Errors abound in ‘Passion’

Never mind questions about the historical accuracy of “The Passion of the Christ” — the flick is said to be riddled with technical bloopers.

Mel Gibson’s controversial movie continues to generate big bucks at the box office, but film buffs have been busy chronicling the movie’s errors — and some of them are doozies.

“In the shot where the Romans start punching the nail through Christ’s left hand, you can see just behind the hand being nailed, the actor’s real left hand,” reports MovieMistakes.com.

Another shot that perhaps should have been a retake, according to the site: “While Mary is holding Jesus after he dies, you can see him blink a few times.”

No horsing around
Embattled Disney may have a fight on another front.

The movie giant is being hit with charges that its new flick, “Hidalgo,” is unfair to Muslims and Arabs. The Council on American-Islamic Relations recently wrote to Disney chairman Michael Eisner, expressing concerns that the film, which stars Viggo Mortensen and Omar Sharif, presents unfair stereotypes of Muslims and Arabs.

“Given the growing prejudice against Islam, Muslims and Arabs, we believe a film with this type of dialogue and imagery could have a negative impact on the lives of ordinary American Muslims and Arab-Americans,” CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper wrote to Disney. The film opened this weekend, but CAIR based its complaint on early reports about the film because, Hooper says, Disney refused to screen “Hidalgo” for the group.

“We heard back from [Disney] and they said there’s nothing to worry about,” Hooper told The Scoop. “But then we heard from someone who saw it who said that it does indeed contain exactly the sort of thing we’re worried about.” Hooper says he’s concerned that if “we go too public with our objections” they’ll give the flick free publicity, adding, “We’re going to wait and see before we decide exactly what to do.”

“We’ve heard from Muslims who saw it and said that they loved it,” a Disney spokesman told The Scoop. He said the flick was made with Muslim consultants and is confident that it contains nothing offensive. When asked about Hooper’s charge that Disney had refused to grant CAIR a screening, the spokesman declined to give a yes or no answer, and eventually hung up on The Scoop.

Notes from all over

Jill Connelly / AP file Writer/director Kevin Smith talks about his new movie "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," at his office at CBS Studios in the Studio City section of Los Angeles Thursday, July 12, 2001. Smith also wrote and directed "Clerks," "Chasing Amy" and "Dogma." (AP Photo/Jill Connelly)

“Jersey Girl” director Kevin Smith wants to cast Jason Lee in “Fletch Won,” but he’s butting heads over it with Harvey Weinstein, the head of Miramax, which plans to make the film and would like a bigger box office draw.  . . . Anna Kornikova is denying reports that she split from boyfriend Enrique Iglesias. The Russian tennis star, in typically not-modest fashion also told the News of the World: “If you saw me with my clothes off you’d see that my body is in great shape and ready to take on the world. I could snap my fingers and have any man I wanted. But I have too much respect for myself for that.”  . . . Kevin Costner says he’d like to run for political office, except he knows he’s got too wild a past. “I want to go into politics to make my ideas reality and fight for the environment, but it would be impossible,” the “Tin Cup” star said, according to London’s Sunday Mail. “I’ve taken too many drugs and slept with too many women.” Hasn’t stopped plenty of other politicians.

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