American Graffiti

American Graffiti (1973)

7 mistakes since 22 Jan '17, 00:00

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Other mistake: When Carol leaves her car full of girlfriends to get into John Milner's yellow coupe, she does not reach for his obvious door handle, but instead puts her hand through the open window and uses the inside release. She could not possibly know the outside handle would not work. In another scene, Carol uses the outside door handle.

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Other mistake: When nerdy guy (glasses) enters the pharmacy and goes to the counter, he nervously requests chewing gum, hair comb, candy bar, pan, batteries, a pint, and beef jerky, which the clerk just turns around and then magically puts into a bag, including the booze, when most of those items, except the booze, should be available on the shelves behind them.

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Factual error: When the cop car loses its axle, the movie playing at the theater is Dementia 13, which was released in 1963, while the movie was set in 1962.

Factual error: In the beginning of the movie, set in the early 60s, Laurie drives her Edsel into Mel's. As she is waving to Steve, you can see a Brown 70s AMC Gremlin, a red 70s Ford Maverick, and a two-tone late 60s Chevrolet van parked on the street in the background.

demodon

Factual error: When Laurie arrives at Mel's parked behind the already said red mustang there's a brown car which looks like an AMC Gremlin, only introduced in 1970.

Continuity mistake: Curt waits in his Citroen for a phone call from the Blonde in the T-Bird. He is sleeping and the camera shot shows him about 15 feet away from the phone booth. The phone ringing awakens him. The following shot shows him coming to and dashing for the phone. After exiting the car, he takes about two steps, and he's already in the phone booth. Either the car had magically been moved up closer to the phone booth for that shot, or he averages about 7 to 8 feet per step to reach the phone in time.

Terry Fields: Jesus, what a night.

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Trivia: John Milner's license plate is 'THX 138' (referring to the George Lucas film 'THX 1138'). The police car that had the rear axle ripped out also had the same license plate.

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