Goofs

Nobody said "elementary school" in North Jersey, at least not those days. Grades 1-6 (or 1-8 if you went to Catholic school) was called "grammar school."

They suggest the Beatles were first played on American radio in Dec 1963, but in reality they were first played in early 1963 and the song was 'Please Please Me' , not 'I want to Hold Your Hand'. WLS in Chicago charted it for the weeks of March 8 and March 15, 1963. WLS was the first station in America to play the Beatles nearly a year before the outbreak of Beatlemania across the country.

Orlando's Army uniform has brass insignia on the right lapel, but it is missing from the left. The name tag above the right breast pocket is missing. As a private first class, he would have been in the Army long enough to have at least one or two ribbons, which should be above the left breast pocket. He should have a rifle qualification badge above the left breast pocket. He wears the unit insignia of the 25th Infantry Division on his left shoulder, which means that he was in the division at that time. The division, however, was in Viet Nam, making it highly unlikely that he would be at home in the U.S., wearing the winter uniform of a division in the tropics during the summer.

The first scene in which Douglas' mother appears, she is smoking a cigarette at the kitchen table. The cigarette is an American Spirits cigarette as evidenced by the trademark eagle on the white paper portion. Amercian Spirits were not available until 1982.