Factual error: One of the operetta excerpts shown in the movie is the humorous song "This Helmet I Suppose," during which Princess Ida's three brothers are supposed to remove their armor piece by piece, finding it heavy, hot and awkward. Partly as a result of this, the three are soon afterwards quickly and easily defeated in combat. In the film, however, only Arac, the brother singing the verses (played by Richard Temple (played by Timothy Spall)), removes his armor. The others simply stand still. (This might have made the battle scene end differently if it was shown on screen!)
Other mistake: When Walt makes his first appearance back at the dance club after his stroke, he brings flowers for Tia, but he tells another dancer they are for Daphne, which is the name if the actress playing Tia.
Continuity mistake: After the fight in the alley scene, two characters start having sex on the front of a car and against a fence. When they are finished, from the back point of view, the woman has her head to the man's right side. When they are showing the opposite shot, the woman has her head to the man's left side. This happens every time they switch views. (00:47:30)
Continuity mistake: In the shot where Cora and Ellen are in the car going to the beach, the blue car is a left-hand drive, as Cora is driving nearest the camera. However, in the rest of the film, it is a right-hand drive, such as in the shot returning from the beach. Cora is still nearest the camera, but they are travelling in the opposite direction. (00:45:22)
Other mistake: In the scene where Fanny Price is caught in the rain, she drops apples from her basket. When she is collecting them from the ground she puts the apples back in the basket, except sometimes she doesn't actually pick up an apple. Clearly, she only pretends to put apples back.
Continuity mistake: In the scene when Nick Chen (Chow Yun-Fat) talks to Jack (Jon Kit Lee) at the NYC Correction, the shot facing Nick shows him grabing Jack's face by the chin. The next shot, facing Jack, shows Nick's hand around Jack's neck. The final shot facing Nick again shows his hand back on the chin. (00:58:50)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Amelia is driving the truck full of policemen to the scene of the second (Mrs. Rubin) murder, the shot changes a couple of times before it settles looking through the front windscreen at Amelia. Through the rear windscreen of the truck, you can clearly see the highway and all the cars on it behind them. Amelia turns the steering wheel sharply to the left, and you hear the screeching rubber-tyres-on-tarmac noise as if she really had swerved left, but the scene of the highway behind them seen through the rear screen does not alter at all - as if she was just going in a straight line all the way.
Continuity mistake: When Helen goes on the job interview, Morgan blows his nose and puts the tissue down in front of him. As the scene continues the tissue moves from the end of his desk to back in front of him a few times.
Continuity mistake: When Maggie talks to Eddie Bo Smith Jr. (the Chicago cop) outside the meeting of "receivers", you can see the cop's breath when he speaks, but not Maggie's.
Revealing mistake: When Louie is driving from the mansion, at several times it is obvious that he is not really driving the car. When the car is going straight ahead, he often turns the wheel, and vice versa. This is most obvious just after Vinnie has died, and Louie is asking "Vin? Hey, Vin, you with me over there?". The car is then going through a 90 degree bend in the road, but Louie does not move the steering wheel at all.
Factual error: The film takes place around 1830, but you can see a character using a Colt Navy 1851, which was made 21 years later actually.
Continuity mistake: When Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas are fighting, Antonio's character is knocked down and his cornerman calls him Vince, not Cesar.
Other mistake: When Nicole is on "Wake up Time Zone" talking about Centennial her hair is almost to her shoulders. As you see her watching it in home room, it is much shorter.
Visible crew/equipment: When Albert Brooks is driving back to the Aquarium of the Pacific a microphone on his black shirt is visible.
Factual error: The events of the film take place in the early decades of the 18th century. However, in shots outside the front door of the house throughout the entire film there is a large rhododendron bush, a species which didn't arrive in England until the mid 19th century.
Factual error: In a scene in a bar the music playing is Blur's Song 2, which wasn't released until 1998 and a Kula Shaker song which wasn't released until 1996, by which time Nick Leeson was firmly in prison.
Factual error: The song Olga and Lensky sing at the piano was written in the first half of the 20th century, while the events happen about 100 years earlier.
Continuity mistake: After Hall has been shot in the leg in the simulation of LA 1937 the hole in his trousers and his injury disappear, as seen in the fight sequence at the pool. Hall even uses his leg to hit the bartender in the stomach, what would have made this very painful if he had been shot there.
Revealing mistake: Part of the control panel for the hypersleep pods is just a flat flashlight (I used to own one, I think it was made by Polaroid) with the manufacturer's name covered over. When the panel is being used, the flashlight's button is pushed and it turns on.
Continuity mistake: The whole premise of the movie is a paradox: The main character's colleague thinks the main character has inherited a fortune, and the colleague wants that money which is why he tries to frame him by making him steal some fake drug money. BUT why would the main character run that risk, agreeing to steal the drug money? If he HAD inherited a fortune, he doesn't need a risky ten thousand bucks now, does he? Surely his friend might work out something was up when his supposedly rich friend agreed to run a risk to earn a comparatively small amount?