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Audio/visual unsynchronised (2) |
Continuity (11) |
Crew or equipment visible (1) |
Errors in geography (1) |
Factual errors (5) |
Revealing mistakes (1)
Audio/visual unsynchronised
The 6000 series "L" uses dynamic brakes and not air brakes, during many of the "L" scenes you can hear the sound of air brakes releasing.
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In the brothel scene, when the hooker places her hand on the boy's knee and scares him away, we see a drummer and a pianist playing in the upper left-hand corner of the screen, but we hear a recorded version of "D.M.S.R" by Prince. They are also visible just before Joel complains to Lana that some of the girls are wearing his mother's clothing, and once again we hear recorded music.
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Continuity
Joel's cigarette while "selling" the party in the diner.
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When Lana is running across the lawn, she's barefoot, but in the very next scene, when you see her running from behind, she's wearing heels.
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Right after Joel's parents leave for the airport, Joel is eating a T.V. dinner and is pouring himself a Chivas and Coke. When he is pouring the Coke, some of it spills onto the table in the close shot. When they show the wide shot the table is clean.
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After Guido sells Joel his furniture back, there are still some items in the back of the truck. When Guido drives away, most of this stuff has disappeared.
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When Joel is meeting with the college admissions official in his house, he closes a window to keep some friends from bothering him. When he closes the window, there is a latch on the window. In subsequent frames there is no latch on the window.
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Guido charges toward the girls as they run toward Joel's house. In the next frame Guido is standing back where he was before he started running.
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During the car chasing scene, the Porsche turns the corner revealing very obviously only one person inside it.
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During the car chase, it's the dead of night, with pitch black skies. But in at least one frame the sky is a dark blue, revealing that this frame was shot in either late evening or early morning.
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After Joel's father rants about the equalizer, he goes to turn the stereo and equalizer off but actually turns the equalizer on.
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While Joel is crossing out ads in a newspaper, The pen turns from a white-tip to a black-tip.
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As the Porsche rolls down the hill onto the dock, Joel jumps across the hood on his belly. When the Porsche stops rolling at the end of the dock, Joel is shown still laying across the hood on his belly. In the next shot, Joel is shown sitting on the hood upright.
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Crew or equipment visible
When Lana enters Joel's room while he is studying, a crew-member grabs the doorknob.
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Errors in geography
Towards the end when Joel's parents are coming home from the airport, they exit at Dundee Road West which takes them towards Northbrook, IL not Glencoe, IL where they live. Glencoe is Dundee Road East the exit before.
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Factual errors
The Chicago transit system did not run single-car trains on its underground routes in 1983.
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When Joel is raking leaves at the end of the movie, he pauses and takes a cigarette out of a pack of Marlboro Reds. The cigarette is all white - Marlboro Reds have brown filters.
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In the scene in Joel's home when he has the Princeton interview, he states that he wishes to major in business. Princeton has never offered a business major.
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When leaving the Drake with Lana, and Guido approaches the Porsche 928, the back-up light flash momentarily before departure (this would indicate an automatic transmission passing through reverse). All sound effects indicate a manual.
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On two occasions in the film, Joel's SAT scores were revealed to be 597 Verbal and 560 Math. SAT scores are multiples of ten, so a score of 597 would be impossible.
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Revealing mistakes
The leaf-raking scene near the end of the movie is supposed to be windy, but the only leaves blowing are the ones at Joel's feet. The giant trees surrounding the backyard aren't even rustling.
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