Absence of Malice

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• Movie Goof (continuity error): SPOILER: When Megan Carter (Sally Field) in interviewing Teresa Perron (Melinda Dillon) and Perron admits that she had an abortion, Carter tries to minimize the significance of her admission by saying, "It's 1981. People will understand." Sometime thereafter, when Michael Gallagher (Paul Newman) purchases a cashier's check, the check is dated "December 11, 1980." Although the December date is consistent with the Christmas tree seen later in Carter's apartment, Carter would not have said "It's 1981" even earlier in the previous year.
• Movie Goof (incorrectly regarded as a mistake): Megan sends Michael a note containing two spelling errors. It reads "Michael: This is tomorrow's page one - just in case you've cancelled your sibscription - I'm happy for you," yet is told she'd make a good editor. However, she isn't being considered as a copy editor (who proofreads written stories from spelling and grammar) but for position of one who assigns stories and makes key judgment calls.
• Luther Adler's last film.
• Movie Goof (factual errors): The union workers who struck Michael told him that if their union cards were pulled they would not be able to work anywhere. Florida is a right to work state and you don't need to have a union card to work. They would be considered "scabs" but they would be able to work at any dock in Miami.