Question: Why is there a scene where the fake detectives are trying to listen to Roy's conversation with his doc? They weren't really cops, the fake hospital room didn't need microphones, etc.
Matchstick Men (2003)
1 commented-on entry since 18 Nov '24, 08:42
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Bruce McGill, Alison Lohman, Beth Grant, Bruce Altman, Jenny O'Hara, Steve Eastin
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Angela and Roy are bowling, Angela rolls her ball down lane 23. When Roy takes a turn bowling a second later, he throws his ball in the gutter in lane 26.
Roy: I'm not ver good at being a father, all right? I barely get by just being me.
Trivia: Alison Lohman, who plays Nicolas Cage's teenage (14) daughter, is actually 24.
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Answer: They needed to get the password for Roy's safety deposit box. They planted the camera and microphones so that they could listen in on the conversation and know what the password is.
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But he gave the code to the doctor who was in on it.