Other mistake: When Alex shoots the harpoon and the old lady is returning to her apartment, Alex puts back the harpoon on the mantle and the rope of the harpoon is neatly folded back up. He wouldn't have had the time to properly do this by the time she returned.
Duplex (2003)
1 other mistake
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, Harvey Fierstein, Eileen Essell
Genres: Comedy
Continuity mistake: After Alex installs the clapping machine, he can't get the TV to turn off while he is laying down, he has to stand up and jump while clapping. However, after Mrs. Connelly figures out how to use it and they are going back and forth, it works perfectly fine while laying down.
Nancy Kendricks: Do you realise how much the duplex is going to be worth once we get both floors?
Alex Rose: I know how much it costs.
Nancy Kendricks: Well it's going to be worth a bazillion times that.
Alex Rose: Really? A bazillion? That's an incredible return.
Question: What is the word that Drew Barrymore says to her boss, which she claims means that he'll have it "right away"?
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Answer: She says "tickety-boo" - later on he asks for her article and says he wants it "tickety-now" not "tickety-boo".
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