Goofs for
Absolute Power (1997) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: The headline in the Washington Times reads "Jewel Thief Sought", yet the text of the article is about congressional hearings.
  
  
• Incorrectly regarded as goofs: As Richmond attacks Christy Sullivan at the beginning of the movie, he rips her dress. While her dress is intact later, this may have been part of the damage control by his team.
  
  
• Continuity: When Luther drives Walter Sullivan to the White House at the end of the movie, the car's windshield is dry when seen from outside, but wet when seen from inside.
  
  

• Revealing mistakes: While Leland is making a telephone call the line is ringing, but he is still dialing numbers.
  
  
• Factual errors: When Luther opens his safe, he doesn't make enough stops on the dial. After he closes the safe, he turns the handle, but fails to spin the dial, effectively leaving the safe unlocked.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When Luther is in the airport bar watching the president and Mr. Sullivan on TV the cable TV jack can be seen to the left. The jack is empty, with no cable TV wire attached to it.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When Luther puts the VCR tape in the machine it is at the end of the tape, but he plays it without rewinding.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: When Burton and Collin are chasing Whitney through the woods, a shadow of the camera is visible in the trees behind them.
  
  
• Continuity: After Christi has been shot and the agents are in the room conspiring for the cover-up, Richmond is shown on the left side of the bed where he drops the letter opener. Subsequent frames show him on the right side of the bed, then again on the left side of the bed.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When the Special Agents of the US Secret Service are attempting to push Kate off the cliff, the license plates on the suburban are Washington, DC Official Plates. Normally, the Secret Service would be operating a vehicle with US Government plates if it is an official vehicle or regular plates if they were undercover.
  
  
• Continuity: When Seth Frank leaves Kate Whitney's room he urges her to lock the door behind him, which she does. Moments later, when Luther Whitney leaves, the chain is unlocked.
  
  
• Anachronisms: In the pictures of Luther's daughter with her mother, she is shown to be wearing fairly modern disposable diapers however in reality, when she was a toddler she would have been wearing cloth diapers with rubber pants; disposable diapers were a new invention in the 60s (approx when the child was that age).
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: When the Special Agents of the US Secret Service are pushing Kate off the cliff, a mechanical device is seen clearly pushing the car over the cliff.
  
  
• Plot holes: When Luther breaks in the mansion, he disables the security alarm. The president, Kristy Sullivan and the secret service arrive while Luther is still inside, yet no one is suspicious of the disabled security alarm.
  
  

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