The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

45 mistakes - chronological order

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Plot hole: How did Catherine manage to show up at the original crime scene at the same time that the detective arrived? He came from across town; she came from Europe, as proved by her "jet-lagged" comment the next morning.

Plot hole: The beach could be reached only by vehicle, but they only had one car and they arrived separately.

Continuity mistake: When Renee is sipping coffee and watching Thomas Crown far below on the street running to his car, in her first look, the car is parked at a 45° angle headfirst against a rounded curb with two police cars to its left, but in the second snippet, when she looks, his car is parked across a street, as any car would be parked and with a sidewalk to its right. The rounded curb scene and the two cop cars are gone.

Continuity mistake: In the restaurant having dinner Rene's pearl necklace starts untwisted then twists and later untwists. To do this that necklace would have to be unclasped and manually twisted.

Thomas Crown: Regret is usually a waste of time, as is gloating.

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Trivia: Not strictly a mistake, but have you ever seen anything like the product placement when Rene Russo storms into an office and downs a can of Pepsi One (with the label cunning facing the camera)? She does all but turn to camera, hold it up, and say "aaah - there's nothing like an ice-cold can of Pepsi". I actually laughed when I saw it.

Jon Sandys

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