Continuity mistake: When Gwen is watching the soap opera Santa Gruz, together with Eddie, in the front shots of the TV screen, you see a video cassette on the top of the TV with the heading "SONY". But, in the side shots of the TV screen, you see that the same video cassette is turned. (00:58:45 - 00:59:45)
28 Days (2000)
Directed by: Betty Thomas
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Elizabeth Perkins
Continuity mistake: When Gwen is sitting in Cornell Shaw's office, the green man moves closer and farther away from the name plate on the desk, between the shots facing Gwen and the ones facing Cornell. (00:24:30)
Continuity mistake: When Gwen and Eddie are sitting in front of the TV, the ginger snap box on her right flips over on its other side between shots. (00:58:30)
Trivia: On the first day, Dominic West (Jasper) was asked by the script supervisor, "Are you an alcoholic?" Well, Dominic thought to himself, "Crikey," then he felt incredibly self conscious, and so he replied, "Yeah, probably." Then the script supervisor said, "No, no! I meant your character."
Trivia: As demonstrated in the film, Equine therapy is really used in quite a few drug/alcohol rehabilitation centers in the U.S. It's used to reveal things about the patient's personality and what they do in frustrating situations. (00:37:25)
Gwen Cummings: Don't be someone else's slogan because you are poetry.
Gwen Cummings: Is that available stitched on a pillow somewhere?
Gwen Cummings: Yeah, I know I drink a lot, I know I do because I'm a writer and that's what I do, I drink. I'm not like those people out there, I can control myself! I can, if - that - if I wanted to, I could, if I wanted. I can! I can.
Question: Jasper smuggles pills into Gwen and sneaks her off the rehab grounds. Wouldn't any rehab search visitors and/or prevent unauthorized off-site visits, especially someone like Gwen, who was sentenced by a judge?
Answer: Visitors may be lightly searched, such as checking handbags, briefcases, etc, but this is a private rehab facility, not a federal prison. There are limits to and concerns about violating individuals' civil rights. Most patients are there voluntarily, so less security regarding visitors. Also, residents could likely find all sorts of ways to have contraband smuggled in and evade their watchers if they wanted.
Answer: He was a hard drinker who did not take her sobriety seriously, and she realised he was not good for her.
Brian Katcher