Weekend at Bernie's

Continuity mistake: Just after the hit man kills Bernie he proceeds to disguise himself and pulls a folded, floppy beach hat out of his pocket. Yet when we see him getting on the boat in the next scene the same folded hat is now a perfectly round, structured hat with a brim.

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Suggested correction: It's the same hat. That's the style, where it can be folded and open back up. Similar to a bucket hat.

Bishop73

Continuity mistake: When Gwen is with Richard and sees Bernie and wants to go thank him, the various people standing behind them change when Richard yells "no!"

Bishop73

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Suggested correction: Incorrect, the camera is simply in a different place before and after the scream. Before Richard yells "no" there are two men, one in a black shirt, the other in white, near the left of the screen behind Richard and Gwen. These men can be seen after the scream, but on the right side of the screen. If the camera were to pan another 30° to the right you would see all the same people.

The camera isn't in a different location as the pool is in the same spot. But, there's a lot more than just 2 people who change, for example, before the scream there's about half a dozen people by the pool next to a guy in yellowish pants and black coat, but after those people are all gone and it's the man in black coat and 1 different woman.

Bishop73

Revealing mistake: When Larry, Richard, and Gwen are running from the hitman, they run over to the glass doors and say, "It's locked." If you look at the glass, you can see the outside decking area, which appears to be a print of the outside on the glass itself. (01:24:42)

leemurphy82

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Suggested correction: If you look at the shoreline as they're at the door, you can see the movement of the waves, so it can't be a picture.

Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie, when the hitman comes to kill Bernie for one last time, Larry, Gwen, and Richard start running from the hitman and Gwen has her hat in her hand. They run over to the stereo and she drops it somewhere over by there. In later shots, however, you can see Gwen's hat lying right next to Bernie in front of the staircase.

ACertainShadeofGreen

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Security Officer: OK, I'll tell the engineer.

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Trivia: The movie's director Ted Kotcheff has a small part as Richard's father who comes out in his underwear as Richard and Gwen are making out on the couch.

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Question: Wouldn't it be against regulation for a house, especially of that size, to be built on a section of the beach that the tide would eventually come up to? A sturdy foundation is absolutely of the question with there being nothing but sand to build it on. When the tide came up to pull Bernie into the water, it definitely would've made contact with the house.

Answer: Yes it would, but Bernie was a greedy and selfish man, he would have bribed contractors and inspectors to get it built. He wanted to live the life of a big shot. Like "The Wolf of Wall Street."

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