Goofs

When Bill Paxton first encounters the angel in his bedroom, we can hear a broadcast of a baseball game. This flashback scene, as recounted by Matthew McConaughey, is supposed to take place in 1979. But the broadcaster refers to a player hitting .279 and stealing 73 bases for Lake Elsinore. There was no professional baseball in Lake Elsinore in 1979, and the only player to hit .279 and steal 73 bases for Lake Elsinore was Alfredo Amezaga in 2000 -- one year before the movie was released. See more