Serendipity

Factual error: Jonathan is lying in the middle of the skating rink when the second cashmere glove falls upon him. Looking around, he notices Sarah at the edge of the rink. Despite Sarah being a female and the fact that it is snowing, even Nolan Ryan would have a difficult time throwing something as light as cashmere that distance. (01:22:05)

Factual error: John Cusack enters a cab and asks to go to the New York Times offices on 42nd street. The Times is on 43rd Street. (00:28:00)

Factual error: In the final flight scene, where Sara prepares to board a plane to fly back to San Fran from NY, we see the outside of a Boeing 747. On the inside, we see a DC-9 interior (a 747 would usually have a 3-4-3 seating configuration instead of the 2-3 configuration of a DC-9). (00:11:40)

Continuity mistake: The phone number Sara writes on Jonathan's back is different than the one she writes in the book. (00:11:50 - 01:04:50)

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Question: At the end of the movie when Jonathan is lying in the middle of the rink, you can see the skaters skating around him. However, everyone is wearing roller blades, not ice skates. I was under the impression that this was an ice skating rink, not a roller skating rink. Am I wrong about that, or is this another blooper?

Answer: It is not a movie mistake. The scenes were filmed at the Trump Skating Rink (formerly called the Wollman Rink) in New York City's Central Park. The arena has traditionally been used for multiple venues throughout the year including ice skating, roller skating, concerts, carnivals, etc.

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