The Secret of my Success

Continuity mistake: In the scene in the empty office, as the camera angle changes, Fox's hair gets noticeably longer and darker.

Continuity mistake: When M.J. Fox enters the empty office and sits behind the desk, the phone rings, and he answers a grey phone. After a few cutaways, the phone has become black.

Continuity mistake: When Michael J Fox gets the elevator stuck the first time, one time there's a stain on the carpet, a repair man walks by and the stain is gone, he goes toward the elevator and the stain is back on the carpet.

Continuity mistake: When Vera hands Brently a drink at the country house, and she's talking about how trees stuck up oxygen, you can see Michael slightly turn and dump the drink over his shoulder. When he turns back around the cup has stuff in it.

Continuity mistake: When Brantley is changing in the stopped elevator, his jacket keeps moving back and forth from the floor to over the hand rail.

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Continuity mistake: In the Gazebo scene, as Brantley is speaking to the NY bigwigs Vera has introduced him to, a number of people come to hear him speak, including a Pemrose Exec. When the scene cuts to Howard arguing with his department heads about the takeover, however, that same executive can be seen at the meeting.

Continuity mistake: When M.J. Fox enters the empty office and sits behind the desk, the phone rings, and he answers a grey phone. After a few cutaways, the phone has become black.

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Vera Prescott: Why haven't I met you before?
Fred Melrose: Maybe you ain't been hangin' out in the mailroom.
Vera Prescott: Oooh, the "male room." I like that sound.

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Trivia: Kristy McNichol was the first choice for Christy Wills, but the studio fired her two weeks before filming began due to fears she might be difficult to work with due to her bipolar disorder.

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