Boom mic visible: Shadow visible in front of a tree when Jerry and Karl are walking.
Continuity: When Karl is on Jerry's daughter's bed, the stuffed pig changes direction.
Continuity: The morning after Karl slept at the warden's house the scene opens with an exterior view of a one-story house. The next shot is in the interior and shows a set of stairs that are obviously going up to a second floor.
Crew or equipment visible: When Jerry and Karl walk up to Bill Cox's repair shop for the first time, the Steadicam operator's reflection can easily be seen in the right front hubcap of Jerry's car. He is visible during the entire shot, which lasts about 10 seconds.
Continuity: Frank goes down to the lake with Karl wearing blue dungarees. In the first shot, the buckle on his left shoulder is on top of his shoulder blade. Down by the lake, it's moved to much further back.
Continuity: When Randy, one of the guitarists, reacts to Doyle's demands to leave, Randy is seen from behind putting on his coat. However, when he walks out the door, the coat is draped over his arm.
Continuity: When Karl is talking to the Frostee Cream Boy, there are no cars on the road behind him. But whenever the camera is aimed at the Frostee Cream, there is a lot of traffic on the road reflected in the window. Thornton points out in the DVD commentary that this is because the local police had another pressing issue the day they filmed Jim Jarmusch, and they couldn't be there to stop traffic.
Continuity: When Vaughn and Karl are in the restaurant for the first time. Karl has a drink in a clear domed cup. When the scene switches back and forth the cup changes from a clear domed cup to one that has "Coke" or "Cola" written on both sides.
Continuity: When Vaughan and Karl are having the discussion in the diner about their similarities, Vaughan's wrist-watch appears and disappears between shots.