Deja Vu

Deja Vu (2006)

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Corrected entry: In the ending, as Claire replicated the "what if you wanted the tell the most important thing and no one would believe it" quote, it means she also travelled in time to rescue Doug.

Tiago Dona

Correction: That's not what it means. She says that to him because she's not sure how to explain to him that he's there talking to her despite the fact that he sacrificed himself to save everyone on the ferry moments earlier.

Phaneron

Corrected entry: In the first time line Claire lost 4 of her fingers and she washes up on shore at 10:48. In the second time line Doug saves her from losing her fingers and stops her from dying by the bad guy burning her and dumping her body. Back to the first time line and finally to the plot hole. If she loses her fingers in the first time line and is supposed to be dead, then how is she in her apartment to answer the phone when Beth calls? In the second timeline Doug tells her what Beth says to prove he knows what is going to happen in the future, he knows this because he played her messages back in the first time line. How did she answer the phone if she was dead and about to wash on shore?

Correction: Actually, there are 4 timelines. One where the terrorist uses a Blazer to blow up the ferry and Minuti survives with the team sending a note back to the past to be read by Doug/Minuti, but because they sent the note back, they create the 2nd timeline. In the 2nd timeline Doug leaves and Minuti chases the terrorist. The terrorist kills Minuti and gets his blood all over the Blazer, so he has to use Claire's car to blow up the ferry. Nobody goes back to the 2nd timeline and the boat explodes. Then in the 2nd timeline, Minuti doesn't exist because he is dead. Doug thinks that Minuti is on vacation and everything goes the same as we see it in the movie. Doug decides to go back in time, but fails to completely save Claire's life and fails to stop the ferry from exploding. We know this because Doug from the 3rd timeline hears his phone ringing from inside of a body bag. A body bag that contains Doug from the 2nd timeline. The third timeline and the 4th timeline are exactly what we see in the movie. They send the letter back in time, killing Minuti, Doug then goes back in time, creating the 4th timeline and successfully saves Claire and the passengers aboard the ferry and he dies when the car explodes.

See I thought the phone ringing in the body bag was Minuti because Doug was trying to call him and when he dials Minuti's number the phone rang in the body bag that's why he was staring at it.

Correction: There are altogether 3 timelines. In the first timeline Doug does not yet time travel, therefore Claire is killed at the shack and gets her fingers cut off. In the second timeline Doug drives the ambulance into the shack and saves her. He then takes her to her apartment and leaves her there. The Killer then catches up with her, kills her at her apartment, cuts her fingers off and dumps her into the river after all. Also in this second timeline Doug informs the police, but the killer sees the police coming and so he detonates the bomb manually and the ship explodes as well. In the third and final timeline, Doug has a "Deja Vu" and somehow remembers what happened in the second timeline and learns from his previous mistakes. Therefore he doesn't leave Claire at her apartment and takes her with him, because he knows she would get killed there, and neither does he inform the police, because he knows that would alarm the Killer.

Doug remembers the bomber man told him that he went to Claire's house pretending to buy her car, then he attacked her and took her to his place - after that he blows up the ferry, that's why Doug didn't leave Claire at her house.

Corrected entry: When they send the warning note to Denzel Washington from the present to the past, it takes so much power that the whole "time machine" system as well as the power in the whole city breaks down. When they send Denzel back to the past it happens much faster and without any problems. When the "transfer" from Denzel to the past works that fine, a transfer from a simple paper with some words on it should be no problem at all. They also said that they tried to send a hamster to the past and that it did not survive it. Why should an adult survive this?

Correction: Doug didn't exactly survive the trip. The electrical paths of his body were disrupted, that is why he was sent directly into a hospital room with doctors with a message to revive him. He was for all intents and purposes dead and had to be brought back. It was a huge risk and the doctors may not have been able to revive him, but they were able to. It is likely the hamster could have been brought back if someone happened to be there when he appeared and had the medical skills to do so.

Correction: 1) A radio news report in the past mentions a massive blackout that took out much of the eastern seaboard, implying that sending Doug back took considerably more energy than sending the note back earlier when the blackout was local and brief. 2) Any number of reasons for Doug making it when the hamster didn't: a) humans are larger and more resistant to the forces involved b) They figured out some tweaks and improved settings since the attempt with the hamster c) the hamster simply died of fright.

Corrected entry: Surely if Doug can go back 4 days and he's saved the people on the ferry then why can't he go back again to stop Larry dying?

Correction: Doug saw Larry's death which happened 4 days ago. He can't go further back in time to stop that because of the 4 day limit in the time machine.

Correction: Theoretically he could, but since Doug from the original timeline died, the Doug from the altered timeline would have to go back and save him, and for that to happen, he would have to be approached by the time surveillance crew again, and with the ferry bombing averted, it's not likely they would approach him.

