I hear whispering conversations. This is designed to keep the machine from accidentally starting on its own. Livingston, however, has been previously arrested and therefore unable to make such a call. I've gone to. Corrected entry: Rusty drops a trick quarter for the Five Diamond reviewer to use at the slot machines in the airport. When he is arrested and Willy Bank decides to test his fingerprints for known associates, the crew is surprised and Basher is forced to impersonate an stuntman to distract Bank. The other two aren't mentioned because they still exist and the characters were only mentioning how the strip had changed. Just seems impossible that half a billion dollars would be paid out to that many people in like a few minutes. . Only two people had access to the diamond viewing room, Bank and Sponder, but the FBI had no problem getting in. In the scene where Danny and Rusty are talking to Roman in the kitchen, the camera can be seen in the reflection of the kitchen window. This is not entirely true, the Flamingo still exists to this day, I stayed there myself recently. Also, Linus and his father (the fake FBI agent) already had the details of the "arrest" planned out, so it's reasonable to conclude that Linus made sure the door was left unlocked so his father could get in. Perhaps the filmmaker is assuming all seats at the high-stakes blackjack tables would always be filled during a "soft" opening, but that seems extremely unlikely. Contact me | Privacy policy | Join the mailing list | Links. The Bank Hotel is a physical impossibility in design. Then Banks orders new machines to be brought in. However, McCarran airport slot machines have stopped receiving quarters for years. And most of the bets that were placed (Rusty's Snake Eyes bet) are 1-roll bets, i.e. Livingston was arrested by the fake agent (Linus' father) so he could have made the call. Continuity mistake: In the opening of the movie, when Rusty and Danny are flying back to visit Rueben, you see them boarding a Gulfstream G200. It's hard to believe that some of the rigged machines made it all the way to McCarran. Corrected entry: Wouldn't Bank have noticed that the motorcyclist who burst into his office (Basher) was obviously not the same ethnicity as the motorcyclist he met initially? Anyway, they never did make the switch at the museum. The scene view changes slightly as Willie turns and the car is suddenly gone. All was fine, except Dell didn't know that Bank could run fingerprints on location. 11,12 and 13 do not appear consecutively on a roulette wheel. . When Rusty sits down at the machine next to the AAA 5 Diamond Award critic, he puts a coin in using the same sequence as the one that triggered the machines in Bank's casino. Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Danny and Rusty are talking to Roman in the kitchen, the camera can be seen in the reflection of the kitchen window. Frank Sinatra played Danny Ocean in the original Ocean's 11. In the scene where Terry Benedict is checking himself out in front of a mirror, Danny Ocean stands behind him and asks, "You ready?" The machine is faked by the timing of the tokens. The car was already on fire (you can tell by how far the car is already burnt). However, in the next shot a guardrail has been added. Some were driven steeply downwards and buried clear of the tunnel. Notice how everyone walking around the area had changed as well. The replaced shuffling machines were rigged, but they had no way to trigger them at the precise time the greco went down. Corrected entry: Danny and Rusty mention the Flamingo, the Sands, and the Desert Inn which were three of the five casinos robbed in the 1960 version of "Ocean's 11." Furthermore, we do see the motorcyclist when the 2 girls are sent to get his costume. For example, Reuben says, "I hear cars pulling in. There is no guardrail in the first shot of the heliport with Rusty. While talking about the plan to flirt with Sponder, Yen's head swaps brusquely positions between shots. Corrected entry: During the riots at the Mexican factory the blond guy throws a Molotov cocktail. Even the car in the background jumped up a few feet allowing another car to come into frame. In Bank's office, where Rusty is claiming to be a seismologist warning Bank of potential seismic activity, Bank's glasses appear and disappear between shots of his face and over his right shoulder. Saul tells him that there's always "collateral damage" and that at least the critic gets the "Susan B Anthony" at the airport, with a direct reference to ten million dollars as a reward. However, it's possible that the van was already on fire before Turk threw the bottle, and that he either missed his target or the bottle hit off-screen. Corrected entry: Only two people had access to the diamond viewing room, Bank and Sponder, but the FBI had no problem getting in. The reason they continued to keep up the act that they were trying to steal the egg was because they needed to string Toulour along just as LeMarque tells them in the flashback toward the end of the movie. The rigged dice, while undetectable, wouldn't necessarily work. All rights reserved. Starring: Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Eddie Izzard, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Scott Caan. Another link to the Godfather series: Al Pacino and Andy Garcia had previously starred together in The Godfather Part III in 1990. Why, then, does the plan involve his arrest of Livingston Dell and require a last-minute, frenzied attempt to stop Bank from checking Dell's fingerprints and finding out his known associates? Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback. Livingston getting busted by the "FBI" was not planned by the crew; Livingston specifically requests this be kept secret from the rest of the crew. The twisted, arced shape of all three annexes, which are shown independent of each other, would make high-speed elevators, such as the ones Yen are shown navigating between, a complete impossibility. Willie is still reacting to the scene, so it is not a matter of shortening the scene for time saving. The scene view changes slightly as Willie turns and the car is suddenly gone. The tunnel boring machines used to make the Channel were huge and took months to assemble. Best mistakes Best pictures New this month Best comedy quotes Most mistakes Questions Movie quote quiz IMDb top 250 Best of 2020 Ocean's Thirteen ( 2007 ) 11 corrected entries Plot hole: To rig blackjack card shuffling machines to make the dealer bust and everyone else get 20 or 21, its success would depend entirely on knowing the exact number of people at the table at that time. Ocean's Thirteen (2007) - Goofs on IMDb - bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. Perhaps the filmmaker is assuming all seats at the high-stakes blackjack tables would always be filled during a "soft" opening, but that seems extremely unlikely. The other two aren't mentioned because they still exist and the characters were only mentioning how the strip had changed. I'll see you when I see you Rusty Ryan: Hey, next time? You can see some guards with a fire extinguisher putting out a fire, likely from the Molotov that was just thrown. So when Matt Damon and Julia Roberts went into the museum, they were actually trying to steal the fake egg. The shufflers were triggered by the ultrasonic pulse triggers Danny's crew were carrying (i.e. Danny/Rusty already had the real egg before Toulour got to the museum. Obviously we are seeing a helicopter model without rotors. This situation is specifically addressed when Turk says he doesn't like the idea of effectively torturing the critic as part of their plan. But it is so far from where he threw it that he could not possibly have thrown it that far. In the scene where the first whale is leaving the Bank and Willie is pleading for him to stay, the whale says, "I'm outta here" as the trunk opens and his luggage goes into it. There's a scene toward the middle of the movie where Bank is telling the real motorcyclist (a white guy) that he needs to perform the jump "at midnight", not "roundabout midnight", so we know Bank did in fact meet and talk to him. In one part of the movie, from the air, it shows that The Bank Hotel and Casino is on the west side of Las Vegas Blvd and just south of the Excalibur Hotel. The team specifically arranged for the machine at McCarron to be rigged so that they could covertly provide the critic with a huge win to make up for the hell that they've put him through. We only see Danny and Rusty with the lighters, who are at the craps table. Danny Ocean: Well, Terry, it sure as shit ain't sad. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. At the dice factory revolt in Mexico, Turk Malloy throws a Molotov cocktail over the fence, yet, as the scene pans around, there is already a van fully engulfed in flames and there is no sign of the broken bottle. There is no indication that they trigger any of the other rigged pieces like the balls. The lighters are shown to manipulate the dice only. During the riots at the Mexican factory the blond guy throws a Molotov cocktail. However, they'd already switched the egg before it ever got to the museum, so either way, Toulour was going to be stealing a copy. I've gone to Las Vegas enough to know that no matter what time of day or night it is, there are ALWAYS people walking around the Las Vegas strip, particularly in a busy area like the Bellagio. Starring: Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Eddie Izzard, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Scott Caan. Benedict looks into the mirror, and just before he answers, "I was born ready," he fleetingly makes eye contact with the camera. Unlikely, as the trunk was just opening and the valet was loading it. Furthermore, we do see the motorcyclist when the 2 girls are sent to get his costume.