Information
| Year: | 2002 |
| Rating: | 7.8(136801) |
| Listed in: | Biography, Crime, Drama |
| Directed by: | Steven Spielberg |
| Actors: | Leonardo DiCaprio Tom Hanks Christopher Walken Martin Sheen Nathalie Baye Amy Adams |
| "Catch them this christmas" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Steven Spielberg | |
| Actors | |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | as Frank Abagnale Jr. |
| Tom Hanks | as Carl Hanratty |
| Christopher Walken | as Frank Abagnale |
| Martin Sheen | as Roger Strong |
| James Brolin | as Jack Barnes |
| Brian Howe | as Earl Amdursky |
| Frank John Hughes | as Tom Fox |
| Steve Eastin | as Paul Morgan |
| Chris Ellis | as Special Agent Witkins |
| John Finn | as Assistant Director Marsh |
| Guy Thauvette | as Warden Garren |
| Matthew Kimbrough | as Loan Officer |
| Joshua Boyd | as Football Player |
| Jonathan Dankner | as Student #1 |
| Thomas Kopache | as Principal Evans |
| Jimmie F. Skaggs | as Bartender |
| Alex Hyde-White | as Mr. Kesner |
| Eugene Fleming | as Ticket Clerk |
| Robert Ruth | as Hotel Manager |
| James Morrison | as Pilot |
| Robert Symonds | as Mr. Rosen |
| Robert Curtis Brown | as Front Desk Clerk |
| Steve Witting | as Manager |
| J. Patrick McCormack | as Auctioneer |
| Brian Goodman | as Motel Owner |
| Ray Proscia | as Salesman |
| Mike Baldridge | as Terry |
| Joel Ewing | as Party Guy |
| Ritchie Montgomery | as Young Doctor |
| Jim Antonio | as Victor Griffith |
| Jonathan Brent | as Dr. Ashland |
| Shane Edelman | as Doctor Harris |
| Andrew Meeks | as Young Patient |
| Morgan Rusler | as FBI Agent |
| Dave Hager | as Judge |
| Kyle Davis | as Kid |
| Patrick Thomas O'Brien | as Mr. Hendricks |
| Robert Peters | as FBI Agent |
| James DuMont | as FBI Agent |
| Thomas Crawford | as FBI Agent |
| Malachi Throne | as Abe Penner |
| Alfred Dennis | as Ira Penner |
| Max Kerstein | as Penner Brother |
| Jan Munroe | as Captain Oliver |
| Stephen Dunham | as Pilot |
| Brandon Keener | as Pilot |
| Anthony Powers | as NY Savings Bank Manager |
| Jeremy Howard | as Teen Waiter |
| Jack Knight | as Man #3 |
| Gerald R. Molen | as FBI Agent |
| Stan Bly | as Blind Man |
| Jamie Moss | as Young Man |
| Frank Abagnale Jr. | as French Policeman |
| Roger Léger | as Prison Guard |
| Jean-François Blanchard | as French Police Captain |
| Mathieu Gaudreault | as French Police |
| Guy-Daniel Tremblay | as French Police |
| Alexander Bisping | as French Police |
| Patrice Dussault | as French Police |
| Paul Todd | as Maitre D' |
| Jake Wagner | as Kid |
| Ellis Hall | as Piano Player/Singer |
| Steven Meizler | as Piano Player |
| Fred Datig | as Co-Pilot |
| Joe Garagiola | as Himself |
| Dominic Bond | as Choir |
| Jean-François Brousseau | as Choir |
| Francis Campeau | as Choir |
| Raphaël Cardin | as Choir |
| Marc-Antoine Côté | as Choir |
| Antoine Drolet-Dumoulin | as Choir |
| Léon Dussault-Gagné | as Choir |
| Simon Houle-Gauthier | as Choir |
| Vincent Généreux | as Choir |
| Sébastien Jean | as Choir |
| Pascal Larouche | as Choir |
| William Lauzon | as Choir |
| Florent Legault | as Choir |
| Jason McNally | as Choir |
| Julien Normandeau | as Choir |
| David Parent-Laliberté | as Choir |
| Alexandre Pépin | as Choir |
| Nicolas Radeschi | as Choir |
| Jonathan René | as Choir |
| Samuel St. Amour | as Choir |
| Ian Aronson | as Bellboy |
| David Austin | as Party Guy |
| Joe Beaudin | as Bank Manager |
| Barry Blueian | as FBI Agent |
| Phil Bowers | as Head Waiter |
| G. Larry Butler | as Bar Patron |
| Gary Castro Churchwell | as Medical Intern |
| Joshua Collins | as Student |
| Mark Correy | as Funny Doctor |
| Cameron Deaver | as Waiter |
| Johnny Drocco | as Airplane Passenger |
| Pierre Ebert | as Extra |
| Wade Eck | as Classic Car Driver |
| Fabrizio Fante | as Businessman |
| Brian Reed Garvin | as Bar Patron #1 |
| Jason Grutter | as Pool Party Guy |
| Jesse Heiman | |
| Cyrus King | as FBI Agent #3 |
| Joshua Michael Kwiat | as Dr. Connelly |
| Pablo Lewin | as FBI Agent |
| Michael Lightsey | as Student |
| Pete Macnamara | as FBI Agent |
| Charles McClelland | as TWA Commuter |
| Ric McCloud | as Airline Passenger |
| Christopher Metas | as Waiter |
| Alden Olmsted | as Undercover FBI Agent - Airport |
| Nick Pellegrino | as Used Car Lot Owner |
| Jeffrey Pritz | as Co-Pilot |
| Nathan Roberson | as Riverbend croquet flirt |
| Andy Signore | as Pedestrian |
| Kim Sky | as Mother of Little Girl |
| Max Spielberg | as Kid in Plane |
| Jeffrey Squire | as Johnny |
| Rando Thomas | as Airline Pilot |
| Clyde Tull | as Hotel Guest |
| Larry Vigus | as FBI Agent |
| Jamie Wax | as Bellhop |
| Sean Welch | as Co-Pilot |
| Nick Zano | as James |
| Shane Zeranski | as Leonardo DiCaprio photo double |
| Actresses | |
