starring Ethan Embry, Liv Tyler, Steve Zahn, Tom Hanks (add more)
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In the scene where Chad the drummer breaks his arm, Jimmy is explaining to Lenny the name "Heardsmen" and that it's referring to "heard" as in hearing; one of the 6 senses. There are only 5 human senses and a 6th sense is associated with having ESP - Extra Sensory Perception. [Mistake by the character, not the movie.]
When the band wins the talent contest at the beginning, there is a shot where the owner of Villipiano's is asking if the guys would play at his place. One shot shows the bass player all smiley and then it immediately changes shots with him the background dead serious. [During the entire scene of the owner of Villipiano's asking them to play, there is not a single shot of the bass player.]
When the band is at the hotel in Hollywood, a reporter asks them "Why don't you have long hair like The Beatles?" The movie is supposed to have taken place in 1964, The Beatles didn't have long hair at that time, it wasn't until a few years later. [The mop-style haircuts that the Beatles had when they first became popular was comsidered long at the time. This was a time when the norm was buzzcuts and military style cuts were the big style on men. Their "long" hair is one of the things that made parents at the time dislike them, thinking that it was a bad influence on their kids.]
Corrected by wolfchild
The scene on the Matterhorn at Disneyland shows that the car is two connected. In the early 60's it was a SINGLE car ride. [Actually those cars are original, the Disney company recommissioned a retired old-style ride car for the movie so it would be historically correct for the time period.]
In the scene where the guys are performing in Illinois the camera moves to an overhead shot and we can see the guys performing on a huge Playtone record. If you read carefully the Playtone record says that the song was written by James Mattingly III however, when the guys meet Saul Siler Jimmy introduces himself as James Mattingly the second. [Actually, the label on the huge record does say James Mattingly II. If you don't look carefully, the parentheses at the end makes it look like III.]
The father looks at an ad for a competing store which indicates the store will open on Sundays. If this is the mid 60's, Sunday sales were prohibited by law (the infamous blue laws). I don't believe the blue laws were abolished until after the date of this movie. [Actually, blue laws, although common, were not mandated on either state or federal level. Each city determined it's own "blue laws," and what may have been illegal in one town was not illegal in another.]
In the hotel gift shop Faye says hello to Lamarr, calling him by his name before he introduces himself to her. And she acts like she has never heard his name before. [It's not Faye that says hello to Lamarr, it's the store clerk. Then, he introduces himself to Faye.]
Corrected by ChiChi
The bass player and Fay are each listening to a "Walkman" to hear the song on the radio. The movie was set in 1964 and the "Walkman" were invented in the late 70s. [Actually, these are transistor radios, which had earpieces to listen privately and not disturb others around you.]
Corrected by ChiChi
Several times during the film, set in the early 60's, Lenny the guitar player refers to Erie, Pennsylvania as Erie, PA. Guy Patterson, the drummer, refers to it as Erie, Penn. I believe Erie, Penn. would be more accurate. The two letter state abbreviations came much later than the early 60's. [Apparently Pennsylvania's been referred to as PA for ages, irrespective of the official abbreviations].
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