The American

Corrected entry: When Mathilde fires at George Clooney in the final scene, the rifle blows up in her face causing a wound like she's been shot through the right eye. However, as she was using a telescopic sight, the explosion from the gun would have hit her face from below, near the jaw.

Correction: The chamber explosion blows the telescopic sight off, turning in into a projectile which shoots inte her right eye.

Airborne60

Corrected entry: Never heard of bullet-speeds being expressed in mph, usually in meters per second or feet per second. Anyhow, 360 mph is still well above the sound barrier, so any suppressor or silencer will NOT silence the sharp whip-like crack of a bullet going through the sound barrier.

Correction: 360 mph is about half the speed of sound.

rswarrior

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Mistakes

Factual error: When Clooney and his 'contact' test out the Mini 14, they fire at brushes, showing that the scope is not centered. Instead of making the windage adjustments, they actually adjust the top of the scope, making elevation adjustments.

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Quotes

Pavel: And above all... don't make any friends, Jack. You used to know that.

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Trivia

Trivia: When Jack is entering the bar where he receives a letter from a friend, a song is played on the radio. The song is 'Tu vuò fà l'americano' by Italian singer Renato Carosone. It means 'You want to do American' or 'You're an American wannabe', a reference to Jack, who is American, and of course the title of the movie. (00:38:45 - 00:39:50)

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Questions

Question: Why did Clooney say to his so called boss in the beginning that his Swedish girlfriend that he shot dead had nothing to do with it?

Answer: Because she didn't, but once she saw evidence of who/what he was, he had to kill her to protect his identity.

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