

[Red Barchetta]

Originally Posted by Tengu

Wasn't it Harrison Ford who did that?

(I can't find the goof, to confirm either way....I fail at nerd.)

Nope, it was Luke when getting out of his X-Wing after blowing up the Death Star.

[feppytweed]

In Charlie's Angels (the movie) during a fight scene with the thin man, Drew Barrymore's character calls, "Lucy", to Lucy Liu, even though Liu's character is named Alex.

[FilmGeek]

In The Doors, Meg Ryan calls Val Kilmer "Val" instead of Jim in a shower scene, iirc.

[panamajack]

There's a scene in Goonies where one of the kids uses the wrong name.

It's pointed out in the DVD commentary, which is at least as entertaining as the movie itself (all the kids and the director are there, though Sean Astin appears to walk out in the middle).

[Moirai]

In Suburbia, someone calls Mike B. "Flea" and he corrects them with "My name is Razzle!" which was his character's name. They left it in.

[bouv]

A lot of people think that in The Fifth Element, the priest calls Bruce Willis' character "Mr.Willis," and then Bruce corrects him by saying "Dallas," but in actuality, he says "Mr.Wallis," because he can't remember that Bruce's character's name is Corben Dallas.

[Little Nemo]

There were a series of books called Film Flubs that collected various onscreen errors. They included several cases where somebody used the wrong name.

[Sublight]

In War of the Roses, when Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito are having an argument, Michael calls DeVito's character (Gavin in the film) "Danny".

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

In one ep of "Land of the Giants," one of the cast refers to Fitz-Hugh (Kurt Kasznar) as "Kurt."

[Number]

Originally Posted by pkbites

IIRC the most famous one to slip through was Star Wars when Mark Hamill called Carrie Fisher Carrie instead of Leia. I believe this was corrected eventually, but some of the Carrie copies made it to theatres.

Did he really say it? I've seen references printed in film gaffe books but never heard the actual clip as it's supposed to have happened. Mark Hamill has denied it in interviews too.

IMDB says

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: It is frequently claimed that upon returning to the Rebel base after destroying the Death Star, Luke exclaims, "Carrie!" when he hears Leia (Carrie Fisher) call "Luke!" Sound designer Ben Burtt has confirmed that, after extensive listening, it appears to be "Hey" or "Yay"; 'Mark Hamill' reports that he said, "Hey! There she is!" but mumbled the last word. Yet, trained lip readers report only two syllables being spoken and they look like Carrie.

Which is hardly conclusive.

[GuanoLad]

For years, I agreed with the doubters about Luke accidentally saying "Carrie" in that scene - the audio's so drowned out by other noises you can't really hear him say much at all, so I figured he probably didn't say it.

Except when it came out on DVD in 5.1 Surround, where I definitely distinctly heard him say "Carrie".

I haven't listened for it since, so I wonder if I'd hear it if I play the DVD again. I may do that tomorrow to check.

[Wee Bairn]

In TV, Greg Brady supposedly calls Jan "Eve" one episode when they're playing on the trampoline.

[Otto]

In one of his nit-picker guides that nitpicker guide guy claims that Matt Frewer addresses Geordi LaForge (Levar Burton) as "Lev." Haven't seen the ep in a while so I can't confirm or deny.

[Labtrash]

Some character's wife called Tom Cruise by his given name in Days of Thunder.

[Mr. Moto]

Originally Posted by labtrash

Some character's wife called Tom Cruise by his given name in Days of Thunder.

Xenu?

[cher3]

Not a movie, but Tom Baker calls Elizabeth Sladen "Liz," rather than Sarah Jane in one episode of Doctor Who.

[sqweels]

In Easy Rider when they're introducing themselves to the girls at the brothel there's a dub, which I took to mean that one of them used the wrong name.

[Laughing Lagomorph]

There was one of these in the outtakes at the end of one of the Rush Hour movies. Chris Tucker calls Jackie Chan "Jackie".

[Governor Quinn]

Lip-readers have spotted a few silent films (The Cameraman, for instance) in which actors are calling each other by their real rather than character names.

[Cat Fight]

One of the Brady boys called Jan aka Eve Plumb 'Eve' in a Brady Bunch episode. I think they were on a trampoline.

[ivylass]

I could swear in Grumpier Old Men, Anne Margaret screams "Jack" at Jack Lemmon when Walter Matthau's dog chases her cat through their house, wrecking her art.

Jack's character's name is John in the movie.

[Cardinal]

Originally Posted by Governor Quinn

Lip-readers have spotted a few silent films (The Cameraman, for instance) in which actors are calling each other by their real rather than character names.

Wow, what a coinkidink. I just watched that movie, the version with the running commentary from the researchers (I bet you did too). They pointed out that although in some press or studio documents (I can't remember), Buster Keaton is listed as playing someone of a different name, by the time the movie came out, his character was named Buster. They speculated that the production people had noticed that it was easy to see that people in the movie (a silent with title cards) were calling him "Buster", so they just changed the name of the character.

This is also the only silent movie I can recall seeing with a verbal pun exchange, in title cards.

[Surbey]

Originally Posted by Cat Fight

One of the Brady boys called Jan aka Eve Plumb 'Eve' in a Brady Bunch episode. I think they were on a trampoline.

Yes, I believe you are correct



I can't believe I know that...

[Euryphaessa]

In The Shining, Jack Nicholson was repeatedly called "Jack" by various other characters.

[Moirai]

Originally Posted by Queen of Town

In The Shining, Jack Nicholson was repeatedly called "Jack" by various other characters.

Was this a whoosh? Because the character's name is Jack Torrance...

[Mahaloth]

Originally Posted by Queen of Town

In The Shining, Jack Nicholson was repeatedly called "Jack" by various other characters.

Yes, and on Who's the Boss?, everyone calls Tony Danza "Tony".

[Euryphaessa]

Originally Posted by EJsGirl

Was this a whoosh? Because the character's name is Jack Torrance...

Heh, guilty!

[Moirai]

Originally Posted by Queen of Town

Heh, guilty!

[Snickers]

I've listened to the scene in Star Wars extensively myself, and it distinctly sounds like "Hey!" to me. I don't really get "Carrie!" out of it as all. But there is a lot of background noise and it's hard to tell.

[Spoke]

Originally Posted by ivylass

I could swear in Grumpier Old Men, Anne Margaret screams "Jack" at Jack Lemmon when Walter Matthau's dog chases her cat through their house, wrecking her art.

Jack's character's name is John in the movie.

Isn't Jack a nickname for John? (E.g., Jack Kennedy.)