Continuity mistake: After Alex installs the clapping machine, he can't get the TV to turn off while he is laying down, he has to stand up and jump while clapping. However, after Mrs. Connelly figures out how to use it and they are going back and forth, it works perfectly fine while laying down.
Duplex (2003)
Plot summary
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, Harvey Fierstein, Eileen Essell
Genres: Comedy
Alex Rose and Nancy Kendricks are newlyweds looking for a new apartment to live in. After looking at some awful apartments they stumble across an amazing duplex. The problem is the top floor of the duplex is inhabited by an old irish lady Mrs. Connely. Due to a clause in the contract, Alex and Nancy can't simply kick her out.
Mrs. Connely isn't the average tenant, she likes to watch television loud, all night long and does everything to put Alex, a writer, off from finishing his book.
Both Alex and Nancy, being incredibly tired and fed up, start to come up with ways to either make her move, or even kill her.
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More mistakes in Duplex
Mrs. Connelly: Tell me about yourselves. What do you do Alan?
Alex Rose: Uh, it's Alex.
Nancy Kendricks: Alex is a writer.
Mrs. Connelly: Oh, a writer. I always thought of that as more of a hobby than a real job. I suppose I'm forgetting about Joyce.
Alex Rose: Joyce. James Joyce. Of course. Wonderful writer.
Mrs. Connelly: He died drunk and penniless.
Question: What is the word that Drew Barrymore says to her boss, which she claims means that he'll have it "right away"?
Answer: She says "tickety-boo" - later on he asks for her article and says he wants it "tickety-now" not "tickety-boo".
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