Sunday, April 27, 2008

The Bank Job





































  • Anachronisms: Although the film is set in 1971, signs on various shop doors seen in the film advertise that credit cards "Visa" and "Mastercard" are accepted. The name "Visa" was not used for the charge card before 1977 (replacing Barclaycard in the UK); "Mastercard" was "Master Charge" until 1979.

  • Anachronisms: The white police car (jaguar) has orange stripes down the side. These were not introduced until the late 1970s.

  • Anachronisms: Paddington station is shown as restored with new British Rail signs. In 1971, the station would have been rather dirty from the steam days and many of the main signs would have still been original. Also, the train carriage is of 1973 vintage.
  • Anachronisms: The underground train used in the film would have only been used on the newly opened Victoria Line and would have looked brand new in 1971. In 1971, Both the Northern Line and Bakerloo linewould have had red underground trains possibly dating from the 1930s to the 1950s.
  • Factual errors: On the end credits, the characters are grouped into categories. The category "VILLAINS" is misspelled as "VILLIANS".

  • Anachronisms: The Revox tape recorder used by the ham radio operator is too new. It appears to be a series IV Revox A77. In 1971, he would have had a series I or II.

  • Anachronisms: During the scene where Terry is talking to his wife after robbing the bank, there is a lamp in the background that has an energy saving light bulb in it. This would be impossible as they were not introduced until the late 90's.

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