Factual error: The film is set in the 1950s. In the scene where Ewan McGregor and Peter Mullan are waiting for a load of coal (the morning after they discover the body), there is a close-up shot of Ewan McGregor's head and shoulders. In the background is a huge container ship, slightly out of focus. Containers were not introduced to Europe until 1966 and the ship in this film was probably built in the 1980s.
Young Adam (2003)
Directed by: David Mackenzie
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Emily Mortimer, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan
Factual error: Joe is reading a book on the deck of the barge while young Jim is filling his bucket with water of the side of the vessel. The book Joe is reading is a Penguin Classics, however the book has the 2002 orange-white re-design, while the film is set in the 1950s.
Les Gault: What'd you do that for?
Joe Taylor: I had no use for it.
Les Gault: Must be worth something, though.
Joe Taylor: Not to me.
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