| Nathalie Baye | as Paula Abagnale |
| Amy Adams | as Brenda Strong |
| Jennifer Garner | as Cheryl Ann |
| Nancy Lenehan | as Carol Strong |
| Ellen Pompeo | as Marci |
| Elizabeth Banks | as Lucy |
| Candice Azzara | as Darcy |
| Kaitlin Doubleday | as Joanna |
| Kelly McNair | as Girl #1 |
| Maggie Mellin | as Teacher |
| Margaret Travolta | as Ms. Davenport |
| Lilyan Chauvin | as Mrs. Lavalier |
| Jennifer Manley | as Ashley |
| Jennifer Kan | as Female Bank Teller |
| Kelly Hutchinson | as Young Female Teller |
| Wendy Worthington | as Receptionist |
| Jane Bodle | as TWA Ticket Agent |
| Sarah Lancaster | as Riverbend Woman |
| Jill Matson | as Riverbend Woman |
| Angela Sorensen | as Party Girl |
| Benita Krista Nall | as Emergency Nurse |
| Jane Edith Wilson | as Bar Examiner |
| Jaime Ray Newman | as Monica |
| Deborah Kellner | as Debra Jo |
| Mercedes Cornett | as Heather |
| Amy Acker | as Miggy |
| Sarah Rush | as Secretary |
| Donna Kimball | as TWA Stewardess |
| Jasmine Jessica Anthony | as Little Girl |
| Lauren Cohn | as Female Teller |
| Jamie Anderson | as Ilene |
| Kam Heskin | as Candy |
| Ana Maria Quintana | as Hotel Maid |
| Celine du Tertre | as Little Girl on Street |
| Jessica Collins | as Peggy |
| Ashley Cohen | as Party Twin |
| Kelly Cohen | as Party Twin |
| Kitty Carlisle | as Herself |
| Nicole Andrews | as Hot Blonde |
| Jessica Bassman | as Nurse Bassman |
| Jillian Clare | as Little Girl |
| Carrie 'CeCe' Cline | as Missy |
| Holly Marie Combs | as Julia Thomas |
| Tiffany Glass | as Miss Mason |
| Melissa Gribbon | as Stewardess |
| Elina Jaiden | as Student |
| Casey Kern | as Bank Teller |
| Charlotte Kyle | as Party Guest |
| Cari Lucas | as Student Stewardess |
| Beverly Lynne | as Pool Guest |
| Karrie MacLaine | as Pan Am Stewardess |
| Shannon Marlyse | as Nurse Brown |
| Altara Michelle | as Snarky French Student |
| Summer Moore | as Swimmer |
| Veronique Ory | as Girl |
| Marylee Picciano | as Bikini Girl |
| Tara Rice | as Party Guest |
| Cali T. Rossen | as Airline Passenger |
| Lidia Sabljic | as Pan Am Stewardess |
| Corinne Saffell | as Stewardess |
| Jacki Tenerelli | as Flight Attendant |
| Camille Wainwright | as Mary |
| Evis Xheneti | as Beautiful Girl |
| Hilary Rose Zalman | as Pan Am Girl |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, French |
| Filming dates: | 11 February 2002 - 4 May 2002 |
| Budget: | USD 52,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 97,437,621 USD (5 January 2003) UK - 9,798,220 GBP (16 February 2003) Worldwide - 92,100,000 USD (16 February 2003) (except USA) Argentina - 644,507 USD (22 April 2003) Italy - 7,579,462 EUR (4 May 2003) Philippines - 13,400,000 PHP (29 January 2003) Spain - 7,963,850 EUR (9 March 2003) |
| Plot: | New Rochelle, the 1960s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tracks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"To Tell The Truth" Written by Paul Alter & Robert Israel "Embraceable You" Words & Music by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin Performed by Judy Garland Courtesy of MCA Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" Written by Paul Anka Performed by The Lettermen Courtesy of Capitol Records Under license from EMI Film & Television Music "Body & Soul" Written by Johnny Green (as John Green), Edward Heyman, Robert Sour & Frank Eyton Performed by Erroll Garner Courtesy of SLG, LLC "I've Got The World On A String" Written by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler Performed by Teddy Wilson , Milt Hinton & Oliver Jackson Courtesy of LRC Ltd. "Take The A Train" Written by Billy Strayhorn "The Girl From Ipanema" Written by Antonio Carlos Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes English lyrics by Norman Gimbel Performed by Stan Getz & João Gilberto (as Joao Gilberto) featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim Courtesy of The Verve Music Group Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "The James Bond Theme" Written by Monty Norman Performed by John Barry & His Orchestra Courtesy of Danjaq, LLC and United Artists Corporation "Mele Kalikimaka" Written by R. Alex Anderson (as Alex Anderson) Performed by Bing Crosby Courtesy of MCA Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "The Look Of Love" Written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David Performed by Dusty Springfield Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "You Really Got Me" Written by Ray Davies Performed by The Kinks Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group "He's So Fine" Written by Ronald Mack Performed by The Chiffons Courtesy of Capitol Records Under license from EMI Film & Television Music "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" Written by C.W. Murphy, William Hargreaves (as