The top mistakes in Message in a Bottle http://www.moviemistakes.com/film821 en Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:55:06 +0000 16937 There are two rentals cars driven by "Theresa" which have the same North Carolina license tag number, which is displayed on the front where required in Maine, the actual location of filming, but in North Carolina, license plates are not displayed on the front of the cars. 5068 When he sends her the invitation for the christening, she opens and reads it and its on her desk when her boss walks in.  When he's in, she picks it up and opens it again. 5067 The state names on all the boats in the harbor have obviously been changed. The letters NC are a different size than the city name (New Harbor). This is because the movie was filmed in Maine and all the boats had the have temporary letters placed over the originals. 22313 Throughout the movie we see several shots of the supposed NC coastline. None of NC's coastline contains giant pines on the beach or rocky cliffs at the water's edge nor does the coastline rise to over 12 ft above sea level for almost 30 miles inland (past the Outer Banks and the mainland sound shore). 113107 In the scene where Garret finds the messages and bottle in Teresa's bedside table, the candle on the table is lit in one shot, then unlit, and then lit again.