In some of the wide or far-out shots, Valerie is missing from the ensemble, even though she is supposed to be rehearsing with the others. It is very notable that she is missing thru most of the dancing sequence at the beginning when Zach makes everyone get on stage to do the combination from the top; also missing in the ending of the "Surprise, Surprise" number, and when they are doing the tap-dancing combination when Cassie sings "What I Did for Love," she is not there due to Audrey Landers little dancing experience and ability. A dance double is used for the final half of "One" that ends the movie.
After Paul is carried off the stage to be taken to the hospital, we see Diana carrying his bag out for him. Moments later as the last elimination is about to take place, the bag is still in the middle of the stage and you even see Diana looking at it as she is walking back to the front line.
During the auditions, many of the dancers that were cut are shown again later on in the auditions before the cut resulting in only the main characters. A key example is the boy with the red-striped shirt and red head band who mutters, "I've never been cut this soon" as he leaves the stage; he is clearly seen a few minutes later behind Diana just before she goes over to talk to Paul.
During the first ballet routine, there is a tall blonde female dancer wearing a light blue top and black spandex pants in the back of the group that exits stage right, but immediately after that, the same dancer is at the very front of the next group ready to dance again entering from stage left, only for the next wide shot to show a completely different group of dancers that include Judy and Kristine and the girl in the yellow trunks.
Several of Larry's dance directions were repeated as background noise behind other scenes. One example is during the opening credits when the auditioning dancers are lined up outside the theater Larry's voice is heard counting down and making calls such as "walk walk walk" and he gives these exact same calls in the next scene. Another is when Cassie is reminiscing in the dressing rooms Larry can be heard saying, "Make it strong, guys" when he has just said this in an earlier shot of the auditions.
Val would not have been able to audition for the Rockettes; at 5'3" she would not meet the minimum height requirement of 5'6".
In the final dance scene, at the end of the audition sequence, clearly visible are dancers who have been shown to be rejected. This scene isn't intended to be in continuity but is more like a curtain call (as it was in the Broadway musical).
Zach, interviewing dancers in the theater, says he intends to structure the show around the personalities and back stories of whoever makes the cut. This indicates that he doesn't even have a script but merely an idea for a show that will presumably take months to develop. As a result, there is no reason for them to be in an expensive Broadway theater. In reality, they would have been in a far more economical rehearsal hall, because at this early point, no producer would finance costs of working bugs out of such a sketchy project in a high-rent Broadway theater.
Then again, as a a hot shot producer/choreographer he is, he could have enough connections and pull with theater owners that he can choose where to rehearse his show and whichever venue that pleases his creative control.
Then again, as a a hot shot producer/choreographer he is, he could have enough connections and pull with theater owners that he can choose where to rehearse his show and whichever venue that pleases his creative control.
In the final closing shot of the movie, as the camera starts pulling out, and not long after everyone has their hats back on, watch the lower right hand corner of the screen. While doing high-kicks one dancer falls down and then gets up again and continues dancing.
In the final dance number where all of the dancers are on the stage dancing in gold outfits, one male dancer (Justin Ross based on hair color, height, and row placement), first row, sixth from the left, lowers his hat and leaves the wrong hand grabbing it, left instead of right, on the brim, then quickly changes it.
Also, Charles McGowan, who plays Mike, is missing from the wide shots of the final number after the line son of a gun, except for one brief close-up of Cassie during the know who line (A dance double is in his place).
Also, Charles McGowan, who plays Mike, is missing from the wide shots of the final number after the line son of a gun, except for one brief close-up of Cassie during the know who line (A dance double is in his place).
The cast is listed alphabetically, as it shows during the closing credits, and as it does during the opening credits, except for the second group of names where Janet Jones is placed before Michelle Johnston, and Audrey Landers is placed before Pam Klinger.
When Kim says 138 Boy helping dancers coming in to audition, either someone bumps the camera or there is a film blemish that is obvious in the current print running on MGM+. It turns out to be a dancer walking by bumping the camera stand and you can even hear the thump.
When calling out numbers, Larry calls the number two twice.