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Audio/visual unsynchronised (2) |
Character error (4) |
Continuity (13) |
Crew or equipment visible (2) |
Errors in geography (1) |
Factual errors (2) |
Plot holes (1) |
Revealing mistakes (3)
Audio/visual unsynchronised
When Fletch is "quitting", his boss moves his mouth twice on the same piece of dialog between cuts.
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When the motorcycle cop yells for Fletch to "Pull over," his mouth does not match the words.
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Character error
When we first meet the Underhills, he is arguing with the waiter. Mrs. Underhill calls her husband Tom. Later in the movie when Mr. Underhill is at Mrs. Stanwyk's cabana, he introduces himself as Ted.
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Fletch refers to his ex-wife's lawyer's car as an "OldsmoBuick", but it is really a Chevrolet Nova.
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Mr. Underhill complains about lunch being $400, however that total is much too low. Fletch ordered 2 bottle of Dom Perignon at $100 a bottle, 2 potions of caviar at $80 each, he gives the waiter $30 and tells the servers to give each other $20. That already comes to $430. The total does not even include the 2 orders of Lobster Thermadore or whatever the Underhills themselves had.
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Everytime the name "Stanwyk" is spelled in the first part of the film, it is spelled "Stanwyk". Fletch spells the name for his research assistant (played by Geena Davis) - STANWYK, no "C". The credits of the film say it is "Stanwyk". But when Fletch is at the ticket counter, the computer screen says "Stanwyck".
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Continuity
Picture jumps back on the wall after being knocked off when Fletch is thrown against the wall.
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Doctor Rosenpenis' stethoscope as he bends over to pick up the papers he dropped.
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Fletch looks at a picture of Sally Ann Cavanaugh as the mother turns the pages in the photo album. We see Fletch holding the picture and the album's pages aren't being flipped.
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A dent on the passenger door of one of the police cars chasing Fletch disappears.
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When Fletch talks to the kid trying to steal the Alfa Romeo, there is a large stain on his cap. Throughout the entire car chase, the stain on his cap disappears.
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After Fletch breaks into the real estate office and is subsequently chased by the Doberman, he hurries to his car. You can tell by the glare that the driver's side window is up, but when the dog jumps on the hood, Fletch rolls up the window (which is now down).
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When Fletch and Alan Stanwyck are talking under the pier, Alan is wearing jeans in one shot. In the next shot, he is wearing the full suit, the jeans having been replaced with suit pants.
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When Fletch and Alan arrive at Alan's house to discuss their potential 'business' arrangement, the driveway is wet as the car parks. As they both exit the car, the driveway pavement is suddenly dry.
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When Fletch confirms his flight at the airline counter, he is told he is confirmed on Flight 441. Later, when he is reading his letter outlining Mr. Stanwyk's plan, he says "Mr. Stanwyk boarded Pan Am flight 306."
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When Fletch is "teaching" Mrs. Stanwyck tennis, a tennis ball appears and disappears in Fletch's left hand.
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When 'Gordon Liddy' is talking with the two plane mechanics, around the time he burns his arm, a propeller plane appears and disappears behind the jet plane that they are working on.
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During the car chase with Fletch and the police, the motorcycle cop is flipped when Fletch jumps an embankment. When we see the cop flipped, his helmet is falling away from his head (unstrapped), but when see him hit the grass, his helmet is firmly secured on his head.
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When Alan Stanwyck is holding the "Jane Doe" letter (near the end of the film), it states that he was married four years ago. However, it had been established that it was eight years prior and when they read the letter they say eight.
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Crew or equipment visible
Crewmember's hand visible at the right side of the screen next to Alan Stanwyk's body after he is shot.
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Right as Fletch is going upstairs in the Cavanaugh house, there is a crew member visible in the doorway to the right of the stairway.
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Errors in geography
When Fletch is escaping from the shotgun wielding man in what is supposed to be Provo, Utah, right after his rear window is shot out, you can clearly see Palm trees in the background. Provo, Utah does not have Palm trees indicating the scene was shot somewhere else. Most likely southern California.
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Factual errors
When Fletch is getting a physical, there is a chest x-ray in the background which is hung up backwards. Unless of course, that particular patient had a rare congenital disease.
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When Fletch is called in to assist during the postmortem scene, the doctor comments on the size of the dead patient's spleen during its removal. The doctor is working on the dead patient's right side, however, the human spleen is on the left side (unless the dead patient has a very rare congenital condition).
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Plot holes
When Fletch goes to the airport ticket counter, the ticket agent advises Fletch that the reservation is under the name of "Alan Stanwyk", but Alan's scheme is to kill Fletch's alter ego, Ted Nugent, and then fly to Rio with his passport.
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Revealing mistakes
When Fletch takes a picture of the phony deed, there is no flash from his camera. Yet the picture he shows Mrs. Stanwyk has a flash visible in it.
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During Fletch's dream of playing for the Lakers, we see a top down shot of him as he tries to drive the lane for a basket. At the top of the screen for a few seconds it is revealed that the court ends at half court and is therefore not a complete regulation NBA basketball court, and is instead a sound stage as opposed to a sports arena.
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During the basketball dream sequence the center court circle painting is only half of the logo/design, revealing it as a set piece or incomplete assembly of an actual arena parquet for the filming.
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