NancyFelix

1st Dec 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Rudy comes to Bruiser's office to get hired the coral in the middle of the aquarium is a lot more branched in the opening close-up than in the later wide shots. (00:02:30)

NancyFelix

1st Dec 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Dot Black wants her husband to sign the contract she walks up to the car wreck where he is sitting in. There are numerous cats sitting on the car, and when Dot gets there all of them run away except one white one on the roof. When Dot starts talking to her hubby all cats have disappeared, but in the next wide shot we see her chasing a black cat off the roof. (00:10:30)

NancyFelix

1st Dec 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Rudy is waiting in the hospital cafeteria for Kelly he is reading a newspaper. When he is seen from the front the crease is in his right hand, but when we look over his shoulder at the article on Bruiser's legal problems it's in his left hand. (00:19:50)

NancyFelix

1st Dec 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: One morning Rudy wakes up from the clattering noises Ms. Birdie is making when she unloads a number of biggish garden tools from a wheelbarrow. The camera cuts to Rudy who is trying to sleep while we hear her unloading, then back to Ms. Birdie where the number of tools on the wheelbarrow has gone up again. (00:22:20)

NancyFelix

30th Nov 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Rudy talks to Kelly in the hospital for the first time the items on the table keep changing positions, like in the beginning the orange and the apple which suddenly move together. (00:23:35)

NancyFelix

30th Nov 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Kelly joins Rudy in the cinema her hair changes from tucked behind her ear to falling over her right temple between shots. (00:56:55)

NancyFelix

30th Nov 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Kelly calls Rudy at night after his return from Cleveland he is lying in bed in his suit. There's a close-up where the blanket is pulled up to his chin, but when the camera angle changes as he puts the receiver back his arms and shoulders are uncovered. (01:02:55)

NancyFelix

30th Nov 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Rudy and Deck listen to the taped phone call the items on the desk shift from one shot to the next. Check for example the position of the red pen. (01:08:45)

NancyFelix

30th Nov 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Rudy comes to the Black's place the first time and Donny Ray's nose starts bleeding, blood drops on the letter in which Great Benefits deny their claim for the eighth and last time, calling Dot Black "stupid, stupid, stupid". The letter dates from April 25, 1995 and is signed by Russell Krokit. When the same letter is produced as evidence when Everett Rufkin is heard as a witness the letter dates from July 7, 1994 and is signed by Everett Rufkin with copy to Russell Krokit. (00:10:50 - 01:17:30)

NancyFelix

30th Nov 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Rudy fights with Cliff the curtain on the glass door where Kelly is crouching keeps disappearing and reappearing. (00:24:25)

NancyFelix

30th Nov 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Audio problem: At the beginning of the fight at Kelly's place Cliff steps up to Kelly saying "you hurt me, baby" without moving his lips. (01:24:40)

NancyFelix

30th Nov 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Rudy and Kelly talk in the police station they are sitting quite close and holding hands, even when the two constables enter the room to get Kelly. When the camera angle changes they sit much further apart and Rudy with his hands on the table. (01:29:50)

NancyFelix

30th Nov 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Everett Lufkin is heard as a witness he reads the last letter he had written to Dot Black. Then he puts it on the armrest. A few shots later it disappears from there but reappears again later, now lying in a different position. (01:31:30)

NancyFelix

30th Nov 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Wilfred Keeley is questioned as a witness Rudy hands him a huge computer print-out. Keeley keeps holding and reading it like a normal book although it's bound at the top of the pages. When hands it back to Rudy it's only half as thick at most. (01:51:10)

NancyFelix

30th Nov 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Revealing mistake: During his final speech Rudy projects a video of Donny Ray on a screen. When he rolls up the screen at the end, the projection of Donny Ray's face should still be visible on the wall behind. (01:57:45)

NancyFelix

30th Nov 2003

The Rainmaker (1997)

Answer: I don't know how prevalent this is (or how it actually works), but one possibility would be that he was under contract with a particular agency (or company/ business) and could only receive credit for work performed under this contract and/or no other agency could benefit from using him. His name cannot show up in something he did outside of that contract.

KeyZOid

Chosen answer: I don't know why, but he asked not to be in the credits.

Josh Appelbaum

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