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 - chronological order
Directed by: Richard Donner, David Mickey Evans
Starring: Elijah Wood, John Heard, Adam Baldwin, Lorraine Bracco
Genres: Drama
Continuity mistake: As the boys are running through the sewer tunnel, both of them fall several times, and they are covered with dirt and sewage. When they come out and face the bullies, their clothes are clean.
Trivia: According to star Thomas Ian Nicholas, the Richard Donner cut of the film was 4 1/2 hours long and included a lengthy sequence with the frogs being sold to Rhea Perlman. It was shot at least three times and ended up being cut completely from the film. Tom Hanks was also not in the original cut.
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