Continuity: Early in the film, Michael talks to Harry Boland on a boat. During this scene, a cigarette appears in Boland's mouth that was not in the previous shot.
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Mistakes
In two scenes - first when Harry Boland is getting on a train, and next during the game which is machine gunned by the authorities, overhead DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) electric train lines are visible over the railway. The film is set between 1916 and 1922, and the DART started operations in 1984. See more...
Trivia
While Collins is often credited with creating guerrilla warfare, he is never seen killing anyone in the film. See more...
Michael Collins (1996)
Directed by Neil Jordan, starring Aidan Quinn, Alan Rickman, Brendan Gleeson, Ian Hart, Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson (add more)
Michael Collins mistakes
Revealing: After the attack on the ball game Michael Collins visits a morgue. The corpse that is lying next to him is breathing quite visibly.
Factual error: The Lee Enfield rifle is chambered by singular repetitions with a bolt action. When Collins' wayward friend is shot in the water, the rifle shots are rapid semi-automatic fire.
Michael Collins trivia
While Collins is often credited with creating guerrilla warfare, he is never seen killing anyone in the film.
Brendan Gleeson, who plays Collins' aide Liam Tobin, played Collins in the 1991 TV movie The Treaty.
