101 Things You Might Not Know: 26 - 25
That there is a timelessness to this film. That there is little that dates it to any particular year. Neither car nor fashion nor furnishing nor language used.
But that, if the film is suppose to be in 1988, then Kevin's (Pitt's) scout uniform is severely out of date. His hat went out of date about 1945, and the rest of his uniform (short trousers, long stockings, and short sleeve shirt) went out of date about 1967.