William McKenna) & John Charles Moore Performed by The Mitch Miller Singers "Un Poco Adagio" from Piano Concerto No. 11 in D Written by Joseph Haydn Performed by Leif Ove Andsnes & The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Courtesy of EMI Classics Under license from EMI Film & Television Music "I'll Be Home For Christmas" Written by Walter Kent , Kim Gannon & Buck Ram Performed by The Hollyridge Strings Courtesy of Capitol Records Under license from EMI Film & Television Music "The Way You Look Tonight" Written by Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern Performed by The Lettermen Courtesy of Capitol Records Under license from EMI Film & Television Music "Come Fly With Me" Written by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen) Performed by Frank Sinatra Courtesy of Capitol Records Under license from EMI Film & Television Music "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" Written by Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh "I'm Shooting High" Written by Ted Koehler & Jimmy McHugh Performed by Ellis Hall & BeB'Opera "Leaving On A Jet Plane" Written by John Denver "Peuple Fidèle" Music by John Reading (uncredited) Latin Lyrics by John Francis Wade (uncredited) English Lyrics by Frederick Oakeley (uncredited) Arranged by Gregory Charles "Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes" Arranged by Gregory Charles "The Christmas Song" Written by Mel Tormé & Robert Wells Performed by Nat 'King' Cole Courtesy of Capitol Records Under license from EMI Film & Television Music |
Goofs
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DATE: The fire alarm system in the hospital dates from the late '80s and early '90s. Continuity: While having lunch with his father, Frank Jr's hand jumps from the table to his side, and on and off his wine glass, between shots. DATE: When Frank Jr. goes to meet his father in a bar, he is wearing a United States Postal Service jacket. The symbol on the patch is correct, but it wasn't known as the United States Postal Service until 1971. In the '60s, it was the U.S. Post Office Department. Continuity: The gauze pad and small retractors Abagnale gets in the ER disappear in one shot, then reappear two shots later. DATE: At the French prison in 1969, Hanratty uses a pop-up mini-umbrella. This type of umbrella wasn't available until the late 1970s. Until then, all umbrellas were of the two-hand, slide-up variety. DATE: When Hanratty and Abagnale are aboard a plane at LaGuardia Airport in 1969, a shot of the New York City skyline shows the World Trade Center towers fully built. However, the towers were not completed until 1973. DATE: The green-capped McCormick spice bottles on the spice rack in the apartment were not available in the early 1960s. Continuity: The checks Abagnale gathers up when he's confronted by Hanratty shift position between shots. Continuity: When Frank Abagnale Jr. gives the new car's keys to his father at the restaurant, Sr. takes the ribbon off the box, and sets it down to the right of his plate. In the next shot the ribbon is to the left of his plate. The box itself moves around and alternates between partially open and completely closed. DATE: During one of the Christmas telephone conversations between Frank and Carl, Frank's phone has a modular telephone jack connection. Modular telephone jacks did not exist at the time. Fact errors: Stopping a press like the one shown in the movie would not result in a flurry of cut checks flying through the air. Additionally, the cutter would be a machine that could fit the entire width of the paper, and make the precision cuts required for things like checks. DATE: When Frank is watching a court scene to prepare for his stint as a lawyer, the television clearly has a remote control infrared panel and control buttons on the front. Those didn't exist in the 1960s. DATE: As Frank first walks down the street in his Pan Am uniform, a Fedex delivery truck is partially visible in the background. Federal Express wasn't founded until 1971 and the Fedex logo on the truck was designed in 1994 when the company officially adopted the Fedex brand name. Continuity: Frank kisses a girl and smudges her lipstick. In subsequent shots, the lipstick is smudge-free. DATE: We see TWA aircraft several times, all with the famous two stripe logo. That logo was not introduced until 1975, several years after when the movie was set. Revealing mistakes: When Carl flips through Frank Jr.'s high school yearbook looking for his photo, the close-up shot reveals the same names duplicated on multiple pages of the book. DATE: When Frank and his father pull up to the Chase Bank, a Duane Reade drugstore in the background has a current logo. Continuity: When Abagnale has dinner with his fiancé, he finishes the prayer