Continuity mistake: When Byron is slapped, he walks towards the table where a photo album lies. A shot later, when the maid arrives to tidy up, some wooden cubes, a coloring book appears.
Revealing mistake: When the oil starts gushing, one can see a rectangle on the ground with different coloured grass, where the pumping mechanism to achieve the effect was buried.
Continuity mistake: When Ernest plays poker, he places the jewelry, watch, and card on the table. Their position keeps changing between shots.
Continuity mistake: Robert De Niro and Scott Shepherd (who is stood behind De Niro) are at a funeral, with nothing on their heads – but, in the blink of an eye, both of them have a hat on. (01:30:49)