Taps movie corrections

When Gen. Besh is seen preparing for the Ball, he is shown holstering his pistol. (A Presentation model .45) The hammer of the pistol is visible and uncocked. Later in the fight scene when the kid jumps on the Generals back and pulls the pistol he is able to fire it w/out cocking the pistol. Pistols of this type are single action on the first shot, in order to fire you must 1. Chamber a round or 2. Pull the hammer back with your thumb. The boys' hands are visible from the time he draws till he fires and he does neither. See more...

Mistake pictures

Movie Mistakes blog

Taps (1981) - 3 corrections

starring Sean Penn, Tom Cruise (add more)

Genres: Drama

Comments made in brackets are corrections from other visitors. As such, any aggressive/abusive corrections (and I get quite a few) written as if they're comments I've made myself will be ignored. To submit your own corrections for mistakes, just click the edit icon under an entry, then choose "correct entry". Some entries have "duplicated entry" after them - these are entries which were already listed on the main page, but were submitted again. I occasionally leave these online for a while, just in case they were moved in error, so don't worry about pointing them out to me.

Mistakes

Trivia

Pictures

Quotes

Easter Eggs

Corrections

Questions

Submit

When Major Moreland walks into the armory, he is informed that because of the shooting, the local sheriff has ordered the confiscation of all arms on school property. This is a violation of both the 4th amendment (no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property w/out due process of law) and the 2nd amendment (the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed) of the U.S. Constitution. The local sheriff would not have had the authority to issue such an order. [These weapons are not the private property of the cadets, but of the academy, and while the sheriff's authority to seize them may be technically illegal, he can still order it and suffer the legal challenges that might follow. He would do so in favor of securing the weapons to prevent further escalation in local tensions and the possibility of additional shootings (like the convoy incident), temporarily at the very least, and at least until higher authorities can step up and settle the situation.]

Corrected by John W Rosa

At the end of the movie when the cadets finally give up, David Shawn shoots Colonel Kerby in the upper chest with a M-16 type rifle, but Kerby lives, gets up and runs in the building later. It is assumed that he was wearing a Kevlar vest. This cannot possibly happen because that type of rifle shoots a high velocity .223 caliber bullet that would penetrate any kind of protective vest. Bulletproof vests are only able to stop a lower velocity handgun round. [While a .223 bullet is a high velocity round it is a very small one and military ball ammuntion does not expand on impact. Col. Kerby could have very well taken that round and got up and kept right on coming.]

The "Warning Keep Out" signs are on the inside of the armory doors, as is the padlock. [In military armories there are two doors, a solid door and a gate. The solid door has warning signs so they can be read during normal operations. Also, there is a padlock setup on the inside so the door can be secured during inventories.]

Click here to send this page to a friend...

Your name
Your email
Personal message	Take a look at this: http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1659/corrections
Addresses (Separate each one with a comma)
Addresses are not kept or used for anything other than this one notification.

Submit this page to:

Facebook

What are these?

More for this film

Submit something