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Velvet Goldmine (1998) More at IMDbPro »

• Anachronisms: There are ads for "Miss Saigon" and "Les Miserables" on the side of the London double-decker bus in 1974 London.
  
  
• Errors in geography: In "New York City 1984" the cars are driving on the left-hand side of the road and there are British traffic signs.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: During the "Death of Glitter" concert, an acoustic rhythm guitar can be heard playing throughout the song. There is however no one on stage playing an acoustic guitar.
  
  

• Audio/visual unsynchronized: During "Death of Glitter" concert, the bassist of The Flaming Creatures takes his hands off the bass for several seconds to reattach the shoulder strap, during the song "20th Century Boy". Meanwhile, the bassline of the song continues uninterrupted.
  
  
• Continuity: Throughout the Death of Glitter concert scene, Curt's fingernails are painted, but when he cups Mandy's cheek after coming off stage, his nails are unpainted.
  
  
• Anachronisms: When Maxwell Demon gets shot in 1974, the bass player is holding a Gibson Thunderbird centennial reissue, a bass that didn't come out until 1976.
  
  
• Continuity: When Curt Wild is on stage singing during the "Death of Glitter" concert, he knocks over his microphone stand with the wire from the microphone he is holding when he is facing the audience. In the next shot, when Curt is shown from the side, the microphone stand is upright.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Brian is onstage at the Sombrero Club and the members of the audience are clapping along with him to the music, the motions of their hands do not match the rhythm in the music.
  
  
• Continuity: When Brian Slade is being introduced to Curt Wild by "Rodney from Elektra", his cigarette is hanging out of the side of his mouth. After a quick shot on Brian, Curt is shown with the cigarette hanging out of the center of his mouth.
  
  
• Continuity: During the circus interview (1:05:14), a reporter asks "Is it your belief that all dandies are homosexual?" to which Brian Slade replies, "Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner." When the next day's newspaper is shown (1:07:42), Slade is quoted as saying "Nothing makes one so bold as being told one is a sinner."
  
  

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