Corrected entry: The quick cuts between scenes in the Air and Space museum, the White House, and the Lincoln memorial imply that they are adjacent. However the White House is 1 mile away and the Lincoln Memorial is over 1.6 miles away.
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Corrected entry: During the credits a kid named Joey Motorola is seen reverse engineering a cell phone from Larry's phone. Although one of the founding brothers of Motorola was named Joseph, their last name was Galvin, Motorola was the product name. Also, the Galvins were from Chicago, not New York as the film implies.
Correction: When Joey Motorola is seen with the cellphone, it's a wink and a nod to the change in technology. It's not meant to be historically accurate. It's the filmmakers' prerogative.
Correction: Whether or not it be a nod to the creation of Motorola, even the name itself was shoehorned in, as Motorola got its name from the portmanteau of "Motorcar" and "Victrola", a popular radio model at the time.
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Correction: This isn't a mistake. The filmmakers simply chose not to show Larry and Amelia running in the dark between the locations. There really isn't any implied suggestion that these landmarks are adjacent.
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