Goofs

When Sissy and Wes are in his trailer and Wes is still in bed asleep. In the shot, he is laying on his back with the fan blowing on him. In another camera angle, his feet hang off the bed with his toes facing the floor, therefore sleeping on his stomach.

When Bud fights Wes at the end of the movie, Wes drops the stolen money. Yet, in the next shot there is no money on the floor. Then, in the shot after that, suddenly the floor is covered in bills.

Bud's truck does not have a Texas Inspection Certificate sticker on its driver's side windshield - a strictly enforced requirement for all Texas-registered passenger vehicles and light trucks since 1950.

Bud takes a dip of snuff as he is driving, takes a moment to stuff it in with his finger (which is actually done with the tongue) and within fifteen seconds he spits twice whereas it usually takes a few minutes before he would need to. It is obvious that Travolta had never used the stuff before.

During the first kissing scene between Wes and Sissy in Wes' trailer, the shadow of a crew person can be seen in the reflection on the kitchen cabinet.

After Bud takes Sissy's blindfold off and shows her their new mobile home, you can see two crewman behind the home next door, one moving quickly to get off camera.

The terrain of Houston/Pasadena Texas is very flat, yet as Bud and other characters are seen driving down his street in the trailer park, a significant range of hills is easily noticed in the background. (These scenes were filmed in a trailer park in a suburb of Los Angeles called Pico Rivera, California, and the hills are the San Gabriel Mountains.)

Bud comes from Spur, Texas, which is just south of the panhandle in west Texas and in a semi-arid part of the state. While cotton is the major crop there, it is a special hybrid suited for that environment and soil. The cotton fields shown near the start of the film show rich, dark soil, which is definitely not what you find in West Texas.

At the beginning of the film Bud is headed east on Memorial Drive towards downtown Houston. Practically speaking he would not be on this road when driving from Spur to Pasadena, Tx as Spur is North of Houston and Pasadena is far east of downtown. If he happened to be coming from the west he would be traveling on Interstate 10. Memorial drive would be out of his way.

When Bud fights Wes outside the diner, several people break them up. At this point,Steve calls Wes, " Scotty " ( Scott Glenn )

Scene with Wes drinking tequila with Sissy - he states "la vida luna" - "the crazy life." "La vida luna" translates to: "the moon life." He should have said "la vida loca."

When Bud and Pam are at Uncle Bob's house, Uncle Bob says "We're goin' to Gilley's tonight...haven't been there since we first took you." Yes, they did take Bud to Gilley's when he first came into town, but then they were all back at Gilley's again later for Bud and Sissy's wedding. So Uncle Bob and Aunt Corine actually had been to Gilley's since they first took Bud.