Continuity mistake: In the hotel scene where Darby calls Gavin to give him the instructions to meet her the next day, he eats one of the chocolates on his pillow and throws it down. They show a close up of the chocolates. After Khamel murders Gavin, he walks to the bed, pulls the recording device and eats one of the chocolates. They are now in a different spot on the bed. (00:59:55 - 01:00:25)
The Pelican Brief (1993)
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Starring: Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sam Shepard, John Heard
Continuity mistake: When Julia's character leaves the Westin Hotel she rides a street car to the Riverwalk. I know we probably like to see all of a city's landmarks but, the Riverwalk is one building away from the Westin Hotel, you could skip there.
Continuity mistake: When Grantham is riding in a car with his editor, he tells him in confidence the room number of the hotel where he is hiding out. It's on the 8th floor. In the next shot Grantham is entering his hotel room and discovers someone has broken in. It's room 217. The intruder then leaps off the balcony and escapes, something that would kill him if the room was on the 8th floor.
Smith Keen: Didn't they also say they knew of no connection with the assassination?
Gray Grantham: Yes. But what else are they gonna say?
Professor Thomas Callahan: Darby Shaw, you take my breath away.
FBI Director Denton Voyles: So you're the little lady who started this great brouhaha.
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