Monday, May 12, 2008

Bloopers and continuity issues

True Cats fans can point out every place in the movie where the editors screwed up, or just funny things in the background that aren't necessarily bloopers.


During the last chorus of Macavity, the last time all the queens shout at the end, Demeter makes a weird face.

The camera shakes a little when it's zooming in on Munkustrap and Tugger during "Old Deuteronomy".

Exotica keeps switching costumes during "Skimbleshanks", from her original brown unitard to a gray one with more texture.

When Munkustrap is greeting everyone before the "Gumbie Cat" number, as he's rubbing heads with Alonzo, Cassandra's hand is sticking into the frame, but he's completely ignoring it.

At the end of "Old Deuteronomy", when Old D starts singing, he's out of time to the music.

The wire that works Rumpuscat's hair is incredibly obvious.

Cassandra appears to change her eye color. Does she wear contacts or is it a lighting thing?

After "Macavity" when everyone comes running onstage, Jellylorum comes in from stage right and falls smack on her butt.

Tugger says SOMETHING to Grizabella at the beginning of her first song (and even though it's under dispute at the moment, I can't say what most fans think it is.)

Right after Munku says "...happened to meet," during "Pekes and the Pollicles", he pulls up his arm warmer.

During "Skimbleshanks", right after he says "...to catch a flea", Cassandra pretends to pick a flea off of Tumblebrutus.

At the beginning of "Pekes and the Pollicles", there's a random item left out in the middle of the dance floor. Electra retrieves it.

Right before "It was very pleasant..." during "Skimbleshanks", Cassandra picks her tail from between her legs.

When Jenny says, "Just need employment," during her song, one of her top buttons has come undone; in the next shot it's fastened again.

Jemima puts her mouse mask on wrong and has to try again.

During "Pekes and Pollicles" when Tugger first comes out with the bagpipes, he runs past Misto and knocks the bag off his hand, which flies onto center stage. Then the Poms come out and start kicking it around, and Misto is sitting off to the side trying to slap his forehead, but since he's wearing a shoe on his head, the shoe gets slapped instead. This takes a sharp eye!

At the end of "Skimbleshanks", when the train is falling apart, in one shot Pouncival is fooling around with an umbrella, opening and closing it; in the next shot the umbrella is closed and on the floor and Pouncival is in a different spot.

Right when Tugger first comes onstage during his number, Munkustrap turns his head too fast and a glob of spit flies out of his mouth.

Jellylorum almost falls forward during the tap number in "Gumbie Cat".

When Etcetera is on the trapeze you can see someone's hand pushing her.

During "Naming of Cats" when the camera zooms in on Plato, you can see where his wig attaches to his head.

During "Skimbleshanks", Jemima looks as if she's not quite sure on the moves; she's a split second behind everyone else and seems tentative.

During "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats", when they're all in a pyramid and the camera goes by Tugger, you can see the snaps used to secure the ruff.

In some shots during "Pekes and the Pollicles", Victoria is played by Jo Bingham (Etcetera) instead of the usual actress, Phyllida Crowley-Smith.

During "Gus", Jellylorum's wig has a flyaway.


Currently listening to: "Stranger In Paradise", Sarah Brightman

2 comments:

ZoeKitten84 said...

I know this is an old post but during Rum Tum Tugger's song, when Etcetera is in between RTT's legs, she mouths 'he's mine.'

ZoeKitten84 said...

And Mungojerrie/Rumpleteaser's song is horridly edited for some reason