Continuity mistake: When Billie Jean hits the winning shot against Bobby Riggs, she is inside the square closest to the net. However, when she throws her racket in the air in victory a second later she has moved outside the box, close to the center of the court.
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Starring: Steve Carell, Emma Stone, Elisabeth Shue, Andrea Riseborough, Natalie Morales
Bobby Riggs: You and me, Billie Jean. Three sets, five sets - your choice.
Billie Jean King: Are you drunk, Bobby?
Bobby Riggs: No, of course not. How about this: "Man vs. Woman." "Male Chauvinist Pig vs Hairy-Legged Feminist."
TV Reporter: Miss King said she will not play for the money but, in her words, "to put women's tennis and women's lib back where it belongs. Riggs said he issued the challenge because "I want to prove that women are lousy and they don't belong on the same court as a man."
Bobby Riggs: No offense. You're still a feminist, right?
Billie Jean King: No, I'm a tennis player who happens to be a woman.
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