Goofs

Edmond's eye color fluctuates between brown and blue throughout the movie.

When Edmond and Albert are discussing visiting Paris at the breakfast table, Edmond signs the papers and Jacopo removes them all. In the next camera shot, a stack of papers is on the table.

At the end of the knife fight when Dantes has Jacopo on the ground, Dantes' knife changes between shots.

Edmond would have had to be with the smugglers for three years rather than three months, as the caption states upon his return to Marseilles. He was in the Chateau D'if for 13 years, but Albert is almost 16 years old when Edmond meets him.

When Edmond and Abbe are crawling through the tunnel. Abbe's breath blows out his candle as he is talking to Edmpnd. The camera switches to Edmond as they are talking then back to Abbe. The candle is alight. Yet no sound of striking match or tinderbox can be heard.

When the Count buys his estate house he pays for it with a wagon full of gold coins. In reality that much gold would be far too heavy for a wooden wagon to support.

In the opening scene on the beach Dantes and Mondego are being chased by British Red Coats on horseback. Red coats of the type depicted were only worn by British infantry who never rode on horseback. Britain had separate mounted musket troops, dragoons, who wore entirely different uniforms and colors (generally blue and gray).

During the cliffs scene at the beginning, Mercedes proclaims her love for Dantes despite his inability to afford an engagement ring. So she snaps off a piece of whatever fabric was used in the day, a natural fabric such as wool, cotton, silk or hemp, and ties it round her finger, vowing to never remove it. After the two reunite 16 years later, this thin, flimsy thread of fabric is said to have never come off. Even some METALS don't hold up for 16 years, much less fabric, and even more so a natural or animal fabric vs. Today's man made ones.

The boxes containing the gold would have rotted away after so many years underwater.

When Monte Cristo makes his entrance in the hot air balloon, four assistants slide down ropes then pull the gondola rapidly to the ground. Once they touch the ground, the weight that the balloon was carrying would decrease, causing the balloon to rise slightly or at least slow its decent speed rather than increase it.

Edmond can't read, but then he engraves the words "God will give me justice" on the stonewall while in confinement. However, the engraving was already there when he entered prison; the warden told him what the text said and he simply traced over it later.

When Albert is brandishing his sword against the count, the sword's safety tip is visible.

When Edmond Dantes goes to see Villefort the first time, the clock on the tower is painted on.

Although Dantes has been in prison for many years, when he meets the Priest, his hands and nails are clean.

When Abbé Faria and Edmond Dantes are crawling in the tunnel, Faria accidentally blows out his candle, but there is still light coming from the candle holder.

When Dantes tells Villafort that he can't read, then how could he Captain a Shipping Vessel? He would need to know how to read a map, a manifest, and possibly bills of lading. He wouldn't even be able to read a Compass.

People repeatedly address the Count of Monte Cristo as "Your Grace." This is an English honorific reserved for archbishops and dukes/duchesses (not counts) in the United Kingdom. It was never used by other European nobility and has no French counterpart.

When Dantes, as the Count, lands in the hot-air balloon at his party, he is at a higher part of the gardens than the guests, as such they cannot see him in the balloon as he lands, so making his grand entrance pointless. He could have just landed an empty balloon and crept out from behind a wall to lean over the railings to say "Greetings", which is the first time his guests can see him.

The trunks that Dantes has are from Louis Vuitton, a French luggage house founded in 1854. The print, called Monogram, was designed by Doran's son in 1896.

When Count Mondego is talking with Monsieur de Villefort in his office with the window open, you can just make out cars parked on the other side of the harbor.

People are shown playing continuous pool, an early version of snooker which did not originate until 1888.

During the last sword fight in the wheat field, large overhead power lines are clearly visible in the valley. A radio communications tower is also visible next to the building, off in the distance.

When Edmond and Jacopo use the skiff to travel to the island, there is an orange buoy clearly visible just ahead of them.

Mondego continues talking to Dantes about them drinking Napoléon Bonaparte's wine while his mouth is full, his cheeks bulging with liquid.

After the last sword fight in the wheat field, as Edmond retreats back into the building, a crew member can be seen in one of the windows.

When Edmond and Jacopo walk atop the 'elephant rock' in search of the treasure, they are alone, yet a third person is visible walking behind them (at the far right of the screen).

When Edmund and Abbe are attempting to catch a rat, shoes are visible through the trap on the door right as it closes.

When Dantes runs along the shoreline, a blue object can be seen in the background - this must be a crew member because none of the smugglers are wearing blue.

When Jacopo is buying the estate for Edmond (at approx 1:15), there appear to be several people on the stairs in the background that are dressed in modern clothing.

Napoleons agent "M. Clarion" visits the shipping company Edmond Dantes works for, inquiring about the ship from Elba. However, given that the ship was never originally intended to stop at Elba, only doing so because the captain got sick, and the fact that the ship cannot have docked more than half an hour earlier, "Clarion" should have no way of knowing about it being at Elba yet.

The logistics of Spada's men transferring between 50-70 chests of treasure from off a boat and moving it onto Monte Cristo island and then through a narrow opening into the watery cavern seems preposterous. Also how did Spada's men sink the chests without spilling all the treasure as the chest Dantes opened was not locked, the lid just slid off.

Also, how did Dantes and Jacopo get the treasure out? They couldn't lift the chests, they would have to do 50-70 chest's worth of dives, carrying gold, coins and jewels every time.

On the island of Elba the Emperor addresses one of the English soldiers as "Lieutenant Graypool" twice when he is clearly wearing sergeant stripes. This name and rank also appears in the credits.