Other mistake: Ben brings Emily home from the hospital and Duke is in the back seat. When Ben stops and puts the car in park you can see in the background that the car is still moving.
Seven Pounds (2008)
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Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Michael Ealy
Genres: Drama
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Ben Thomas: It is within my power to drastically change his cirumstances, but I don't want to give that man a gift he doesn't deserve.
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Answer: In the course of the film it's revealed that Ben has done extensive homework and taken drastic steps to find the right person, i.e. a "righteous good person" to give them what he has left to offer. Therefore, he would have to find someone with his own rare blood type AND needed a heart...which he eventually did.
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