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Alec Baldwin, Shawn Hatosy, and Amy Smart in Outside Providence (1999)

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Outside Providence

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Continuity

In the scene where they are leaving for boarding school, the Bonanza bus has an new Rhode Island license plate (white and blue with the sail/wave on it). When the bus arrives, the license plate is the old "The Ocean State" style.
When Drugs is shown writing his letter to Dunph, there are candles burning. Drugs passes out for "a couple of hours" but when he awakens the candles are still burning yet not have decreased in size at all.

Incorrectly regarded as goofs

In the movie, Old Man Dunphy has blue eyes. Later on during a flashback scene, we are shown that Mrs. Dunphy had blue eyes as well. However, their kids - both Jackie and Timothy - have brown eyes. While unusual, there are well documented cases of this.

Revealing mistakes

In Dunph's first day of school, he is in a math class where the teacher calls on him to solve a problem. The problem is written on the blackboard behind him. Later on in the film, what should be months have passed, and back in the classroom, the blackboard remains completely unchanged.

Anachronisms

In the scene in the hockey rink, the markings on the ice are from the 1990s. The most noticeable is the blue circular goalie crease. In 1974, the goalie crease was rectangular and white.
The bottles of Old Milwaukee, Schlitz, and Miller High Life are all the modern (1999) versions and not the proper 1974-75 designs.
Many of the students at Cornwell in the film are much older than the typical High School student.
At the bar, a modern Coors Light beer sign is above the bar. Coors Light wasn't made until 1979.
Another incorrect use of teen jargon: any phrase using "suck", such as "this sucks" or "this sucks the big one" was not used in the 70s. This became popular much later.

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