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More of a goof that was missed

posted 8 years ago by dungeondave-47464
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In the scene where Sam Diamond and Tess are in the car going over Twains file, she says he was born in 1906. During the first meeting with Twain in the dining room he states that he is 76 and how he looks so young. This does not make any chronological sense, seeing as if he was truly that age, the movie would be set in 1982, much later than it was even released, and much later than the period setting of the movie overall

[–] sage2112 8 years ago

Well no - it just means he's even older than they thought (yet still looks young). And what period setting do you think the movie has? There's nothing I can think of that would prove it's not 1976.

[–] Boner_Xmas 8 years ago

Charlie Chan, Sam Spade, the Charles, Poirot - all characters from the 20s and 30s

[–] geirfold 8 years ago

Did you read the trivia section? The characters were spoofs of the fictional novel characters. The trivia states that the movie is set in 1976.