Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Lincoln and his son arrive at the Army Hospital in the horse-drawn carriage, look at the dirt road in the background. If you look closely, there appears to be tire tracks from tires of a modern-day vehicle.
Lincoln (2012)
1 visible crew/equipment mistake
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Mulligan, Mary Tyler Moore
Genres: Drama
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Tommy Lee Jones takes home a copy of the bill it is folded lengthwise, when he hands it to Epatha Merkeson it is folded crosswise.
Abraham Lincoln: I could write shorter sermons, but when I get started I'm too lazy to stop.
Trivia: Director Steven Spielberg obtained permission from the museum that holds Abraham Lincoln's original pocket watch to record the sound of the watch for use in the movie. So, in several scenes where Lincoln is in contemplative thought and fiddling with his watch, the ticking watch sound is actually the same as Lincoln heard 150 years ago.
Question: In all the articles I have read, Booth shot Lincoln then jumped out of the box into the audience below, spraining his ankle. He managed to escape because the audience thought it was part of the act. In the movie the show is interrupted by the Manager coming onto the stage to announce that Lincoln had just been shot - no disruption during the show until then. Is this a goof or not?
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Answer: Lincoln was shot at Ford's theater while attending the play Our American Cousin. The interruption by the manager to announce that Lincoln had been shot was during a different play that Tad Lincoln was watching at the time in a completely different theater.
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