Other mistake: The newspaper at the gas station is dated 1962. The movie is set in 1969. The problem with this is that in the beginning, the narrator mentions that the Fisher incident happened 10 years before they moved to Novato. It has only been 7.
Radio Flyer (1992)
1 other mistake
Directed by: Richard Donner, David Mickey Evans
Starring: Elijah Wood, John Heard, Adam Baldwin, Lorraine Bracco
Genres: Drama
Factual error: In the scene where Bobby and Mike go into the comic book store, you can clearly see a Transformers comic on the shelf. But the movie is set in the late 1960's/early 1970's....and Transformers did not come out until the 1980's.
Trivia: Elijah Wood turned 10 during production and received presents from director Richard Donner. Because he didn't want him to feel left out, co-star Joseph Mazzello also received gifts.
Answer: Deliberate production choice, and to show him from the younger child's point of view - also remember The King, when in his drunken state, is a child abuser, so the younger boy will see him as a large and terrifying presence - that is, so big he won't fit in the frame of the shot.
Neil Jones