Other mistake: In the party scene, there's a band playing on a stage. You can hear a big band playing, with lots of horn players, but the music that is heard has absolutely nothing to do with the players, who play guitar, accordion and double bass.
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, Michael Badalucco
Dave 'Big Dave' Brewster uncovers the black mail by beating the truth out of Creighton Tolliver only to wind up killing him so he submerges Creighton underwater in his car. He confronts Ed who in the ensuring struggle stabs Dave in the neck with the japenese cigar cutter. Doris hangs herself, Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) is accused of murdering Tolliver. Ed is sentenced to the electric chair.
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Reidenschneider: The more you look, the less you really know. It's a fact, a true fact. In a way, it's the only fact there is.