10 Movie Mistakes You Can Never Unsee

7. The Jeans-Wearing "Extra" - Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark Harrison Ford
Paramount Pictures

Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the greatest movies of all time, yet one which also isn't immune to the occasional screw-up.

Case in point, when Indy (Harrison Ford) is sat at a restaurant in the streets of Cairo, a man who is very blatantly a crew member can be seen briefly walking around in the background in a T-shirt and jeans.

Now, jeans had certainly been invented by the film's 1936 setting, but you'd never expect to see anyone wearing such an ensemble in 1936 Cairo, as evidenced by how every other extra is dressed in the scene.

Obviously, this is a crew member who unknowingly entered the shot, a mistake which was either missed by Steven Spielberg entirely or only noticed once it was too late to correct.

Hilariously, the crew spent an entire day removing 350 TV antennas from the set's Tunisian streets in order to ensure period authenticity, only for this guy to stroll into shot like it's nothing.

Now try watching Raiders without noticing it.

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