Continuity mistake: In the scene where Cindy is about to have her abortion, we see a shot of the nurse holding her hand and the nurse has on purple latex gloves. In the next shot, the nurse is holding her hand without gloves.
Continuity mistake: When they jump on the train at the end of the film, the train tail light is on the right hand side and its also a light that didn't come in until the 80's and in the long shot of the train speeding along the tail light is on the left hand side.
Continuity mistake: First when Carson kisses Rachel she's on his left side. When the kiss is over she's suddenly on his right side. (00:52:00)
Factual error: In the chase scene where Lou is running after the derelict, they pass a number of vehicles parked and driving on the streets. All of them are correct period vehicles for the late 1950s, except for a white semi truck which is from at least the mid 1990s. The grille and headlights on the truck are the giveaway. (01:23:20)
Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the movie, after Boyka gets out of the car with the briefcase, Turbo gets out after him and has a conversation. When Turbo goes back to the car, you see Boyka standing on the side of the road. There is only that one road in all the shots. In the next close up shot of the car door closing, and the car moving, we see the car getting out on to the road from a small by-lane (of sorts)! Where did this road come from? How did the car move places?
Factual error: When the Senator is looking at the rent ledger, there are entries for each property as well as the date that money was collected. One of the dates is 2/29/74, yet 1974 was not a leap year. The only leap years in that decade were 1972 and 1976. (00:56:30)
Deliberate mistake: The (fake) confession letter was postmarked from Ohio and sent to Allison Connor, 331 Henry Lane in Hilliard, MB 21243. No U.S. state has a postal abbreviation of "MB." The way the "B" was written in thick bold letters made it resemble a "D" - "MD" represents Maryland (where the film apparently takes place). Also, there is no current 21243 zip code in the U.S. There is a 21241 for Baltimore City and the next consecutive zip code is 21244 in Baltimore County. The created address LOOKS real. (00:50:44)
Factual error: In golf scene, Kevin Spacey is supposed to be playing golf in St. Andrews. The intensity of sun and the surrounding fauna suggests they are actually playing on a course in the mid latitudes of the US. (00:11:30)
Continuity mistake: During his second interview with Jack, Stone tilts his body to the right in the front shots, but remains straight in the back shots.
Factual error: Close to the end of the film Michael Reed is traveling from Philadelphia to New York City by train early in the morning. The sun shines on his face from left side which is impossible in the morning, as the left side of his face faces west during that direction of travel (from south to north).
Continuity mistake: Jason spits blood onto Joker's chin which changes spot wise and shape wise by the next shot.
Visible crew/equipment: When Mister and the Boy are keeping watch in the woods, just after Boy asks "What are we going to do when the baby comes?" They heart a noise and stand up, as the camera follows Mister you can see lights in the distance, even though they are supposed to be alone in the mountains. (01:20:00 - 01:21:00)
Other mistake: In the middle of the movie, there is a scene with the two moms on the couch talking. One mom (red hair lady) wears a necklace with a charm that says "love." There are two camera shots in this scene, one looking directly at her, and another from over her left shoulder. Depending on the shot, the 'love' charm is either visible or tucked under the top of her shirt. This swaps back and forth.
Factual error: The movie is set in 1979-1980. You can see vehicles all throughout the movie that were manufactured after 1980.
Character mistake: When Johnny and Cleo leave the Chateau and head for Vegas, they are shown getting on the 101 freeway North (in Hollywood) and are coming from the east and turning right onto the freeway. The Chateau is in West Hollywood so to turn onto the freeway where they did, they would have come from the west.
Revealing mistake: After exercising, Valerie is in bed watching the news, then the scene changes to a shot of her house showing a Honda Accord at the 2002 meeting but this model did not get released until 2008.
Factual error: Major Carlysle's medal ribbons have been sewn on upside down. The Queen's South Africa Medal should be worn first, followed by the King's South Africa Medal, and the KSAM bars should be green-white-orange, not orange-white-green (the QSAM is symmetrical, so looks the same either way up). Sgt Major Saunders, on the other hand, is wearing his medals correctly.
Factual error: A delightful movie that theoretically takes place in the vicinity of Portland Oregon, over a period of many months. The problem is, that at no time does it ever rain, and anyone who has lived near Portland knows it rains half of the year.
Factual error: After warping back from Iscandar, Kodai looks out of the window. Yuki Mori points him where Earth is. A moment later, he responds to the hailing signal saying that they are now 420,000 kilometres from Earth. Considering that the distance between Earth and the Moon is about 385,000km, Earth is looking unreasonably minuscule from their window. (01:52:50)
Continuity mistake: When Stern is cutting Gutterman loose and they're at Rachel's desk, Gutterman is right behind Stern, close enough to touch the desk and sets his hat on it. The shot changes and Gutterman is now further away, not even in arm's reach of the desk.