Character mistake: A TV news announcer describes Alan Shepard's first manned launch into space as him being lifted to "an altitude of 116 miles per hour." That's not an altitude, that's a speed. It should have just been "116 miles."
Hidden Figures (2016)
1 character mistake
Directed by: Theodore Melfi
Starring: Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae
Genres: Drama
Factual error: The green car that the 3 ladies are always in has a shot where you can see the brand of tires being a Hankook Optimo. This was in 1961 and these radial tires didn't exist yet.
Al Harrison: Here at NASA we all pee the same color.
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