and we see her shaking her napkin at him to let him know to put it in his lap. In the next shot, she is picking up her napkin. DATE: At Miami International Airport, the National Airlines logo should have been the "SunKing" logo, introduced in the mid-1960s. Continuity: When Carl is visiting Frank in prison, the comic books jump around between shots. DATE: The slide projector used by Hanratty in his briefing on Abignale has a carousel, which was not released until Christmas of 1968. DATE: When Frank is arrested in France in the late 1960s, the police car he gets into has an antenna/defroster embedded in the rear window, which didn't exist then. DATE: The map of Europe Hanratty uses to figure out Abagnale's location is from at least the mid-1990s: Germany is unified, and the former Yugoslavia is divided into several different countries. Revealing mistakes: When Hanratty makes a phone call outside Frank Sr.'s apartment, the entire phone booth shakes, as if it is not bolted to the ground. DATE: When Frank interviews potential stewardesses, one of them sings a line from the song "Leaving on a Jet Plane". This scene takes place in 1966 or 1967, long before the song was made popular by Peter, Paul, and Mary in 1969. The song was written in 1967 by John Denver (who made the song famous in 1973), which might have been before the scene in question, but it is highly unlikely that a student would have known the song before 1969. Continuity: The non-speaking role of "stewardess" Miggy is played by Amy Acker for the scene in the hall and when the stewardesses get out of the car with Frank outside the airport. However, for the scenes inside the airport, another (non-credited) actress has replaced her. Continuity: When Frank Sr. hugs his son during the pancake scene, his jacket moves about between shots. Continuity: When Frank gets to Miami International Airport to wait for his fiancé, a car driven by a man wearing a hat stops right behind him. When Frank looks around searching for potential police, the door of the car behind is opening. In the next shot, the car behind him is gone. GEOG: When the French police come to catch Frank, the plate number of their car is 44 (number of the state). Montrichard's plate number is 41; Loire Atlantique is 44. DATE: The front-loading washers in the laundromat are Wascomat W74 Front Loading washing machines. The square door handle and rotary temperature control knob were introduced in the 1980s. Continuity: It is sunny at poolside at the Tropicana in L.A., with young ladies sunbathing. When Frank is almost caught in his motel room, he points to the "perp" being escorted to the car by "another Secret Service man." The streets are clearly wet, and the car is covered with raindrops. Fact errors: In the 1960s, French police cars had yellow flashing lights, not blue. DATE: When we first see Brenda at the hospital, she is wearing 1970s-style braces on her teeth. Continuity: En route to Handratty's first confrontation with Frank Jr., Amdursky and Fox are wearing sunglasses in one shot as the car turns into the hotel parking lot (after the "knock-knock joke"), but not in others. Fact errors: When Hanratty is briefing fellow FBI agents about check routing, the first US map has many geographical errors: Kansas City is where Omaha should be, St. Louis is in middle of Missouri, and Boston is in Maine. When the same map is shown again, the cities are correctly located, and the map shading scheme has changed. DATE: Brenda is last seen waiting at the Miami airport directly behind a sidewalk curbcut for wheelchairs which was not introduced until at least the mid-1970s, particularly after federal legislation for the handicapped was enacted. Continuity: When the little girl on the street asks Frank if he's a "real live pilot", she's standing in front of a yellow car. After he speaks to her, he begins to walk away, and the yellow car is gone. Fact errors: When the FBI agents tell Frank's mom how much money he has stolen, she reaches for a pack of Kent cigarettes. The cigarette she lights has a "cork" filter. Kents had a white filter. DATE: Early in the movie, when Frank Sr. attempts to pull off a bank heist with the help of Frank Jr., a 1980s city bus is in the background. Continuity: Frank points out the Manhattan skyline from the plane. They are at a much higher altitude in a subsequent shot, and only clouds are visible. DATE: In several scenes, Agent Hanratty uses the "Weaver Stance" when holding a handgun. This is particularly evident when he first meets Secret Service Agent "Barry Allen" in the hotel room. Most of the movie takes place during the 1950s and 1960s. The "Weaver Stance" was first developed during the 1950s, and not widely taught widely until the late 1970s. DATE: The bottle of Tab diet cola in pool scene is