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Question: How come I never saw how Charlie's thumb got retrieved from the water? Is this another deleted scene or part of some director's cut?

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Chosen answer: If you watch until after the end credits, you see it get eaten by a fish.

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Continuity mistake: After Charlie's thumb has been shot off he dives into the water to rescue Irene. When he reaches out for her with his left hand the thumb is back in place. (01:37:00)

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Revealing mistake: When Charlie gets shot inside the station a woman (accompanied by a man with a green hat) can't help laughing. (01:29:40)

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Continuity mistake: When Hank/Charlie fights himself on the platform the station clock shows 3:50 while Charlie's watch shows 5:55 when he throttles himself. (01:28:05)

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Continuity mistake: When we see the policeman with the chicken stuck in his rear end there are more chicken in the background. They disappear a few seconds later. (01:20:10)

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Continuity mistake: In the motel scene Charlie gets two cokes. When he returns we see Irene taking off her left shoe twice from different camera angles. (01:11:45)

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Continuity mistake: At the health food restaurant Hank gets annoyed with a slurping kid. At this point his hands change between holding on to his chair to lying on the table. (00:57:00)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Irene and Charlie run after the train there are several discontinuities: 1) The warning cross disappears in the shot where the last car passes. 2) In this shot the last car looks much higher than when Irene jumps on. 3) The sun direction changes. (00:55:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Charlie compliments Irene on not giving a damn about her hair it gets tucked behind her left ear by itself. (00:54:30)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Irene and Hank are driving along in Gerke's car and Irene is holding the dart in her hand there are some inconsistencies: 1) The right window is sometimes open, sometimes closed. 2) When she is threatening Hank with the dart her hair is sometimes hanging over the dart, sometimes not. 3) Her seatbelt is sometimes on top of her collar, sometimes under it. (00:48:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Hank goes after the four baseball players the one whom he gets involved with is grabs a beer bottle. The camera cuts to Hank, then back to the four guys, and the beer bottle is gone although the man is leaning against the truck in exactly the same way as before. This happens before he may want to get his hands free to attack Hank. (00:44:50)

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Continuity mistake: After Charlie tells Irene that he is schizophrenic they hold each other by the hands. When the camera is on him her arms are bent at the elbow, and when the camera is on her her arms are stretched out. (00:41:45)

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Continuity mistake: When Boshane and Peterson meet Irene at the police station Peterson's tie is folded below the knot. When the interrogate her right after the fold is gone, but it's back when Peterson gets killed. (00:34:40)

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Revealing mistake: When Charlie shoots the cow there is no bloodshed at all, even though the cow is supposed to be alive. (00:31:20)

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Continuity mistake: Irene's hair moves back and forth between behind and in front of her right shoulder in the scene where she tells the police officer about her accident. It undergoes further changes when she talks to Dickie on the phone. (00:24:45)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Charlie lets the woman jump the line his newspaper switches back and forth between his right hand and under his left arm. (00:18:55)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Charlie talks to the little girl with the rope, the mic and two hands holding it are reflected in the helmet. (00:17:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Charlie tries to get the little girl off the street there are the same two extras walking by in short succession. (00:17:50)

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