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The Bank Job (2008)

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• 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 line would 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 reel-to-reel tape recorder that the ham radio operator uses to record the radio conversation of the bank robbers is a Revor B77. This model was introduced in 1978. The movie is supposed to play in 1971 so it is impossible that this type of recorder could be used.
  
  

• Factual errors: SPOILER: Towards the end of the film where one of the robbers is suffocated to death with a plastic bag, in the light blue Mercedes, the car's registration plate ends in 'L'. The 'L' series is 1972/1973 plate, the newest registration plates at the time the film was set would have been 'K' and even in September 1971, that would have just come out.
  
  

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