from late 1970s. DATE: Use of OCR-A character-reader font on letters, driver's license. It was first introduced in 1970. Continuity: When Frank tries to escape after printing the checks, he is holding the checks in his arms in a disorganized pile. In the next shot, before he throws them to the floor, they are sorted more neatly. DATE: In the beginning of the movie, Hanratty visits Frank in a French prison and notifies him the terms of his extradition "according to the European Convention on Human Rights". France ratified the European convention on 3 May 1974, and would't have applied in 1969, when the scene takes place. Fact errors: In the closing credits, "Saxophone solos" is misspelled as "Saxaphone solos." SYNC: When Carl confronts Frank in France, just after he yells "They're going to kill you!" his mouth moves after that, but you don't hear anything. DATE: When Carl is sitting in his office watching the checks, the stamp on the back of one check is from 1997. The scene takes place in 1967. Continuity: When Frank Sr. and Frank Jr. are entering at Chase Manhattan Bank, a little white truck is shown three times, twice going in the same direction in a couple of seconds. Continuity: When Frank is walking down the street with his new co-pilot uniform, the sidewalk is dry. In the next shot, the camera is above his head and the sidewalk is wet. Fact errors: Many of the cars in this movie have new style aero dynamic black wiper blades. Cars of that time period had standard silver/chrome colored wiper blades. CHAR: When Hanratty shows his ID to a frightened maid at the top of a hotel staircase, the badge with the FBI logo is facing the camera and not her, so in actual fact all she would see is the black leather outer of the wallet. DATE: When the plane that takes Frank Jr. and Carl back to the States lands, we are shown a sequence where the wheels touch the runway. The exterior shots are of a 767, which did not fly until 1981. The interior shots are of a 707. Fact errors: When Frank Abagnale Jr. flies "deadhead" in the cockpit of a TWA plane, the cockpit windshield has a central pane, without a metal divider in the center. At the time, the only jet airliner with that type of windshield was the Douglas DC-8. TWA flew the Boeing 707, not the DC-8. Fact errors: When Frank goes to the flight deck to ride on the jump seat, the jump seat that is pulled out has no restraints on it. DATE: When Frank's father opens a checking account for him in early 1964, the checks are imprinted with ZIP codes. ZIP codes were introduced in 1963, but they weren't widely used until the mid-Sixties. DATE: During a scene set in 1965, characters listen to the song The Look of Love, first released in 1967. DATE: A lava lamp appears in scene set in 1965, three years before lamp was marketed. Continuity: When Hanratty and his two assistants go to Frank's mother's house, one of the assistants grabs a piece of dessert and tries to reach a fork that is on a plate in front of Hanratty. Hanratty has a paper in his right hand in one shot while he's looking at the lady. In the next shot is right hand is empty and free to instantly grab a fork for his colleague and hand it to him in that comedic stabbing motion. Continuity: Frank calls Carl every Christmas, starting in 1966. In '66 Carl is working alone. The next time in '67 Carl is working with his team. Then the next year, when Carl and Frank are in France, the subtitles say 1967. Shouldn't it be 1968? Continuity: When Frank Jr impersonates the substitute French teacher in order to take revenge on the bullies who bumped into him in the hallway, he shouts for order in the classroom then asks which chapter the previous teacher left off on. Frank Jr then opens his book up to the correct page, and after embarrassing one of the bullies by making him read out loud, he begins to walk to the front of the room. When he is in the aisle in the classroom, he holds the book open as he walks. After the shot changes angle and distance, he completes his walk to the front of the room, but the book is now closed. DATE: In the scene at the Miami airport, which was set in the late 1960s, Checker cabs with impact absorbing bumpers are seen. Impact absorbing bumpers did not appear on cars until late 1972 (for the 1973 model year.) The cabs are at least 1974 models, when impact absorbing bumpers for both the front and back of the car were required. CHAR: During the course of the movie Hanratty's New York accent appeared and disappears. During the very beginning it is extremely thick; but when he's on the plane with Frank Jr. it is nonexistent. Revealing mistakes: In the FBI office, all of the desk chairs are Pollack chairs. Designed by Charles Pollack for Knoll in 1965, it's possible that these chairs might have gotten to the FBI offices by