Goofs for
The Package (1989) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: At the beginning, a car pulls up in front of a two storey house, and the occupant races up to the third floor.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: Sgt. Gallagher and Thomas Boyette are attacked in the Airport restroom, Sgt. Gallagher flinches before getting hit on the head from behind.
  
  
• Continuity: When Sgt Gallagher frees himself from the basement post, he unlocks the handcuff on his left wrist and gets up with the handcuff on his right wrist locked and dangling. Seconds later he walks from the post to the bed, tossing the completely unlocked handcuffs on the floor.
  
  

• Factual errors: When the President and the Soviet leader are introduced at the Chicago gathering, the Soviet leader is identified as the "General Secretary of the Soviet Union". His correct title is General Secretary of the Communist Party.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: Toward the start of the movie, right after the shooting of the general in his car, as the assassins start driving off, while Gene Hackman and his soldiers are shooting at them, you can plainly see the camera and two operators next to the car for about twelve frames.
  
  
• Miscellaneous: After driving backwards through the gate, Gallagher bumps onto the wall in the back and he has no room to make a turn. However, in next shot he takes a turn. Moreover, there is no damage visible on the rear bumper.
  
  
• Continuity: At the beginning of the movie the arrested soldier has his uniform on when being escorted out of the room, but outdoors through undone coat only his shirt is visible.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: During the wreath ceremony a shadow of the camera is cast on the coat of the security chief.
  
  
• Continuity: When Gallagher grasps Whitacre at the station, he holds his coat in different ways depending on camera shot.
  
  
• Factual errors: Reni Santoni is credited as a Chicago Police Lieutenant, but just before he arrests Gallagher, the rank on his cap piece is clearly that of "Captain".
  
  
• Factual errors: Toward the beginning of the movie, the Brig. General steps outside of the summit without his cover on. Military personnel are always "covered" (wearing a hat) while outdoors.
  
  
• Continuity: Towards the end of the movie, we see two scenes: the President of the U.S. and the General Secretary coming into the hall to make a statement about the treaty and Gene Hackman having to stop at a RR crossing because of a train. The next scene is the President/General Secretary leaving the conference, seemingly having made statements concerning the treaty. And yet Gene Hackman is still at the RR tracks with the train just finishing crossing. It is highly unlikely that the train crossing would be so long as to take up the entire time of speeches by the President and General Secretary.
  
  
• Continuity: Near the beginning of the movie during the shootout, Sgt. Gallagher shoots out the back window of the getaway car, yet in the next scene, the window is intact.
  
  
• Factual errors: Violation of military uniform regulations: Lt.Col. Gallagher's hair is way out of standard (should be coiffed so as to be off the collar) and the General's hair in the beginning is too long. Wearing of a cover (hat) is not allowed indoors except by Military Police and guard duty, yet Sgt. Gallagher is wearing his prior to being placed on house arrest.
  
  

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