Goofs

Laramie is shown going down a flight of stairs from the staff hall off reception to get to the camera gallery. But everything is at ground level, based on Laramie's view of reception & Emily's car as she arrives; and Darlene's view past that car to Emily's mirror.

When Billy Lee is talking to Rose on the beach his shadow changes position from Rose's left to right depending on the perspective.

Billy Lee steps out-of-frame past Emily, but as the shot reverses, he's still bending down beside her.

Darlene parks with the car's right rear tire on a white line, and its front left 3 feet South of the last line. But when Dok notes that he's in Nevada, the car has moved North 4 feet, such that its front left tire is now over the last line.

When Emily first enters the hotel, she actually moves from the entrance inward twice in between camera angles.

Mental degradation or impairment in the elderly that was diagnosed in the 1960s would have been lumped under the commonly understood designations of "senility" or "dementia" rather than Alzheimer's, especially when discussing the diagnosis with a patient. Alzheimer's as a common diagnosis was still almost two decades away.

Removing a spark plug or coil wire would not make the starter spin slowly, as Darlene's car's does.

The desk clerk states that no alcohol can be served on the Nevada side of the hotel.

Nevada has had 24/7 alcohol sales everywhere but Native American reservations since the late 1950s. That would include any place that allowed gambling or served prepared foods such as a sit-down restaurant.

The presidential news conference seen on the lobby television places the action during late January of 1969. That was in the middle of a record winter for snowfall in the area where the hotel is said to be located, yet there is no snow on the ground. Lows that night in Reno were below freezing, yet it rains in the nearby mountains in the film.

It is improbable that a photographer would walk around and click his camera while a supposedly time-constraining recording is in session.

During Darlene's recording session the photographer takes a picture of the producer watching through the glass. However, he uses a flash which would have cast a reflection on the glass of the window therefore ruining the shot.

This is not a character error. The photographer wasn't standing right in front of the producer, he was taking the photo from the side, at an *angle* to the window. That means that the flash wouldn't bounce directly back at the camera. (The window may still reflect the singers that the producer is looking at, but that effect may actually be the intention of the photographer.)

Sullivan is reciting an evening prayer on the telephone with his daughter. He is told the third line of the four line poem has been changed by the mother. He then recites the third line with a fourth line that rhymes with the third line, not one that rhymes with the original third line.

However, he is seen pausing, and could well have been listening to the new fourth line and repeating it just after his daughter.

Rosie tells Billy that the boots used to be her father's. She is very petite compared to the tall man her father is/was and so the boots should look too big on her instead of fitting her nicely.

The money Darlene & Emily set on the counter has clearly been packed together for a long time by the prop department, indicated by the sharp matching folds.

The first scene is obviously filmed on a set as the camera angle is too large for the equipment to be set against the "fourth wall".

Father Flynn tells his neighbor he could hear her sing but she did not hear him at all.

When Jon Hamm's character (Laramie / Dwight) first gets into his motel room he begins searching for wire taps / listening bugs. First he pulls 2 from the rotary phone. He then pulls the 3rd from a wall light switch. He cuts off approximately a 10" - 12" piece of that 3rd wire tap. But when he lays it on the coffee table it is only approximately 2" in length.

When we flashback to Father Flynn during the robbery, he grabs a handful of cash and stuck it in his bag. As he walks out of the rear of the armored truck and looks at the green truck, the doors are shut on the green pickup. After he argues with his co-conspirators. He backs up and looks at the green Chevy pickup, and this time the driver door is open.

"El Royale" is mixed Spanish and French, "El" meaning "The" in Spanish, "Royale", in this case meaning "Deluxe", referring to the hotel, which in proper Spanish would be "El Real, "Le Royale". in French.

There's a reference to staying at the Ritz-Carlton by Father Flynn. The Ritz-Carlton had only two properties in America at the time, both on the East Coast. It was not yet synonymous with staying at the luxury hotel. He would have been much more likely to say "The Hilton"

The bugs are too small for 1969 technology. So is the telescoping magnet in the tool kit. The foam pad for the tools is a type not developed until the 80s.

The jukebox was playing late 1960s tunes on 78 RPM records. These would have been 45 RPM singles.

Some of the cars clearly have modern replacement spark plug wires.

Several musical instruments, including a Jack Casady signature bass, a Jaco Pastorius tribute bass and a certain variant of Fender Telecaster used were not in production in 1969. Also, the Yamaha piano was generally not used then.

During the recording session for "He's A Rebel", the sound of a piano glissando is heard, but the pianist's hands are in front of him and aren't seen running down the keys of the keyboard.

The bank robbery is done outside of Stockton, on a snowy day. The Stockton area averages zero inches of snow per year.

Dock says the robbery took place near Stockton. There are no mountains that near the city. Also, snow is so extremely rare in central California.

Stockton, California's elevation is 13 feet above sea level. Not only is snow almost impossible, there are no significant elevations within 40 miles of the city. The snow and the hills surrounding the city are incongruities.

After Darlene takes her stuff from the trunk of her car (at the beginning of the movie) she sees a man facing away from her wearing a black coat, pants, and hat. She asks,"Are you lost Father?" without having the benefit of seeing his priest's collar with him facing away from her. Unless she assumes that all men who wear black are priests, she would not have known to call him "Father".

Miles mentions a guest brought a "feral wolf" into a room, but feral means a domesticated animal returned to the wild; or simply a wild untamed animal. The wolf he describes is definitely tame.