that date. What's not possible is that the FBI would have spent the money on these chairs; they are very expensive and would never have been standard government issue. CHAR: As Frank and Carl are flying back to the US, Frank says that he sees runway 44 at LaGuardia. Runway numbers are based on compass headings ranging from 01-36. LaGuardia does have a runway 04, which would head roughly northeast. CHAR: In the scene where Frank Abagnale walks through Miami International Airport surrounded by newly recruited Pan Am stewardesses, the stewardesses are wearing their hats wrong. The Pan Am emblem is supposed to show from the front, whereas these recruits wore their hats with the emblem toward the back. DATE: When Frank first walks into the classroom where he impersonates the substitute teacher, one of the students is heard to use the word "frickin'", which is a recent word, and not in use in the 1960s. Continuity: Frank Abagnale Jr.is given a co-pilot's jacket (two stripes) at the outfitters. However, immediately afterwards when he is seen walking away he's wearing a senior co-pilot's jacket (three stripes) and continues to wear that rank throughout the pilot scenes. Crew: At the end of the film, when the camera pans out through the FBI office, the last row of file cabinets can be seen being pushed together into place after the camera has passed through. A crew member can be seen on the left side of the screen trying to duck out of the shot after you see him pushing the left file cabinet. DATE: Early in the film in the sequence showing the family's move from a house to an apartment, there is a shot of the apartment building taken from the street outside. As the camera pans upward to show the whole building, a video security camera can be seen in the top right corner of the shot, apparently mounted on a telephone pole opposite the building. Such security cameras did not exist at that time. Fact errors: While Frank and Carl are flying back to the US Frank looks out the window and tells Frank that they are over LaGuardia Airport and runway Number 44. All runway ends are painted/labeled based on the compass direction or bearing it is facing or heading. A Due North is runway "36", meaning 360 degrees and the opposite end marked "18", for 180 degrees. Runway numbers include 1 to 36. No runway 44 exists. DATE: Police lights on top of the French police cars, in addition to being the incorrect color for the time period (blue, should be yellow) are Peterson Mfg model 771, which is a modern, low cost, light. Peterson did not make this model until the late 1980s. Revealing mistakes: When Hanratty is in the laundromat he pulls a red sweater out of the dryer that changes his clothes pink. But, the lady who grabs the sweater from him is also doing a white load. It seems very unlikely that she would have had that sweater in her clothes, and if she did her clothes would have been pink as well from the wash. CHAR: When Hanratty is trying to catch Abagnale at Miami Airport, the driver of the vehicle that was sent to detour them pulls out a sign that reads "Handratty", with a "D" Continuity: When Frank Jr. is talking to Cheryl Ann (Garner) in the hallway, he is seen at one point leaning against the wall. In a subsequent shot, he is seen standing upright and then purposefully leans against the wall. Revealing mistakes: When Frank sees the pilots coming out of the car with the stewardesses, before he decides to become a pilot himself, the pilots and stewardesses are moving in slow-motion. When you look at the people around them, you see they are moving at normal speed. DATE: During the parts of movie that are set in the early-to-mid 1960s, Pan American Airlines is constantly referred to as "Pan Am." A shot of its office building even shows the "Pan Am" logo on it. However, Pan American Airlines was abbreviated as "PAA" during this time, and did not adopt the "Pan Am" logo until 1972. (In the I Love Lucy episode "Return Home from Europe" from 1956, Ethel's handbag on the plane ride has the PAA logo.) DATE: In the beginning of the movie there are four Citroens parked in front of the prison. One of them is a Citroen 2cv Charleston (the dark-red/black behind the police cars). This car was produced in the 80's, so it would have been impossible to have one parked outside in '69. Fact errors: Toward the end of the movie when Frank is walking in the corridor tube at the airport there are a couple American Airlines flights announced in the background. This was in the TWA terminal. It's possible that the filmmakers did this intentionally since American bought TWA at the time the movie was filmed, but in the late 60's there would not be an American flight in the TWA terminal as they were fierce rivals. DATE: A title card for the arrest scene is dated "Christmas Eve 1967." Several of the French police cars are Citroen DS models with four front headlights. Citroen did not update the DS to use double headlights until the 1968 model year. Although Citroen, like US automakers, does typically announce new models in the fall previous to that model year's release, it is extremely unlikely the entire fleet of police cars in a small French village would use only next year's model. |
