G.I. Jane

G.I. Jane (1997)

4 factual errors - chronological order

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Factual error: Towards the end, the Captain of the CRT school tells Jordan to have a seat and says, "This is Admiral Gallow and Lieutenant Burke from the Judge Advocate General's Office." The "Lieutenant" is wearing 3 stripes on his shoulder boards, which would make him a Commander, not a Lieutenant. (01:27:59)

Factual error: When Jordan arrives at the training base, she is riding in a canvas-topped Humvee. The doors consist of a light wire frame covered by a vinyl canvas, and must be hooked shut with a plastic handle. You can see that she fails to secure the door, and it flops open behind her. Yet there is the sound effect of a full-size metal automobile door slamming shut.

Factual error: When Senator DeHaven is leaving the senate hearing that opens the movie, her limo pulls out of a stone archway and onto Constitution Ave. The building in front of the limo is the American History Museum, which makes the stone archway part of the Environmental Protection Agency building. A senate hearing on the Navy's policy toward women would not be held at the EPA. Furthermore, the limo turns left, not right, and therefore away from the direction of the capitol.

Factual error: When Demi arrives at the base she is wearing working blues and a beret. Navy personnel don't wear berets.

tatias15

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Suggested correction: Up until 2016 women in the US Navy had the option to wear a beret.

BaconIsMyBFF

Revealing mistake: Towards the end of the film, a Cobra helicopter is flying in to assist with the extraction of the Navy Seals. There is a three-quarter frontal shot of the helicopter, one bank of rocket tubes can be seen to be empty; a few moments later, it's firing rockets from banks on both sides.

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Lt. Blondell: Lieutenant, why are you doing this?
Lt. Jordan O'Neil: Do you ask the men the same question?
Lt. Blondell: As a matter of fact: yes, I do ask them.
Lt. Jordan O'Neil: And what do they say?
Lt. Blondell: "Cause I get to blow shit up."
Lt. Jordan O'Neil: Well, there you go.

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