Big Trouble

Continuity mistake: On the airplane, when Eliot pushes the suitcase down the stairs, Snake grabs hold of it with his left hand and while holding the gun in his right hand with his right wrist around the stair bar. In one shot the gun is gone and he's gripping the stair bar with his right hand, then the gun reappears again. (01:13:23)

Factual error: On the first murder atempt on Arthur, when the assassin shoots, a bullet hole shows up in the door, and then the bullet goes through. It should in fact be the other way-with the bullet passing and then the hole appearing.

Continuity mistake: When Matt phones Eliot about borrowing the Geo and in following shots, the objects on the windowsill behind Eliot change position. (00:04:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Nina wakes up in the treehouse with Puggy, the blouse collar hangs off her right bare shoulder, but in the shots facing her back, the collar is on her shoulder. (00:21:00)

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Continuity mistake: When the drunk security guard trips, he falls a good distance away from the overpass/building behind him, but when Andrew runs off with the gun the security guard is lying much closer - also note the speed bumps.

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Continuity mistake: When the drunk security guard trips and falls after shooting at Andrew, Matt and Jenny, once the gun lands on the asphalt its position changes - note the direction it faces between shots. (00:36:20)

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Continuity mistake: When the drunk security guard chases the teenagers, he trips and his gun goes flying quite a few feet away from him as he hits the ground, but when Andrew picks it up the gun is near the security guard. (00:36:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Desalvo's bullet hits Arthur Herk's TV the glass shatters and the bullet hole is visible on a black background towards the upper left. But in following shots much more of the glass is intact, with a large jagged hole in the glass surrounding the area of the bullet's impact. (00:16:15)

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Continuity mistake: In the exterior shots of the airplane heading to Bermuda, there are only six windows between the cockpit and the open back door. Yet, in the interior shots there are at least seven.

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Continuity mistake: When Anna is in Eliot's office and they start their little romp, Eliot is holding a mug with coffee, but when it spills the liquid is clear. (00:26:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Matt and Andrew jump over the stone wall to 'kill' Jenny with the super-soaker, there is a large plant in front of the stones right below them which disappears in the next shot. (00:13:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Eliot kicks in the computer screen in Deeber's office, the screen's frame breaks off, only to be intact in the next shot. (00:03:20)

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Leonard Ferroni: Look at this thing. He's the size of a Buick.
Henry Desalvo: She.
Leonard Ferroni: She what?
Henry Desalvo: The mosquito is a she.
Leonard Ferroni: How the hell can you tell that?
Henry Desalvo: Discovery Channel. Only the female mosquito sucks your blood.
Leonard Ferroni: Sounds like my ex-wife. Bitch.

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Trivia: The voice of the Gators fan, who calls in to the sports radio show, belongs to the film's Director, Barry Sonnenfeld. The voice of that radio show's host belongs to Sonnenfeld's friend, Director/Writer (not for this film), David Koepp. Sonnenfeld's daughter has an uncredited brief cameo as the little blonde girl, in the pink shirt riding a scooter, which Puggy, Nina and Matt run past at the airport. Dave Barry, the author of the novel, upon which this film is based, has a cameo in the boardroom.

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