Quotes
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Carl Hanratty: Well, would you like to hear me tell a joke? Earl Amdursky: Yeah. Yeah, we'd love to hear a joke from you. Carl Hanratty: Knock knock. Earl Amdursky: Who's there? Carl Hanratty: Go fuck yourselves. Carl Hanratty: [Frank is making one last attempt to run by impersonating a pilot once again. Carl catches up with him at Dulles Airport] How'd you do it, Frank? How'd you pass the bar in Louisiana? Frank Abagnale, Jr.: [Frank continues to walk. Carl walks several paces behind] What are you doing here? Carl Hanratty: Listen... Frank Abagnale, Jr.: I'm sorry I put you through all this. Carl Hanratty: You go back to Europe, you're gonna die in Perpignan Prison. You try to run here in the States, we'll send you back to Atlanta for 50 years. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: I know that. Carl Hanratty: I spent four years trying to arrange your release. Had to convince my bosses at the FBI and the Attorney General of the United States you wouldn't run. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: Why'd you do it? Carl Hanratty: You're just a kid. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: I'm not your kid. You said you were going to Chicago. Carl Hanratty: My daughter can't see me this weekend. She's going skiing. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: You said she was four years old. You're lying. Carl Hanratty: She was four when I left. Now she's 15. My wife's been remarried for 11 years. I see Grace every now and again. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: I don't understand. Carl Hanratty: Sure you do. Sometimes, it's easier living the lie. [Frank stops, Carl catches up] I'm going to let you fly tonight, Frank. I'm not even going to try to stop you. That's because I know you'll be back on Monday. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: Yeah? How do you know I'll come back? Carl Hanratty: Frank, look. Nobody's chasing you. Frank Abagnale Sr.: Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn't quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out. Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse. Paula Abagnale: Just tell me how much he owes and I'll pay you back. Carl Hanratty: So far, it's about 1.3 million dollars. Roger Strong: Frank, would you like to say grace? [Long pause] Unless you're not comfortable. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: Absolutely. Two little mice fell into a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned, but the second mouse, he struggled so hard that he eventually churned that cream into butter and he walked out. Amen. [All say: Amen] Carol Strong: Oh, that was beautiful. The mouse, he churned that cream into butter. Frank Abagnale Sr.: You know why the Yankees always win, Frank? Frank Abagnale, Jr.: 'Cause they have Mickey Mantle? Frank Abagnale Sr.: No, it's 'cause the other teams can't stop staring at those damn pinstripes. Tom Fox: He doesn't have a passport. Carl Hanratty: For the last six months, he's gone to Harvard and Berkeley. I'm betting he can get a passport. Frank Abagnale Sr.: Do you know what would happen if the IRS found out I was driving around in a new coupe? I took the train here, Frank. I'm taking the train home. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: [as Frank Conners] Your honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this is irrefutable evidence that the defendant is, in fact, lying. Judge: Mr. Conners, this is a preliminary hearing. There is no... defendant. There is no... jury. It's just me. Son... what in the HELL is wrong with you? Principal Evans: Mr. and Mrs. Abagnale, this is not a question of your son's attendance. I regret to inform you that, for the past week, Frank has been teaching Mrs. Glasser's French class. Paula Abagnale: He what? Principal Evans: Your son has been pretending to be a substitute teacher, lecturing the students, uh, giving out homework, uh. Mrs. Glasser has been ill, there was some confusion with the real sub. Your son held a teacher-parent conference yesterday and was planning a class field trip to a French bread factory in Trenton. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: CHRIST. Terry. This is Italian knit. