10 More Movie Mistakes You Can't Believe You Didn't Spot

4. Woody Harrelson's Blatant Dubbing - Triangle Of Sadness

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Generally speaking, automated dialogue replacement (ADR) is a basic enough part of movie production that audiences can't tell when an actor has re-recorded their lines - most of the time, that is.

But despite winning the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or and scoring numerous Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, recent class satire Triangle of Sadness features one of the most egregiously bad instances of ADR in any major recent movie.

And yet, you probably somehow missed it.

When the imperiled ship's captain (Woody Harrelson) is shown discussing politics with Russian oligarch Dimitry (Zlatko Burić), he says, "Never argue with an idiot, they'll only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience," before attributing the quote to Mark Twain.

However, if you look at Woody Harrelson's mouth movement, it's incredibly obvious he doesn't say "Mark Twain," and if you're even a half-skilled lip reader, you can probably tell that he's actually saying "George Carlin."

It's a baffling re-dub, honestly, firstly because it would've been completely consistent with Harrelson's character to incorrectly attribute the quote to Carlin, and the quote doesn't even belong to Twain anyway.

This is one of those head-scratching mistakes you'll never be able to un-see on repeat viewings so, uh, sorry about that.

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