The top mistakes in A Civil Action http://www.moviemistakes.com/film277 en Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:55:14 +0000 26017 When the movie first begins, Jan is talking to radio talk show host Howie Carr, if you look really carefully at one of the shots, Howie has a pen in his hand that he is holding steady. In the next shot, he is twirling the pen in his hand. The next shot shows the pen steady again.