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The Firm (1993) - 5 corrections

Directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Ed Harris, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tom Cruise (add more)

Genres: Thriller, Drama

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When Mitch is talking to his brother Ray in prison, Ray mentions that he would never mention to the guys in prison that he has a brother at Harvard. He then sends Mitch to visit his former cellmate, Eddie Lomax. In the next scene, Eddie then proceeds to tell Mitch that he practically went to law school with Mitch because his brother talked about him everyday, even though Ray just finished mentioning that he would never tell anyone about his brother's attendance at Harvard Law. [When Eddie tells Mitch that he knows all about Mitch's law school it is a conscious statement to the viewer that Eddie was lying to Mitch when he said he would never tell anyone he had a brother in law school. This is in the movie to show the viewer that Eddie is actually proud of his brother, despite what he might actually say to Mitch directly.]

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When Mitch and Tammy are in the diner (trying to be inconspicuous about talking to each other), Tammy is describing to Mitch the men who shot Eddie. How can this be? She never saw them because she was under the desk. There is no way she could know that one had white hair and blue eyes. [Tammy was under the desk, yes, but we see her move back toward the side where the "cannon" was, and easily indicates she could or did look through the peephole left by the bullets and DID see both men! Her movement is purposeful enough to make this neither a plot hole nor continuity error.]

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When the fax arrives in the firm's security office about Tom's brother released from prison, it curls and falls to the floor parallel to the front of the fax machine. When the fax is found the next morning it is parallel to the side of the fax machine. [The fact that it is lightweight and curled into a cylinder means it could be moved around by air currents passing under the fax machine stand. For example, when the heat or air conditioning blows through a floor vent or when the door is opened and closed by the Firm's security people as they come in to search the office it could move. It is possible.]