Continuity mistake: The first time Michelle Pfeiffer sees the tub (approx 35 minutes in) full to the brim, she walks up to it and the camera angle is from the tub to her front. She rolls up her sleeve, then with the camera angle change to her back, she approaches the tub, and the sleeve is unrolled as seen in the reflection in the water. Then she rolls it up again.
What Lies Beneath (2000)
21 mistakes - chronological order
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Remar, Miranda Otto, Amber Valletta, Joe Morton, Diana Scarwid, Katharine Towne
Jody: You stole the dead woman's shoe?
Trivia: There are more than a few Hitchcock references in this movie. Most notably Harrison Ford's character - Norman (Psycho), suspecting the neighbour of murdering his wife (Rear Window), Michelle Pfeiffer falling in the shower and pulling the shower curtain down with her (Psycho). There are many others if you watch for them.
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Answer: They are the initials of Madison Elizabeth Frank, the woman Norman was having an affair with and later killed.
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