Continuity mistake: Kent Mansley, the investigating government officer, can be seen sitting (humiliated) in the back of an army truck in a convoy leaving the scrapyard (after he has been told by the general that 'he will be in charge of the toilets from now on'). A few minutes later he is driving a 'civilian' car in the middle of that same convoy. (01:01:05 - 01:04:45)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Plot summary
Directed by: Brad Bird
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel, Harry Connick Jr., James Gammon
Hogarth Hughes is a 9-year-old boy living in Rockwell, Maine in 1957. One night, while home alone, a large object comes crashing down from the sky and lands behind his house. He goes to investigate, and comes across a robotic giant feeding on the metal in a power plant. Hogarth is chased away by the strange machine, but returns and meets up with him again the next morning. The giant begins to follow him home, and Hogarth eventually allows him to live in the shed behind his house. Hogarth befriends the giant and the giant begins to speak and even learn. However, Kent Mansley, a government agent, sees the giant as a threat to the country, and isn't about to let him get away...
More mistakes in The Iron Giant
Kent Mansley: The biggest thing in this town is probably the homecoming queen.
Trivia: The Iron Giant has only 53 words of dialogue in the entire film.
Answer: Turn back to/from what? Can you please expand on the question so we know what you're referring to?