Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Factual error: Chuck and Penny are seen drinking Rolling Rock beer in clear glass bottles. But Rolling Rock beer has always come in green glass bottles.

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Continuity mistake: When Barris is in his office reading a newspaper article, his secretary tells him over the intercom to pick up line one. Keep an eye on the Variety paper laying on his desk. In the very next shot, a pencil magically appears on top of it.

Continuity mistake: As Sam Rockwell leads the dying Julia Robert's hand to scribble "NO LOVE", he starts at the bottom of the page. Finally, the text can be seen in the middle, leading to the top. (01:41:46)

More mistakes in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Trivia: The NBC tour guide tells her tour group that her favorite NBC star is Rosemary Clooney, aunt of the movie's director, George Clooney.

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Trivia: When Chuck and Penny are in her house getting to know each other, they talk religion. Penny asks Chuck what he is and he says he's Jewish. Penny asks him, 'Ashkenazi?' and he nods. Ashkenazi literally means 'German Jew' or a Jew of German descent. Today it means a European, Russian, or American-born Jew.

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Jim Byrd: You're 32 years old, and you've achieved nothing. Jesus Christ was dead and alive again by 33. You better get crackin'.

Patricia: Insane asylums are filled with people who think they're Jesus or Satan. Very few have delusions of being a guy down the block who works for an insurance company.

Question: What is going on with George Clooney during the scene on the diving board? Where did all the blood come from? Did he kill himself?

Answer: He was presumably shot by the double agent. Which is why he tells Barry 'It's up to you now.'

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