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: Brenda, I don't want to lie to you anymore. All right? I'm not a doctor. I never went to medical school. I'm not a lawyer, or a Harvard graduate, or a Lutheran. Brenda, I ran away from home a year and a half ago when I was 16. Brenda Strong: Frank? Frank? You're not a Lutheran? Frank Abagnale Jr.: Ah, people only know what you tell them, Carl. Carl Hanratty: But, sir, we're gonna let him get away. Assistant Director Marsh: No, Carl, you let him get away. Frank Abagnale Sr.: Where's your mother? Frank Abagnale, Jr.: I don't know. She said something about going to look for a job. Frank Abagnale Sr.: What's she gonna be, a shoe salesman at a centipede farm? Frank Abagnale Sr.: She's so stubborn, your mother - Don't worry I won't let her go without a fight. - I've been fighting for her since the day we met. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: Dad, out of all those men - You were the one who took her home, remember that. Frank Abagnale Sr.: Two hundred men sitting in that tiny social hall watching her dance. What was the name of that town? Frank Abagnale, Jr.: Montrichard, dad. Frank Abagnale Sr.: I didn't speak a word of French, six weeks later she was my wife. Carl: I love my job! Frank Abagnale, Jr.: Stop chasing me! Carl Hanratty: I can't stop, it's my job. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: [In a letter] Dear dad, you always told me that an honest man has nothing to fear, so I'm trying my best not to be afraid. [repeated line] Carl Hanratty: How'd you do it Frank? How did you cheat on the bar exam in Louisiana? Earl Amdursky: [while Carl is setting the trap for Frank at the Miami airport] Why won't he just take a taxi to New York or Atlanta? Carl Hanratty: Because *I'm* not in New York. *I'm* not in Atlanta. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: [when Carl catches up to him in the print shop in Montrichard] Carl? Carl! Merry Christmas! How is it we're always talking on Christmas, Carl? Every Christmas, I'm talking to you! [laughs] Carl Hanratty: Put your shirt on, Frank. You're under arrest. Frank Abagnale, Jr.: [donning a James Bond style suit and mimicking Sean Connery in the mirror] Hello Pussy. Assistant Director Marsh: Frank, we have the power to take you out of prison. You'd be placed in the custody of the FBI where you'd serve out the remainder of your sentence as an employee of the Federal Government. Kid: More coffee, sir? [notices paperwork] Kid: Are you a collector? Carl Hanratty: Of what? Kid: Captives of the Cosmic Ray, The Big Freeze, Land of the Golden Giants. I've got em all. Carl Hanratty: What are you talking about? Kid: Barry Allen. The Flash. [walks away] Carl Hanratty: Wait, kid, kid, kid. You mean like the comic book? Kid: Yeah, the comic book. When he's not The Flash. That's his name, Barry Allen. Carl Hanratty: Thank you. [Carl using a payphone] Carl Hanratty: Now get this: he reads comic books. Comic books! Barry Allen is The Flash! Tom Fox: Carl, slow down, slow down. I don't know what the hell you're talking about. Carl Hanratty: He's a kid. Our unsub is a kid. That's why we couldn't match his prints. That's why he doesn't have a record. Now, I want you to contact the NYPD for every all-points juvenile runaways in New York City. And don't forget the airports. He's been kiting checks all over the country. Tom Fox: But why New York? Carl Hanratty: The Yankees! He said something about the Yankees! Carl Hanratty: Our unknown subject is a paperhander who started working on the East Coast. In the last few weeks this unsub has developed a new form of check fraud which I'm calling "the float." What he's doing is opening checking accounts at various banks then chaning the MICR ink routing numbers at the bottom of those checks. Next slide, please. This is a map of the 12 banks of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Slide. MICR scanners at every bank read these numbers at the bottom of the check - slide - and they ship that check off to its corresponding branch. Special Agent Witkins: Carl, for those of us who are unfamiliar with bank fraud you mind telling us what the hell you're talking about? Carl Hanratty: The East Coast branches are numbered zero-one to zero-six. The central branch is zero-seven, zero-eight so on, so forth. Special Agent Witkins: You mean the numbers at the bottom of a check actually mean something? Carl Hanratty: All of this was in the report I filed two days ago. If you change a zero-two to a one-two that means a check, which was cashed in New York Federal Branch but it is rerouted all the way to San Francisco Federal Branch. The bank doesn't even know the check has bounced for two weeks, which means our unsub can stay in one place paper the same city over and over again while his checks circle the country. |
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