Continuity mistake: When Hardy is giving Keith a hard time at the gas station by dropping the money on the ground, Keith picks it up, then all of a sudden the shot zooms in and Keith is holding the engine dip stick.
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Howard Deutch
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer, Mary Stuart Masterson
Keith and Amanda go out on their date in a limo driven by Watts (the tomboy). They hit it off and Keith gives Amanda diamond earrings. They go to Hardy's party and are confronted by him and his friends. Keith tries to fight Hardy and is pulled back by his friends. Just as they are going to beat Keith up, the tough guys of the school (who Keith made friends with in detention) show up and save him. Amanda slaps Hardy and she and Keith leave together. Amanda then tells Keith she would rather be on her own for a while. Amanda gives Keith back the earrings and leaves. Keith realises he is in love with Watts and runs after her and gives her the earrings and they wind up together.
Lisa
More mistakes in Some Kind of Wonderful
Ray: So you gotta hang around for an hour?
Watts: If I feel like it.
Ray: You know how much damage we could do to each other in an hour?
Watts: It's kind of a revolting thought, actually.
Ray: Really? What's revolting mean?
Watts: Oh, God. Get your hands off me, man.
Ray: Does that mean you wanna come over?
Trivia: John Hughes wrote the role of Amanda Jones for specifically Molly Ringwald to play. When she refused, Lea Thompson picked up the role but Hughes has now refused to work with Ringwald because she turned the film down.
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