Goofs for
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• Anachronisms: The Dreams' success montage includes a picture of the trio standing on the Great Wall of China. The U.S. and China had no diplomatic relations from 1949 to 1971.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: The lip-sync is off during some verses of "It's All Over" and "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".
  
  
• Continuity: While adjusting her outfit backstage during the Detroit Theater Talent show, Effie is shown adjusting her wig. In the very next shot, it is perfectly in place.
  
  

• Anachronisms: During a 1965 press conference, a photographer uses a Nikon camera that was introduced in the late 1980s.
  
  
• Anachronisms: When the 1962 Cadillac Deville Convertible is on the lift, it has all-weather radial tires, which didn't exist then, with treads that first appeared in the 1990s.
  
  
• Factual errors: During the success montage, the Dreams' "Dreamgirls" single is shown climbing up Billboard magazine's "Top LP's" albums chart, not its "Hot 100" singles chart.
  
  
• Anachronisms: In a scene set in 1965, the Dreams and Curtis are in the studio during the 12th Street riots in Detroit (according to the archival footage), which began on July 23, 1967.
  
  
• Continuity: In the Dreams' version of "One Night Only", the girls' capes fall to the floor during the opening bars. After the next shot, they disappear.
  
  
• Continuity: Just before the gospel break of the "Steppin' to the Bad Side" number, a medium shot of the Dreamettes features Deena on the left, Lorrell in the middle, and Effie on the right. The shot immediately following is a long shot showing the full stage, with Effie now on the left, Deena in the middle, and Lorrell on the right.
  
  
• Incorrectly regarded as goofs: During "Steppin' to the Bad Side", tambourines appear just before the gospel break. It's part of the choreography, using an old stage and film musical technique.
  
  
• Factual errors: When Effie goes to the welfare office, the American flag hanging on the back wall is backwards. The blue field should be in the upper-left corner.
  
  
• Factual errors: In the montage, the entry in the charts does not make sense. The song is #1 in its first week, but it was also #8 the previous week.
  
  
• Continuity: During the "It's All Over/And I'm Telling You" scene, Effie's wig is wider on the sides. In many close-up insert shots, the sides of her wig are tighter.
  
  
• Errors in geography: During the "Steppin' to the Bad Side" montage, there is a flyover shot of the City of Chicago in which the NBC Tower is prominently displayed. The building was opened in 1989 - over 20 years after the time period the song was supposed to have been a hit.
  
  

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