You've Got Mail

Other mistake: In the scene towards the beginning of the movie where Meg Ryan is at Starbucks, we see her order, wait briefly, then the coffee is given to her. She never pays for the coffee. (00:16:55)

Other mistake: In the opening scene, where Tom Hanks is in his kitchen fixing breakfast, narrating his email to Meg Ryan, he says that his dog Brinkley prefers to spend all day sleeping on a green inner tube (doggie pillow). But when the dog is seen curling up on his special "Brinkley" pillow a few seconds later, the pillow is blue. (00:04:45)

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Continuity mistake: In the dinner party scene where Meg discovers who Tom really is, they are seen walking around a buffet table filling their plates with food. The food on Tom's plate changes in quantity and placement of items on the plate from scene to scene. (00:33:50)

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Kathleen Kelly: You poor, sad, multimillionaire. I feel so sorry for you.

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Trivia: In the scene where Tom Hanks is visiting Meg Ryan, she is in bed and he is sitting on the edge of the bed talking to her. Right before he gets up for a moment to pull up the covers over her, (now, turn the sound up for this one) he actually passes gas. You can hear the little "pop", he starts to grin and then probably realizes that the director is going to just continue on with the scene, so his grin fades and the scene goes on. I replayed this over and over. It really happened.

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Question: What kind of sailboat (designer/brand) is Fox III?

Answer: Beneteau.

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