Corrected entry: In the scene between Gene Hackman and the sheriff in the barber shop, they are talking about baseball, Hackman says that he always liked baseball because "it was the only time a black man can wave a stick at a white man and not start a riot." The movie is set in 1946, but the first black player (Jackie Robinson) didn't start until 1947.
Mississippi Burning (1988)
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Directed by: Alan Parker
Starring: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Brad Dourif, Frances McDormand
Other mistake: In one shot, during the lynching, the noose comes undone from the character's neck while he is hanging.
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Correction: The film is set in 1964, not 1946.