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JFK (1991) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: Clay Shaw's lawyer rises to hear the verdict twice.
  
  
• Anachronisms: The spy camera shown, supposedly be used prior to the assassination, is a Minox C. This camera was not manufactured until 1969.
  
  
• Anachronisms: A banner that says "Louisiana: Tax-Free" is part of a late-1980's tourism campaign in Louisiana.
  
  

• Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Garrison is speaking with David Ferrie, Ferrie's wig frequently changes position from high on his forehead to low, almost to the eyebrows. He's doing this intentionally with his hands because he is nervous.
  
  
• Anachronisms: Scenes showing the railroad yard behind the wood fence show railroad cars painted and lettered for railroads that did not exist in 1963.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Ferrie is arguing in the hotel room with Garrison, his reflection in the nearby mirror seems to be talking when he is not.
  
  
• Anachronisms: 1980s clothes at the Mardi Gras parade.
  
  
• Continuity: Gary Carter, the actor who played Bill Williams, is listed twice in the closing credits.
  
  
• Anachronisms: During a flashback detailing the running of guns from Dallas to Miami via New Orleans, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is shown as a double span. As the time was pre-Kennedy assassination, the Causeway would have been just a single span - the second span was not open for traffic until 1969. Additionally, traffic going to Miami from New Orleans would not have traveled via the Causeway.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Jim Garrison and his assistant Lou are in the corner window of the Texas School Book Depository, Lou's line "...hasn't been used for two hundred years" doesn't sync with the movement of his lips, a mishap director Oliver Stone tried to correct by manufacturing an "echo" effect to lengthen the sound of dialogue.
  
  
• Continuity: On the DVD edition, when Jim Garrison and his assistant Lou are in the corner window of the Texas School Book Depository, there is an additional piece discussing more CIA connections. They mention "Clay Shaw" although his real name has not yet been discovered.
  
  
• Factual errors: Opening scene supposedly takes place in 1962. Car shown is a 1965 Chevy.
  
  
• Anachronisms: During the RFK shooting broadcast, Garrison is in the kitchen making a sandwich. On the counter is a jar of Hellmann's mayonnaise with a blue plastic lid. Hellmann's mayo had a metal "twist-off" lid in the '60s, not a plastic "screw-off" one.
  
  
• Anachronisms: After hearing of Kennedy's death, Guy Bannister proclaims, "Camelot in smithereens!" No one referred to Kennedy's presidency as Camelot until a week after the assassination, when Life magazine published Theodore H. White's interview with Jacqueline Kennedy, which made the link.
  
  
• Continuity: When Garrison begins his discussion with Willie O'Keefe, Willie puts the cigarette in his mouth twice.
  
  
• Factual errors: When Garrison is in the airplane with Senator Long, it is implied that he looks out the window at the White House below. No civilian airplanes have been allowed to fly within three miles of the White House since World War II.
  
  
• Continuity: When Dean Andrews stands up from the table he's wearing his sunglasses. In the next shot, his hat is in his hand, but there are no sunglasses anywhere. Then when he puts the hat on his head, he he's wearing his shades again.
  
  
• Continuity: At the end of the movie when the trial is going on, Lou Ivon's suit changes from one color to another then back again.
  
  
• Anachronisms: The advertising sign on top of the School Book Depository was not removed until 1979.
  
  
• Anachronisms: During a flashback to the scene at Dealey Plaza, just before the assassination, a 1964 Ford Mustang can be seen clearly in the background. That car did not come out until half way through the following year.
  
  
• Anachronisms: When Garrison is in the airplane with Senator Long we see upper hand luggage shelves already fitted with doors. At the time they were plain open.
  
  
• Continuity: Willie walks into Clay's house with his jacket on, but before being greeted by the butler he bumps into him with his jacket now off.
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During his closing argument Jim Garrison misspeaks the famous phrase, "Of the people, by the people, and for the people." He instead says, "Of the people, for the people, and by the people."
  
  
• Continuity: In the final courtroom scene, When Liz Garrison enters the courtroom with their son, her hair is up. But by the time Jim Garrison's speech is over, Liz is seen with her hair down.
  
  
• Factual errors: On his flight with Senator Long, Garrison is reading The Washington Post that is dated, Wednesday, 7 November 1966. In 1966, 7 November falls on a Monday.
  
  
• Anachronisms: When Donald Sutherland's military officer character is is in the airport in New Zealand on 22 November 1963, a Boeing 737 is visible taking off in the background, an airliner that did not enter service until 1968.
  
  
• Errors in geography: After Clay Shaw's arrest and asked his address, he replies "1313 Dauphine St. New Orleans". On Google earth this particular address is the location of Guy Banister's office building.
  
  

• Plot holes: SPOILER: In the scene where Garrison and Lou are in the "sniper's nest", Garrison makes a reference to "our friend Clay Shaw." This scene, however, takes place before it is revealed that the mysterious "Clay Bertrand" they seek is in fact Clay Shaw.
  
  

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