Cool Runnings

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Cool Runnings Goofs/Mistakes

Movie Goof (anachronisms): When Irv Blitzer is registering for bobsled tryouts, the man at the computer is using a computer that was first introduced in the early 1990s, and the film is set in 1988.
Movie Goof (continuity error): Just before the Jamaican sledders go to the county-western bar, Yul Brenner and Junior are talking in the room and Junior does not have a hat on. Next Yul Brenner opens the door to speak with Sanka Coffie. Towards the end of the conversation Junior is seen with a hat on in the background. When Yul Brenner is finished speaking to Sanka he turns to talk to Junior, Junior is taking the hat from the counter to put it on.
Movie Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The board of results drawn up in the Jamaican village bar lists England as a competing team. England does not field separate teams in Olympic events; it only competes as part of a British team.
Movie Goof (factual errors): The Olympic 4-man bobsled competition is four runs over two days, not three runs over three days as depicted in the movie.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): After Jamaica's second tournament run, there is a nighttime shot of the Calgary skyline. During this shot, you can see the Banker's Hall Building. That building wasn't completed until 1989, and the movie takes place in 1988.
Movie Goof (continuity error): As the Jamaican team prepares to start their qualifying run, all full shots of the sled show it gray and unpainted, but close-ups show the sled painted with the patterns later used in the film
Movie Goof (revealing mistake): After the final run, Derice is stepping down from the run and shakes hands and speaks with the Swiss driver, it is clear the man behind them, center screen, is actually fake clapping.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When the team walks out of the Calgary airport, they get on a shuttle that says "Calgary Hotel" on it, but then in later shots they are shown staying at the "Relaxx Inn", not the "Calgary Hotel".
Movie Goof (revealing mistake): In the Jamaican qualifying scene, when they are getting ready to go, we see a shot of their feet. In that shot the "new" Jamaican sled can be seen, yet they only have new costumes, not a new sled yet. In the next shot the sled is the "old" sled.
Movie Goof (audio/visual unsynchronized): When Junior is looking in the mirror at the bar, his words don't match with lips.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When the team is toasting each other after they paint the sled the labels on the Coke bottles change from the red labels to a different label. Also, Derice's level of soda is constantly changing.
Movie Goof (revealing mistake): The newspaper which Mr. Coolidge looks at and sees the picture of the Jamaican team slipping and sliding, chasing after the slide, has a small framed box that mentions a cop next to it. The newspaper that Junior's father looks at has a different story next to the same picture. It's possible that they're looking at a different paper, but it's unlikely that the understood proximity between these two locations would have two separate papers.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Derice falls in the Summer tryouts, the right side of his face goes down to the track. When they close in on him, the dirt from the track is on the left side of his face.
Movie Goof (factual errors): When the race starts and little boys in Jamaica start to draw timetable on blackboard, there is Finland listed among the countries, but in reality Finland has never participated in bobsleigh at the Olympics.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): The movie is set in 1988, but 1990s cars can be seen outside the Relaxx Inn in Calgary, Canada.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): On the first day of the Olympic competition, there is a shot of flags waving in the wind. The flag of the Russian Federation is shown next to the American flag. However, in 1988, Russia was a part of the Soviet Union and would have used the Soviet Flag.
Movie Goof (continuity error): In the shot in the bar when the coach is angry, he goes over, picks up a pool stick and repeatedly smashes the radio. You can see the wooden frame fall off the table leaving just the inside parts on the bar during one of the smashes. He then proceeds to place the pool stick back on the rack and walks back and sits down. When he does, you can see the wood frame and inside parts of the radio both sitting on the bar again.
Movie Goof (continuity error): As the team makes their first downhill run in acceptable time, one wheel can be seen bouncing off the sled. Yet when the sled comes to rest against the Police officer's vehicle all tires are on the sled.
Movie Goof (factual errors): The sign at the registration table lists the sport as "Bobsled". In reality, the sport is always listed as "Bobsleigh" by the International Olympic Committee. "Bobsled" is the American name.