Dirty Work

Factual error: Even though Pops is in such bad shape that he needs a heart transplant, he isn't hooked up to any monitors or equipment while in the hospital.

Continuity mistake: When Hamilton (the boss at the movie theatre) leaves a message on the answering machine, he mentions that he saw Sam ("Hey, fatso... fatso.") in the TV commercial. However, Sam was never on camera, he was out of sight, opening the trunks by remote control.

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Jack Warden tells Norm MacDonald that he is having a heart attack, you can see that even with them being indoors, it's clearly dark outside. But when the movie cuts to the ambulance taking him to the hospital, it's completely sunny.

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Trivia: Chris Farley has an uncredited role in the film as Jimmy. This is his second, and the last, film to be released after his death.

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Mitch: Look, uh, it's kind of embarrassing to be physically afraid of a hundred year old man who just had a coronary. So, uh, can we hurry this along?

Drug dealer: He took away my chainsaw and now he's using it on me!

Derrick: Hand over the milk money, Weaver.
Mitch Weaver: I'm afraid I can't do that Derrick, I'm just not sure you'll spend it on milk.

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