The Rum Diary

Continuity mistake: Right after Sanderson hands Kemp the itinerary for the next day's events, Sanderson places a pen and a glass ashtray directly on top of the folder lying on the table in front of him. In the next shot, the ashtray is covering only a small portion of the corner of the folder, and the pen is lying beside it.

Factual error: The movie is set in 1960, but the small plane towing the banner has distinctive aftermarket high-performance wingtips that weren't introduced until the 1970s.

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Lotterman: How does anyone drink 161 miniatures?
Paul Kemp: Are they not complimentary?

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