Hidalgo

When Hopkins boards the City of Paris, men are climbing rigging in the background.

The rigging does not go to the top of the tower that supports it.

Essentially, they are climbing to nowhere.

When Frank Hopkins is applying shaving cream to himself, he spreads it all around his chin.

In the next shot, we see it covering only half of his chin.

When offered a smoke by Sheikh Riyadh, Frank takes out a cigarette, which remains unlit until he takes two steps away, and it becomes lit and half smoked.

When Frank is racing to the finish at the end of the movie, supposedly riding Hildalgo bareback, a saddle appears and disappears between shots.

The blood on Hidalgo's nose as he approaches the finish line disappears for one shot.

Damascus is the finish line for the race.

In the movie, the finish line is just yards from the ocean.

Damascus is 60 miles inland.

When Frank looks up at the Statue of Liberty, see she is holding the new gold torch that replaced the old one at the statue's centennial.

When Frank and Lady Anne are sitting having a conversation outside the tent halfway through the race, the clouds in the background, especially behind Frank, change between shots.

When Frank is in the sheik's tent for the first time, and the sheik's horse goes through the tent, it's night outside.

When Frank leaves, the sheik wishes him a good night, but you can see the sunlight coming in through the tent flap the horse just went through.

Frank's hair in the scene near the end where he is seeing the mirages.

When Frank is handcuffed in the tent and about to be castrated, the "torture aid" opens his case and removes a serrated blade.

In the next shot, it is back in the case.

When "Cowboy" has a rope around Hidalgo's neck, pulling him out of the trap in the trap in the desert, you can see the horse climbing up a wooden plank When Hidalgo collapses just before Frank has his visions he has black markings in a horseshoe pattern under his nostrils.

In shots of Hidalgo's head during the sprint scene that follows, the horse is pure white under his nostrils.

In the subsequent victory scene in the ocean, Hidalgo once again has the black markings.

When Frank releases Hidalgo into the wild, Hidalgo is wearing horseshoes.

They would eventually fall off, but a good horseman would remove the shoes from the horse before releasing it.

It is mentioned that the race goes through Iraq and Syria, but they did not exist as nations until the British drew the borders after World War I.

During the course of the movie, the pattern on the right side of Hidalgo's neck changes.

At his shoulder, throughout the movie, the pattern changes to having chestnut spots and then having a solid white splotch on his shoulder.

One of the purebred Arabian horses is actually an Andalusian.

Although it's not totally implausible that such a horse would be there, claiming it is an Arabian purebred is akin to claiming that the Chimichanga originated in Great Britain.

The well scene features British soldiers preventing the main character from getting water.

The British did not have a military presence in that area until after World War One.

During the escape in the rescue of Jazira, gates are slammed and barred in Hildalgo's path, but the bar securing the gates is on the outside of the residence.

Gates are barred on the inside.

- PLOTWhen Frank goes to shake the Sheik's hand, he is told the Sheik can't touch him or he will lose his ability to foretell the future.

But just minutes later, when Frank hands the Sheik the Colt revolver, and the Sheik returns it to him, their hands touch.

Such a see-through yashmak like the one Jazira is wearing would be absolutely unacceptable in Muslim cultures at that time.

While the train is pulling out prior to Hopkins getting off it shows the rail cars using a knuckle coupler.

The coupler was not accepted by the US until 1893, 3 years after the movie takes place.

When Frank is telling Jazira about his Native American background, he says that "shunka wankan" is Sioux for "big dog".

The people of this tribe prefer to call themselves "Dakota" or "Lakota", as "sioux" is a word meaning "snake" and was given to the Lakotas by the Crows (enemies of the Lakotas).