Copycat (1995)

2 factual errors

★★★★★

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Dermot Mulroney, Holly Hunter, Harry Connick Jr., William McNamara

Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Factual error: After Hunter shoots the serial killer on the roof, the camera turns to catch her preparing for her next shot by pulling the hammer back. Since her pistol is a semiautomatic, the hammer would already be back and ready to be fired.

Frank Hale

Factual error: When Helen is launching the video that shows the girl turning into worms (the killer's next victim later found at the dumpster), typing "tomorrow.avi" as she does would have returned an error in Linux. She should have typed "call tomorrow.avi" to launch the video. (00:43:00 - 00:44:00)

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: In the last scene on the roof when Holly Hunter shoots the serial killer, he falls backwards. The gun is in his left hand and the path is next to his left hand. The camera then goes to the rear of Sigourney as she walks toward Holly. Only now the serial killer is on the other side of the path and the left hand holding the gun is no longer next to the path.

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Quotes

Helen Hudson: He really wants us to think what he's doing is art.

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Questions

Question: Does Holly Hunter survive? I assumed she had a bulletproof vest on, but maybe not. She seems to have sunk to the ground after having shot the killer.

JeffOCDmovieADDict

Answer: She lives to shoot the killer thereby saving Helen. She only plays dead. Or was knocked unconscious. After all she was shot more than once. The vest may have saved her life but it didn't stop her from being out of action for a time.

ChristmasJonesfan

Answer: Yes, she survives.

raywest ★

Answer: She was shown with the vest on before going out that night. She said something like makes my wonder bra obsolete.