Unexcusable Movie Mistakes That Somehow Made the Final Cut

Back to the Future

The license plate OUTATIME was too perfect to pass up, but it wouldn't actually work in reality if you want to be exactly like Doc Brown. The state of California has a max cap of 6 characters on the license plate. OUTATIME as one extra letter, therefore making it an illegitimate plate! 

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump fell victim to a small oversight by the prop designers. The letter that Forrest got from Apple applauding him on his investment is actually super inaccurate. Apple wasn't a publicly traded company until 1981. The letter is obvioiusly dated in 1975. Maybe they wanted to use a big name and didn't care about the details?

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The More You Know

  • Wayne's World was filmed in two weeks.
  • Stanley Kubrick had all the sets and models from the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey destroyed to prevent a sequel from being made.
  • The first toilet did not flush on the American big screen until 1960
  • Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.