Phaneron

Other mistake: When Mutini first gets shot, the gunfire supposedly comes from inside the vehicle, but the windows and doors are closed, the glass doesn't shatter when the shots are fired. There are no visible bullet holes when the door is opened.

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Suggested correction: He was shot through the door. There are two visible bullet holes in the door when the shots ring out and when the door opens. Just below the window.

DetectiveGadget85

Corrected entry: In the original timeline in which the movie begins, Carlin is investigating Claire Kuchever's death including her missing fingers. In this same timeline we hear his co-worker tell him that his [Carlin's] fingerprints were all over Kuchever's home. We later find out that the killer cut her fingers off. However, the reason Carlin's prints are all over the home and the reason that certain items are set up in a certain way, was because Carlin was in the home with Kuchever after preventing her death and preventing her fingers from being cut off. So the flaw is: if he kept her fingers from being cut off, he would have been in the home and would have left the prints but her corpse wouldn't be missing fingers [if she died at all]. If he didn't prevent her death and dismemberment, he wouldn't have left his prints and certain items in her home. These scenarios could not both occur however.

Correction: This isn't true. It is useful to remember that this movie has multiple timelines. In the previous timeline everything was the same until Carlin left Kuchever's house to go to the boat. He left Kuchever at her house, thinking she'd be safe. Unfortunately, Oerstadt went to Kuchever's house to finish her off [including cutting off her offending fingers] before he blew up the boat. Carlin went to prevent the bomb alone and didn't succeed. In the next timeline, Carlin realises that everything is turning out the same and takes Kuchever with him, preventing Oerstadt from coming to her house and cutting her fingers off. With her help, Carlin succeeds in preventing the bomb.

Why would he leave her in the house in one time then take her with him in a different time line, every thing plays out the same every time because Doug always comes to the crime scene not knowing anything. She should always die, because he would have done the same things over and over.

Correction: So I rewatched the movie. Loved it. Only now the thought developed. The timeline in the past is 4 days 7 hours (something like that) and only 1 person of themselves can be at any time. So if Doug (present) went back and died in the explosion, Doug from the past came to meet Claire. Happy ending, right? So does this mean that due to Doug present seized to exist, Doug from the past have only 4 days 7 hours to live? I mean, this sacrifice of himself for saving 500+ people doesn't look bad.

Plot hole: Just before the bomb explodes at the beginning of the movie, the guard is looking for the car playing 'don't worry baby' on it's stereo. In the final timeline the disaster has been averted, the bomb having gone off, and the ferry docked. After this, when Carlin is in the car, the same song is playing, but the bomb was set to a timer.

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Suggested correction: That's why the movie is called Deja Vu and thats why Carlin gives the girl such a strange look. The song triggers a feeling of Deja Vu for him and it almost feels to him that he knows her. Besides, a different station could have been playing the song.

SexyIrishLeprechaun

Suggested correction: The first time it plays comes off the radio. The second time we hear it mid-play. It could have come from a different station, the same station could have played it again later, or a CD or cassette being played in the car.

DetectiveGadget85

Factual error: When giving her phone number to the ATF, Claire says 877-504-****, She meant to say 504-877-**** because 504 is the New Orleans area code. Even though 877 is a legitimate are code, it's used for free calls and why would Claire have an 877 area code at her residence? Considering the exchange was 504, she probably just jumbled the phone # that should've been 504-877-****. The same phone area code Agent Carlin leaves on Claire's answering machine.

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Suggested correction: The number is an easter egg and if you look it up, it's a number reserved by ABC/Disney specifically for TV and films: 877-504-8423.

DetectiveGadget85

Factual error: When the Bronco is underwater at the end of the movie, Claire's hands are tied to the steering wheel. Doug rips the steering wheel off. Anyone who has worked on cars knows you need a puller to get a steering wheel off, you can't just rip it by hand.

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Trivia: At the time of the filming, the St. Charles Streetcars were not running 100%. When they show the Canal St Car, one sense that shows the car running on the right side tracks toward the camera, it's actually on the wrong side. Later when he's going to her apartment, one shot shows the streetcar running on the right side tracks (as the norm), and the trolley poles are up. Later when he gets off the car, it's on the opposite side, wrong direction, rear pole is down, and he gets out through the rear door as if it was main door.

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Question: In the bonus feature extended scenes look carefully at the beginning of the movie and you'll see someone watching the explosion while wearing the goggle-rig. Can anyone explain why?

Matty Blast

Answer: Not a definitive answer, just an "allowable" excuse for this... The time surveillance team is testing their equipment and rigs and it's merely a coincidence that they happened to be in this area at this time.

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