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The 737-400 aircraft shown landing after Ray Charles returns from the European tour was not introduced until the 1980s.
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At the 1965 Newport Jazz Festival scene, Quincy Jones is wearing "Ray Bans" sunglasses bearing the familiar Ray Bans logo, introduced in 1990, on the corner of one of the lenses.
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At several points during Ray's early career, the light switches on the wall are a modern style, not seen for years afterwards.
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In a scene set in 1961, a police motorcycle is an EVO motored Harley-Davidson, not available until 1984.
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In a scene set in the late 1950s, Ray's baby boy is sitting on a Precious Moments blanket. Precious Moments were not introduced until the early 1970s.
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While recording "Georgia On My Mind", the microphone he is singing into reads "ABC-Paramount." At the time, ABC Records did not have it's own recording studio. This particular session was recorded at Capitol Studios in New York City.
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During Ray's World Tour set in the 60's, there is a shot of an airport approach with a clearly visible 737-300 or -400. While the 737 first entered commercial service in 1968, the 300/400 variants weren't introduced until 1985.
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An airliner is shown landing during one of Ray's early 1960s tours. The plane is clearly a modern twin-engine jet (737, 757, or 767) instead of one of the three or four engine jets in use in the early 1960s.
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In the opening credits we hear Ray playing a Wurlitzer Electric Piano (later mentioned and shown in the film) but we see a close up of a Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, which sounds very different.
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When Ahmet Ertegun (Curtis Armstrong) suggests that Ray try playing "Mess Around," which Ahmet has just written, Ahmet describes it as being in the key of G. Ray then plays it in E-flat.
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When playing the piano with the orchestra, Ray's piano alternates from Steinway to Hohner, and the name is on both the side and the front.
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When Ray is playing chess near the end of the film, he takes the white queen off the board and lays it on its side. Then the queen is back where it was, and on the third shot, the board is set up for a new game.
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When Quincy walks into Ray's bedroom he's carrying his trumpet case and puts in on the floor and walks over to Ray. In the next shot he puts the case on the floor again.
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When Marjorie leaves Ray, she has two suitcases in her hands, then she throws one of the suitcases on the floor, walks through the door, and never comes back for the other suitcase.
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In the extended version, after Ray plays a country song for an audience for the first time and is discussing the lighting with Joe Adams, a "Cut!" can be heard at the end of the scene and (interestingly) is even shown on the subtitles.
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The film shows an exterior shot of Saenger theater in Alabama when Ray is suppose to be performing in Saint Louis, MO.
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The scene where Charles is met by a group of protesters outside the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Ga. is a fabrication. Charles canceled his appearance after receiving a telegram from students at a local black college. The promoter successfully sued Charles for breach of contract, but he was never banned from the state of Georgia. When the Georgia state legislature honored Ray Charles in 1979, they didn't apologized for banning him because he was never banned. In the commentary, it is stated that this event actually happened, but those who looked into Georgia's legislature found no record that he was banned, just sued, and later they adopted as their state song "Georgia" - by Ray Charles.
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When Ray is frying chicken, he gives "Q" a piece straight from the frying pan. "Q" instantly takes a bite, without blowing or insinuating the chicken is hot in any way. Real fried chicken straight from a hot pan would be impossible to eat instantly.
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