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Factual error: When Willie is taken from the hospital to appear in a criminal lineup, he is wearing a special watch he received for his birthday. When you are admitted into the hospital, the first thing you have to remove is a watch and/or jewelry.

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Continuity mistake: The team has to come up with a plan to handle The Truth. Destiny's friend Willow stands up and says "So look, here's my plan." Destiny announces she has a better one; during this exchange, the phone in Cristine Prosperi's hand switches hands. (00:11:30)

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Continuity mistake: In the first episode, the cold Federico is shaken by the first approach with the bookstore owner Giulia. When he comes back inside the store, the woman is leaning against the corner of table when the camera is in front of her, she isn't in the shots from the back of the store. (00:04:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Toni Servillo meets VerĂ³nica Echegui in the sauna, she says something in Spanish to him, and then shrugs in a close-up. The jacket and towel cover her shoulders and neck area entirely, but in the wider shot that follows, the towel is gone and the jacket is looser. (00:11:10)

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Continuity mistake: Kate at the beginning of the movie asks Demerius, the kid who is reading a manga, to read some of it loudly for the whole class. When she addresses him first, the book on his desk changes position between shots, repeatedly. (00:01:20)

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Factual error: Since the movie was set in the 60s, David Senak couldn't have gotten in trouble for shooting the man running away. In the 60s, the police could legally shoot any criminal running away. This didn't change until Tennessee v. Garner in 1985.

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Continuity mistake: The candle to the far right in the candelabra is tilted to the right to various degrees or not in between shots. (The other candles aren't exactly straight up.) In one shot, the candles are further apart (not paced the same distance between them). The top half of the candelabra was tilted to the right when the right candle was leaning against the wall. (00:24:27 - 00:25:20)

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Factual error: The black leather chair of the Home trust banker is more modern than the movie setting in 1922. (00:59:35)

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Continuity mistake: Giorgio Selva meets a new barista, apparently fresh from university after a dissertation on Hannah Arendt. During this first scene with her, her ponytail moves back and in front of her shoulder. (00:03:50)

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Continuity mistake: Priscila carries Helen's bag while she gets her seat. She gives her the bag using her left, while she keeps her own in her right hand. Cut, and Pauline Collins is turning around passing her bag from the left hand to the right. (00:07:40)

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Continuity mistake: When the soup is about to be served, you see the horns blowing to introduce Victoria, and you can see all of the footmen lined up already with trays of soup, but in the next shot, it shows that they are just starting to march in to line up with their trays of soup. (00:10:45)

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Deliberate mistake: The front passenger's side mirror [driver's side is on the right] is parallel to the screen/camera yet there is a perfectly clear image of the passenger's face looking into the mirror. (00:00:38)

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Factual error: Allegra was said at the end of the film to have died aged 10. She was actually 5 years old when she died.

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Continuity mistake: After the car almost hits Lenna and Dalton, they walk beyond the right corner of the car's bumper, but are still in front of the bumper when the camera shifts. (00:01:55)

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Continuity mistake: Mario Pitagora is sipping ice tea in the garden, and then starts explaining to his "son" the nature of his business. His hand changes position on the glass repeatedly between shots, on the rim or lower. (00:27:10)

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Factual error: In the beginning of the movie, during Dickens' visit to America, you can hear them playing the melody from the song "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" written by George M. Cohan in 1904. This was 61 years after the events in the movie. In the ending credits they cite this as "Yankee Doodle Dandy" which was written many years before. But, that was not the melody that was being played.

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Continuity mistake: When the weather balloon is launched, the kids are alternately in the sun or shade depending on the camera angle.

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Continuity mistake: During the Memorial Day toast, Katie's hand is on and off the glass between shots. The level of wine in the glass also changes inconsistently. (00:12:20)

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