Question: Why does Pecsi lie so much to the judge about his credentials? He graduated from law school and passed the bar. The boys should be able to have whatever lawyer they want.
William Bergquist
29th Nov 2003
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Answer: Vinny is an out of state lawyer who (presumably) isn't admitted to practice in Alabama. In order to practice in that jurisdiction, Vinny would have to be admitted "pro hac vice" or "for this occasion only." Especially in capital criminal cases, a defense lawyer must be certified as having a certain level of expertise to avoid later appellate claims of ineffective counsel. In this case, Judge Trotter is actually being fairly lax in just relying on a brief interview of Vinny to make a decision to allow an out of jurisdiction lawyer verbally provide his criminal defense credentials.
27th Nov 2003
Night Shift (1982)
Trivia: The annoying saxaphone player on the subway when Henry Winkler writes him a check is Ron Howard, the director.
20th Nov 2003
Valley Girl (1983)
Revealing mistake: The little sister says she didn't mean to back into the record player, but just before, she very noticeably makes an obvious move toward the record player. (00:53:30)
4th Nov 2003
La Bamba (1987)
Audio problem: When Ritchie is playing in the country bar, Bob's drumming is inconsistent with the drum sounds.
23rd Oct 2003
Silver Streak (1976)
Continuity mistake: At the end, when the runaway train is going through the garage, you see it approaching the end of the line as indicated by a large "bumper" at the end of the track yet when the shot changes to a front view to see it crashing through, the large "bumper" is gone.
12th Oct 2003
The Jerk (1979)
Continuity mistake: When Steve Martin runs from his apartment and throws popcorn into the detective's face, the detective spits out popcorn even though no popcorn went into his mouth. (01:00:50)
12th Oct 2003
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Continuity mistake: CW Moss takes two bites out of Gene Wilder's hamburger by accident but when CW attempts to give the burger to Gene Wilder, there is just one bite taken out of it.
29th Sep 2003
Son in Law (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Crawl sits down with the log he is about to whittle, there is a large branch sticking out diagonally from the log. When the shot flips to a profile angle, the branch is now sticking straight up.
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Suggested correction: The branch sticks straight out of the log, the only difference when the shot changes angles it the position the log is being held at, having the branch sticking more pointed to the sky rather than straight out from his lap angle.
26th Sep 2003
South Park (1997)
Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants - S5-E9
Continuity mistake: When Osama is video taping his message, Kenny is sitting on the left side chair but when you see the video on the news, Kenny is setting on the far right side next to the goat. The other characters except for the goat change places as well.
25th Sep 2003
The Jerk (1979)
Audio problem: When Steve Martin is chasing the boy riding the train, while he is shouting, his lips are way out of sync with his voice. (00:39:50)
11th Sep 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Audio problem: When Lisa visits Homer at the plant, they are playing astronauts with the radiation suits. When they spin around and around, Homer is laughing but his mouth stays the same.
26th Aug 2003
The Rainmaker (1997)
Continuity mistake: When Matt Damon gets his letter stating that he passed the bar, he is holding it in his left hand. After he hugs the old lady, the letter has immediately jumped to his right hand. (00:35:10)
15th Aug 2003
American Graffiti (1973)
Continuity mistake: The movie takes place in 1962, yet the band at the dance is playing The Kingsmen version of Louie Louie which didn't come out until 1963.
9th Aug 2003
Escape From L.A. (1996)
Continuity mistake: In Escape from New York, Snakes tattoo on his stomach is filled in. In Escape from LA, his tattoo is just an outline. (00:18:05)
30th Jul 2003
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Character mistake: When Spencer Tracy is talking to his wife and daughter on two separate telephones, he places the phones up against each other so mom and daughter can talk to each other. One phone should be upside down so it would be speaker to transmitter rather than speaker to speaker.
11th Jul 2003
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
11th Jul 2003
Jackass: The Movie (2002)
Continuity mistake: In the opening credits, the guys are standing full depth in the giant shopping cart. When they get to the bottom, the cart most noticeably has a platform halfway down that the guys are standing on when they get thrown out. [It is mentioned on the cast commentary (by Bam) that they needed to raise it up because they were afraid of jumping out from so low down in the trolley. Still a mistake, but that's why it's there.]
21st Jun 2003
The Doors (1991)
Trivia: When Kilmer is sitting in the Limo with all the screaming girls outside, he is twirling a drumstick similar to twirling the pen in Top Gun and twirling two quarters in Real Genius.
8th Jun 2003
10 to Midnight (1983)
Continuity mistake: At the end, when the naked killer is kicking the door, there is blood on the door from his feet. Several shots later, the blood on the door changes even though he has stopped kicking it. (01:34:45)
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Chosen answer: The judge is trying to ensure that Vinny will provide a competent and zealous defense for the boys, and not make a mockery of the courtroom procedure he loves so much. Since Vinny knows that six weeks of civil law practice, and zero courtroom time will not convince him, he lies.
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