The top mistakes in The Good Shepherd http://www.moviemistakes.com/film6417 en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:58:36 +0000 123817 When Matt Damon steals the briefcase from the teacher, he reads a memo listing the Nazi recruits, the title of which is written in both English and German.The German translation is wrong. It begins with the word "The" which should be translated as "Der". 119575 When young Edward is hiding in the closet before his father kills himself, the child is described as having put on his father's admiral's uniform. The collar insignia, however, is an eagle - the insignia of a Navy captain. 123818 When Matt Damon steals the brief case and reads the memo listing the Nazi party members - the title of the memo is set in Arial which wasn't available as a font until 1982. Furthermore, the memo looks laser copied rather than typed. The fact that this is a closeup wiew makes this a rather obvious mistake. 122696 During the 25 years time span of the movie, all of the characters age noticeably except for Clover and Damon. He, miraculously, goes through his teens, 20s and up to his late 40s gaining just a couple of gray hairs and a few wrinkles around his mouth, plus the same young voice from the early days. 145029 Matt Damon's German secretary's hearing aid in 1945 could not have been that small, as the transistor wasn't even invented until 1949.