Factual error: Near the beginning, it's clear we're in Chicago because we're hearing a Chicago radio station. Clark turns the corner before nearly running into people in the road. You can see mountains in the background very briefly. The Griswold house was one of the properties on the Warner Brothers Ranch in Burbank, California which has since been demolished.
manthabeat
23rd Jun 2024
Vegas Vacation (1997)
5th May 2024
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Factual error: The scene at the car lot in the beginning is supposed to take place in Chicago. Mountains and palm trees are visible in one angle when Clark is talking to Ed about the car being the wrong one.
12th Apr 2023
Quantum Leap (2022)
Factual error: Some of the crew members are standing on deck while the ship is firing. They're close to the guns. Not only are the guns very loud and thus would destroy their hearing, those men would potentially be physically injured by the shock.
29th Nov 2022
Quantum Leap (2022)
Stand by Ben - S1-E8
Factual error: The Blur song "Song 2" plays during the intro escape. The episode is set in 1996. The song came out on April 7, 1997.
28th Nov 2022
Quantum Leap (2022)
Factual error: Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth" plays but the episode is set on October 17, 1989. The song wasn't released until May of the following year.
14th Mar 2022
Uncharted (2022)
Factual error: Chloe and Nathan use a GPS tracker in their phone while Sully is above them searching for key holes. They're both able to stay together due to this. The problem is Chloe and Nate are underground. GPS uses satellites and they wouldn't work underground.
23rd Jun 2021
Quantum Leap (1989)
Maybe Baby - March 11, 1963 - S2-E20
Factual error: "Dancing in the Streets" by Martha and the Vandellas plays while the characters are driving. The problem is, the episode is set in 1963. That song was released in 1965.
23rd Jun 2021
Quantum Leap (1989)
Maybe Baby - March 11, 1963 - S2-E20
Factual error: Across the street from the general store where Sam and Bunny escape is an AllState Insurance office. The logo for the store is the more modern 1990s logo. The 1960s AllState logo had a different appearance.
16th Apr 2021
Quantum Leap (1989)
A Portrait for Troian - February 7, 1971 - S2-E11
Factual error: When the second earthquake happens, certainly we would see evidence of the water shaking but the water is calm. In a real earthquake, the water would be sloshing around.
5th Apr 2021
Cold Pursuit (2019)
Factual error: It's a hard winter everywhere is film except in the scenes that take place in Denver. In one scene when Coxman kidnaps Viking's son, there are full leaves on trees and cherry blossoms. Moments prior there's a frozen tundra shot coming into Denver.
29th Jan 2021
Quantum Leap (1989)
Blind Faith - February 6, 1964 - S2-E5
Factual error: The episode takes place in New York in February. During the scene with the Beatles arriving at the theater, we see a tree that has very green and full leaves on it. Trees with green leaves are visible in other parts of the episode as well.
5th Jan 2021
Quantum Leap (1989)
The Americanization of Machiko - August 4, 1953 - S2-E3
Factual error: The episode takes place in rural Ohio, however several times in the distance, large mountains are visible. Ohio has hills, but not large mountains.
21st Oct 2020
Yellowstone (2018)
Factual error: The intro takes place in March. The trees in the background say otherwise. In the mountains in March, leaves are usually not fully developed on trees until April at the earliest. The scene was likely shot in the fall.
9th Jun 2020
The X-Files (1993)
Factual error: The episode is supposed to take place in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. Mountains are visible in the sequence when Mulder is chasing after the killer on foot. The show was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia.
5th Apr 2020
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Factual error: The movie takes place in Washington D.C, however near the end on the roof, a warehouse in the background says "Van Nuys", which is in California.
5th Apr 2020
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Factual error: The movie takes place in Washington D.C, however the sequence with Hector Savage held up at his house was filmed in Los Angeles. This is obvious as the sequence features palm trees, and mountains are visible at times.
9th May 2019
Brake (2012)
Factual error: Throughout the film Stephen Dorff talks to the other agent on the CB. CBs have no way to receive while transmitting, yet the two men overlap each other's conversations.
4th Apr 2019
SLC Punk! (1998)
Factual error: The Wells Fargo Center is visible in multiple shots throughout the film. It was built in 1998, the same year the film was shot. It was certainly not around when the film was set, 1985.
14th Mar 2019
Speed (1994)
Factual error: The bomber wants his money by 11 am. The sun should be almost directly overhead. Why then are there late afternoon-early evening shadows at the end of the film?
27th Feb 2019
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Factual error: Near the end of the film there is a shot of the FBI helicopters turning. Mountains are visible in the background. This film is supposed to take place on the east coast. There are no mountains that tall on the east coast.
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