Goofs for
Hamlet (1996) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: Gertrude and Claudius are standing in different positions depending on the shot.
  
  
• Anachronisms: There is an electric cord visible coming out the back of a lamp on a table near the window during Hamlet's long soliloquy in his chamber.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: Light stand visible in the mirror just before and during a soliloquy.
  
  

• Continuity: The number of bones thrown out of the grave by the gravedigger.
  
  
• Continuity: Spot of blood on Osric's lip when speaking to Hamlet.
  
  
• Continuity: Hamlet's arms switch places while he is lying dead on the ground.
  
  
• Continuity: After Polonius' death he is seen with his mouth open in overhead shots and with his mouth closed in other shots.
  
  
• Continuity: The snow on Hamlet's boots and Rosencrantz's trousers, plus the cane disappear as they enter the castle.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: Ophelia blinks as she is being buried.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: Hamlet blinks as his body is being taken away.
  
  
• Continuity: When Hamlet first appears, he puts his hands behind his back twice.
  
  
• Continuity: As Claudius and Gertrude welcome Hamlet back to Denmark in the throne room, the ladies to the side change places.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: In the very long shot along the length of the throne room, the cameras are visible in the mirrors.
  
  
• Continuity: When Hamlet and Polonius are walking down a hallway discussing Hamlet's sanity, in one shot Hamlet is holding a skull mask, and in the next it's gone.
  
  
• Continuity: When Laertes is shouting at Claudius on his return it is shot from two angles. From Claudius' view Laertes' sword is pressing against his neck and he pushes on it as he speaks, but from Laertes' view his sword is not touching and he waves it slightly as he speaks.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: When the King and Queen are hugging after Polonius' death and the camera moves away, on the ground, you can see wheel tracks in the dust clearly.
  
  

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