- Movie Goof (factual errors): The film omits several key people (including Darin's second wife), and some key events (including how he learned the truth about his background) did not take place as shown.
- In 1987, Bruce Willis was set to play Bobby Darin.
- Movie Goof (factual errors): In the opening scene of the movie in which Bobby Darin sings 'Mack the Knife' he tosses in an ad-lib by throwing a karate kick and shouting 'ah-so, Madame Myook.' This is based on an actual ad-lib which can be heard on a Nov. 10 1963 recording of 'Mack the Knife' at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. However, the real Bobby Darin says 'Madame NHU' and not 'Madame Myook.' Madame Nhu was considered the first lady of South Vietnam from 1955-1963. And, she was well known to the American public in the early 1960s because of her notorious political comments, staunch conservatism, and high sense of fashion.
- Movie Goof (anachronisms): When Bobby is campaigning with Robert Kennedy, Kennedy has a Secret Service detail. RFK did not have and was not entitled to a Secret Service detail. That was changed after his murder.
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