13 movie mistakes that actually made their films better

Films are complex beasts with so many moving parts that mistakes are unavoidable. Even the blockbusters with the biggest budgets and most sets of eyes on them routinely make it to cinemas with a few errors, especially when it comes to continuity.

From fluffed lines to errant extras, numerous mistakes have to be corrected on set (or, increasingly, in the editing suite) but occasionally they can bring a new and welcome quality to a scene.

Here we look at some of the unplanned and unwanted events that directors decided to keep in the final cut.

“I’m walkin’ here!” – Midnight Cowboy ’s taxi cab was a real one and nearly ran Dustin Hoffman over

One of cinema’s most iconic lines was the result of an accident on set. Midnight Cowboy didn’t have a permit to close down a busy New York City street for Jon Voight and Hoffman’s long walk down the sidewalk, so they tried to shoot it “on the fly” using hidden cameras stationed in a van across the street.

After 15 takes, they finally had one going that wasn’t upset by pedestrians or other real