Factual error: The license plate on the blue Ford Taurus is 674-H2T. Format for New Mexico standard issue yellow plates is 123-ABC (three numbers, the Zia sun, followed by three letters).
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Jonathan Tucker
Factual error: During the war in Iraq the US military wore uniforms with the digitized camouflage, not the Vietnam era camouflage. (00:09:00)
Chief Buchwald: But didn't you just say that you would do whatever you were told?
Det. Emily Sanders: Yeah, I sometimes exaggerate for effect.
Hank Deerfield: I'll call you when I get there tomorrow.
Joan Deerfield: It's a two-day drive.
Hank Deerfield: For some people.
Hank Deerfield: Do you know what it means when a flag flies upside down?
School Janitor: No...?
Hank Deerfield: Its an international distress signal.
School Janitor: No shit?
Hank Deerfield: No Shit! It means we're in a whole lot of trouble so come save our asses 'cause we ain't got a prayer in hell of saving it ourselves.
School Janitor: It says alot.
Hank Deerfield: Yes, it does.
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