Factual error: When Craven is pulling over the car in the tunnel exiting the city, the vehicle pulls over in a completely different part of the city. (00:58:40)
Factual error: In the beginning, a Dunkin' Donuts cup is shown with the pictorial logos representing "America Runs On Dunkin'. This ad campaign was not begun until 2006.
Factual error: In golf scene, Kevin Spacey is supposed to be playing golf in St. Andrews. The intensity of sun and the surrounding fauna suggests they are actually playing on a course in the mid latitudes of the US. (00:11:30)
Factual error: When Secretariat crosses the finish line, that finish line pole is not from Belmont, that finish line pole is from Keeneland.
Factual error: The day Dean came to her work they drove back to her dad's after the fight. It was 4th of July. Doctors' offices are not open on the 4th.
Factual error: When the Senator is looking at the rent ledger, there are entries for each property as well as the date that money was collected. One of the dates is 2/29/74, yet 1974 was not a leap year. The only leap years in that decade were 1972 and 1976. (00:56:30)
Factual error: Close to the end of the film Michael Reed is traveling from Philadelphia to New York City by train early in the morning. The sun shines on his face from left side which is impossible in the morning, as the left side of his face faces west during that direction of travel (from south to north).
Factual error: The movie is set in 1979-1980. You can see vehicles all throughout the movie that were manufactured after 1980.
Factual error: As Freddie is walking toward the house, the streetlight to the right of the shot is a modern post-top unit with a one part photocell visible on top. In the 70s in the UK it would have been a much older lantern with no photocell, as it would have been time switch controlled. (01:03:00)
Factual error: A delightful movie that theoretically takes place in the vicinity of Portland Oregon, over a period of many months. The problem is, that at no time does it ever rain, and anyone who has lived near Portland knows it rains half of the year.