Goofs for
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: Edythe's cigarette changes length between alternating close and full person shots, in the scene on the balcony at Delysia's party.
  
  
• Continuity: In the scene on the balcony at the party, Miss Pettigrew's Martini changes from about one-third full to empty in an instant, just before Joe offers to refill it for her.
  
  
• Continuity: In the scene on the balcony at the party, Miss Pettigrew eats the olive from her Martini twice.
  
  

• Continuity: When Joe sits down to speak to Miss Pettigrew in the nightclub, his cigarette changes from a tiny stub to almost one-third cigarette's length between shots.
  
  
• Continuity: When Delysia Lafosse gets up from the bathtub, her right hand is covered in soap suds. In a close-up shot seconds later, the suds are gone.
  
  
• Factual errors: In the scene where Delysia is telling Miss Pettigrew about her bit parts in the movies, she says she was "the one drinking the Margarita," but the Margarita wasn't invented until the 40s.
  
  
• Factual errors: The film takes place immediately before the outbreak of World War II, when England told Germany that they would declare war if Germany invaded Poland. Germany did so, and England declared war in early September, 1939. However, the film depicts an advanced state of autumn, with cool winds, dead leaves, etc. In actuality, war was declared on a beautiful late summer's day in England. It was not yet autumn.
  
  
• Anachronisms: Johnny Mercer's Dream, a lovely song and fitting the mood of the scene, wasn't written until 1944.
  
  
• Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the closing scenes Miss Pettigrew is seen leaving the nightclub through a dressing room. The "WAY OUT" sign was probably Lexan with indirect lighting. Lexan was not invented until well after WWII and not in widespread use until the 1980s. However, similar signs made from plate glass with a slight green tint were made in the 20s if not earlier, so the sign as shown is in reality true to the era.
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): At Delysia's party, when Michael is playing the piano he leans into the higher notes toward screen right, from Michael's perspective, to the left. The higher keys on a piano are to the right, the lower to the left, so Michael's reaching to the left would result in lower notes.
  
  
• Boom mic visible: At the big party, when Miss Pettigrew talks with Joe on the balcony, the boom mic is visible moving back and forth between characters in the reflection of the windows.
  
  

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