Goodfellas "Mistake?"

Towards the end of the movie, when Henry looks out of his door for the helicopter, a car comes down the street and if you look closely, there's no one in the car. Anyone notice this? -Pat

No, I didnt notice that, I will check next time though.

Another interesting one: In the scene where Jimmy introduces young Henry to young Tommy while selling Pall Mall cigarettes from the back of a truck, notice that the same tan and black 1957 Buick Century passes by twice. Guess Scorsese was saving money on renting vintage cars.

At this point of the movie, Henry is highly under the influence of hallucination-causing drugs, hence his paranoia in the first place. Scorsese could easily have done these "mistakes" deliberately, to emphasise Henry's delusional state.

Mick

if "omnipresent unrestricted all-knowing" whatever had a website, it was called IMDB:

Anachronisms: In the scene that opens with the title "New Jersey, 1963", Henry can be seen leaning on a 1965 Chevy Impala.


Anachronisms: Henry and others are outside Idlewild Airport in 1963, and overhead a Boeing 747 is landing/taking off. 747s had their first test flights in 1969, entering service in 1970.


Boom mike visible: Shadow in Henry's house when he is talking with Marie about the Lufthansa heist.


Continuity: When Karen is holding a gun in Henry's face, a different gun is used for closeup and long shots.


Anachronisms: Set in the 1960s, several scenes show characters using stainless steel Smith & Wesson pistols, first produced in the 1970s.


Continuity: Paulie's cigar, when discussing the problem with Tommy.


Revealing mistakes: When Karen drives off after telling[?] to go into the dress shop, the car blows a fake license plate off a car.


Continuity: After Tommy shoots Spider's foot, Henry gets up to help him, but can be seen sitting down in the background.


Revealing mistakes: Obvious blood spray used in wide shot of Stacks Edwards Hit. Also, Tommy's gun does not recoil or eject a spent cartridge.


Continuity: The phone jumps around on Morry's shoulder when he's talking to Henry.


Continuity: Henry's daughter's blocks when they visit Henry in jail.


Continuity: Henry's Catholic cross and Star of David during the shower scene.


Crew or equipment visible: A camera is visible in the background at Henry's mother-in-law's house when they go to hide the gun.


Continuity: Series of over 10 shots where items such as wine glasses and napkins on the table fill, empty and move themselves while Tommy is telling his anecdote at the restaurant.


Anachronisms: Near the end, when Henry is driving around and watching for the helicopter, a package of Winston cigarettes is on the dashboard of his car. This particular package design has a gold eagle on it and was newly marketed beginning around 1987, several years after the story takes place.


Continuity: A title card dates the Billy Batts murder as June 11, 1970. Later, Henry says "it's been six months" when they go to dig up the grave. It should therefore be winter in New York, but the boys are in shirt sleeves and Henry's kids are going to the beach the next day.


Continuity: When Henry's mistress is having a party and showing off her new apartment, the ladies walk from the living room to the bedroom. The second lady changes positions to the third lady entering the bedroom.


Continuity: During Tommy's "Why am I funny" speech, the position of Henry's left hand, as well as the objects he is holding (cigarette, glass) change and move.


Continuity: In the slow-motion take of the Stacks Edwards Hit, blood can be seen on the wall before any shot has been fired.


Continuity: In the initial scene, Tommy shoots Stacks four times. In the slow motion replay, he shoots five times.


Anachronisms: The pay phone in the airport diner is of the familiar current design, which was introduced by the Bell System in the late 1960s, or several years after this scene takes place (1963). It is, however, the rotary dial version.


Factual Errors: When Maury's address is shown in his TV ad, not only is it not hyphenated, as all Queens addresses are, but addresses in Queens are written as "Neighborhood, NY", not "Queens, NY". Names of the other four boroughs are used in the address, however.


Factual Errors: When Tommy shoots Spider in the foot, he fires 6 or 7 shots from a 5 shot.38 Smith & Wesson Chief's Special.


Continuity: Karen's sweater has dirt on the shoulder after Henry's fight. When she is at the door the sweater is clean.


Anachronisms: The bass player in the band in the restaurant in 1963 is playing a Gibson EB-2D which was not introduced until 1966.


Crew or equipment visible: Reflected in the window while Karen is trying to find where Jimmy is keeping the stolen dresses.


Boom mike visible: When Henry is released from prison and Karen is waiting by her car, the mic is reflected in the car window as Karen turns to her right to hug Henry.


Continuity: In the "You're a funny guy" scene, a styrofoam coffee cup disappears and reappears three times.


Anachronisms: During the "You're a funny guy" scene (set in 1963), a bottle of Crown Royal whisky can be seen on the table. Crown Royal wasn't introduced for sale until 1965.


Anachronisms: When young Henry Hill is arrested for selling Black Market cigarettes (late 1950s), UPC barcodes are visible on the cigarette cartons. UPC barcodes first appeared in the late 1970s.


Revealing mistakes: When the mailman's head is pushed into the pizza oven, his hand is clearly seen resting on the inside of the oven door before the image is frozen, even though a cooked pizza is shown inside the oven as it is opened (i.e. it was too hot for him to keep his hand there for the few seconds shown without reacting).


Revealing mistakes: When Karen is holding the revolver on Henry, the chambers of the gun are clearly empty.