Corrected entry: In the scene where they are reprogramming the laser in the B1 bomber, Laslo enters the coordinates of 34 degrees, 10 minutes 15.21 seconds north latitude, 119 degrees, 7 minutes west longitude. I checked these coordinates at http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html and there is nothing there but woods. I checked the whole west latitude area from 7 min to 8 min and Dr. Hathaway's house (nor any other house or development) is anywhere in the area. (01:29:20)
Real Genius (1985)
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Directed by: Martha Coolidge
Starring: Val Kilmer, William Atherton, Michelle Meyrink, Gabriel Jarret
Continuity mistake: In the scene where everyone is going to the Tanning Invitational, Chris grabs two Hawaiian Lei's and a straw hat from a girl at the door. He puts a blue lei on Mitch and holds on to the red one and the hat. The shot switches to just Chris and when it goes back to Mitch he has on the red lei. Back to Chris again who talks a little more then reaches over and puts the hat on Mitch's head, who is again wearing the blue lei.
Chris Knight: Oh, Kent, that is so unfair! And we were going to make you King of the Winter Carnival.
Kent: Really?
Trivia: When Mitch first arrives on campus, he's talking with a professor. After the conversation, Mitch takes a step back and bumps into another student. This student is played by Tom Hanks.
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Suggested correction: It is not Tom Hanks, just a guy who looks similar to him.
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Correction: This is hardly a mistake as it's intentional. Just as with phone numbers, people's addresses, and sensitive military information, real information is almost never used. They can't very well use coordinates that point to someone's house. You may as well submit a mistake for every instance of a phone number in a movie that starts with 555.
Also, the movie was likely edited such that Ick doesn't give the full longitude coordinates - the editing intentionally cuts him off before he can call out the precise longitude down to the seconds. So the actual coordinates for the shot could have been anywhere in that general area anyway.