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Silverado (1985) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: During the showdown in Silverado, Emmett is shot in his right leg, in a spot visible from most angles. After racing the horse to another end of town, and killing him, there is a shot of Emmett on the horse where you can see almost his entire right leg, and no bullet hole is visible, either in his leg or pants.
  
  
• Continuity: The gallows in Turley, when on fire; in the latter scene the flames are a lot less intense than the previous scene, and there is less damage to the gallows in the latter scene.
  
  
• Continuity: Paden's horse changes as they ride away from Turley with the posse in pursuit. At first it has a white star on its forehead, but later it has a white stripe the length of its nose.
  
  

• Continuity: During the final showdown we see shadows from the buildings on the left, but in the next shot there are no shadows at all.
  
  
• Continuity: When Jake exits the saloon and shoots two bad guys simultaneously, the pistol in his right hand is clearly pointed at the ground.
  
  
• Continuity: Jake's paint horse changes throughout the movie. There are at least three paints that he uses. When the little boy is rescued by Jake and Emmett, the horse's rump coloring changes from the time the little boy looks down to Jake and when he jumps from the roof top to land on the horse.
  
  
• Continuity: In the final conflict scene when Jake is riding bareback on his Pinto into town to confront his nemesis, his reins are tied in a knot. When he arrives at the hitching post in town, however, the reins are draped loosely over the Pinto's back.
  
  
• Factual errors: The Henry rifle used by Mal is neither an original nor an accurate reproduction. There is a loading gate on the right side of his. Henry Rifles had a tubular magazine loaded from the muzzle end by pushing a detent, twisting the last inch or so of the barrel to the side, then dropping cartridges in one at a time, "business end" up.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: After saving the wagon trains money from the gang in the canyon, Emmet, Paden and Mal are sitting on horseback talking as the wagon train moves from right to left behind them. One wagon can be seen with the wagon tongue clearly broken and being dragged behind the lead team. The only way the team is attached to the wagon is by the reins in the drivers hands.
  
  
• Miscellaneous: If Jake and Emmitt have the last name of Hollis, why do his sister, brother-in-law, and little Augie also use the last name of Hollis?
  
  
• Miscellaneous: The story takes place in the winter, and in the mountains (snow on the ground) so why are the women wearing sleeveless tops?
  
  
• Continuity: There are numerous errors where snow is visible and snow is not visible.
  
  
• Continuity: In most scenes, the breath of the actors and the horses is not seen even though it is supposed to be in the winter.
  
  

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