Secret Window Trivia

1. What is the name of the motel where Mort finds Amy and Ted?

From Quiz A Peek into the "Secret Window"

Answer: Motel 8

When Mort finally decides to confront his wife, Amy, about her infidelity, he follows her to a motel. Upon arriving, he angrily slams the door of his car and stalks inside. When the camera pans back across his car, however, the door is wide open.

From Quiz All About "Secret Window" Part 2

Answer: Ellery Queen

"Four Past Midnight" is the name of the Book that Stephen King has "Secret Window, Secret Garden" (the Novella the movie was based on) published in, "Everyone Drops the Dime" is a book of Mort's works (including "Secret Window"), "Killer Thrillers" is a name that I just made up, and "Ellery Queen" is the actual magazine that "Secret Window" was first published in.

From Quiz All About "Secret Window" Part 1

Answer: Johnny Depp

Tom Cruise and Orlando Bloom weren't in the movie, and John Turturro was Shooter.

From Quiz Come Explore the 'Secret Window'!

Answer: author

He was the best selling author of 'Secret Window', which his evil alter ego, Shooter, thought he stole from him.

From Quiz A Peek into the "Secret Window"

Answer: It has Mort's picture and biography.

An author's picture and biography usually appear on the last page of a book, or on the inner back flap of the book jacket. This particular book contains Mort's story, "Secret Window", and Mort uses the book to compare his story to John Shooter's manuscript.

From Quiz Some Windows Should Never Be Opened

Answer: Everyone Drops the Dime

The book in the movie is called "Everyone Drops the Dime"; however the real book that "Secret Window, Secret Garden" is published in is called: "Four Past Midnight". Both books have a collection of short stories but "Four Past Midnight" only has 4 novellas, while "Everyone Drops the Dime" has 11 short stories. "The Langoliers", "The Library Policeman", and "The Sun Dog" are also included in the actual book.

From Quiz Secret Window

Answer: Mississippi

As his car pulls away from Mort's house, you can see that it has Mississippi plates.

From Quiz All About "Secret Window" Part 1

Answer: Writer & Author

The whole movie is about a guy who claims Mort Rainey stole his story.

From Quiz Come Explore the 'Secret Window'!

Answer: pages 83-98

That entire section was missing from the magazine that Mort had Fed Exed to himself. Little did he know that he really did it himself.

From Quiz Some Windows Should Never Be Opened

Answer: page 197

"Secret Window" was published on page 197 in Mort's book. It's the 8th short story listed in the table of contents. In the actual book, "Four Past Midnight", it's the second story in the book.

From Quiz Secret Window

Answer: Chico

Mort kills him with a screwdriver because he is overwhelmed with the divorce and, on top of that, he is not able to write his book. Chico is also the first one to die.

From Quiz All About "Secret Window" Part 2

Answer: 83

When Mort opened the magazine in the table of contents it said "Secret Window" started on 83, then he went to turn to 83, but it was missing. The pages went from 82 to 99.

From Quiz All About "Secret Window" Part 1

Answer: shower door

Mort says this after he smashes his mirror, then turns around and smashes his shower door. He smashes the two because he thinks Shooter is in there.

From Quiz Come Explore the 'Secret Window'!

Answer: Shortnin' Bread

When Johnny's character was singing this I could just imagine him cooking up some corn or making corn bread. It was quite funny, yet also very eerie.

From Quiz A Peek into the "Secret Window"

Answer: Chico (the dog), Ken, Tom, Ted, and Amy

If you pay close attention to Mort's flashback of his time in Tom Greenleaf's truck, you will notice that Mort first turns around and murders Ken with the hatchet, before stabbing Tom in the head with the screwdriver.

From Quiz Some Windows Should Never Be Opened

Answer: Because there was a popular movie called "Secret Garden".

In the special features of the movie, David Koepp, the writer and director of the movie, talks about how there is another book and movie called "Secret Garden" so the film writers didn't want the two films and books to get mixed up.

From Quiz All About "Secret Window" Part 2

Answer: a note

He got tired of waiting for Mort to wake up so he was going to pin a note to his head.

From Quiz All About "Secret Window" Part 1

Answer: 1994

Shooter said he wrote his story in 1997. Mort says that he wrote his in late 1994 and it was published in June of 1995.

From Quiz Come Explore the 'Secret Window'!

Answer: His wife and another man

Amy had felt that the relationship was pretty much dead, while Mort probably didn't even have a clue.

From Quiz A Peek into the "Secret Window"

Answer: icky

When Mort finds Ted at the gas station near his home, Mort confronts Ted, telling him that he knows what Ted is doing. Ted was just bringing Mort's divorce papers for Mort to sign, but the audience knows that Mort thinks Ted is behind Shooter's actions, such as the death of his dog, Chico. Mort had been suspicious ever since he learned that Ted was from a town called Shooter's Bay.

From Quiz Some Windows Should Never Be Opened

Answer: George

The scene where Mort is writing about a guy named George is the only scene where we see Mort actually writing. This is the only writing scene because the writer aspect isn't an appealing element, like watching football, which people get really excited about This scene was important because it showed he couldn't write. His writing was going in reverse. He deleted the paragraph because it was bad writing. Mort not being able to write was caused by him being alone and that solitude makes it hard to realte to humans, which was what his story was about.

From Quiz Secret Window

Answer: a rubber-necker

Mort calls Ted a rubber-necker when Ted is trying to read the list of items lost in the fire with him (Mort) and Amy.

From Quiz All About "Secret Window" Part 2

Answer: "I'm a dairy farmer from Mississippi."

Towards the end of the movie Mort has a flashback where he buys Shooter's hat at what looks like a yard sale.

From Quiz All About "Secret Window" Part 1

Answer: Mississippi

Shooter is from Mississippi, Ted is from Tennessee, Amy and Ted lived in New York and no one lived in Alabama.

From Quiz Some Windows Should Never Be Opened

Answer: Mrs. Garvey

Joan Heney plays Mrs. Garvey. Mort first mention's her name when he's in the kitchen and spills Mountain Dew on the table. Mrs. Garvey comes into the kitchen to clean it up.

From Quiz Secret Window

Answer: 2

Mort and Ted are fighting about the papers over the fire, to the point that the insurance agent tells Ted that he has to leave. So Ted turns to Amy and says, "I guess I'll take a walk around the block." Mort (even more angry) says, "Ah, heck, Ted. Why don't you live a little? Make it two."

From Quiz All About "Secret Window" Part 2

Answer: Chico

The name was said several times throughout the movie. When Amy came into the cabin to get Mort to sign the divorce papers she was calling Chico's name. "Chi-i-i-i-co-o-o-o, don't be disco-o-o-oura-a-a-aged!" Mort said this when he was on the floor with Chico.

From Quiz Come Explore the 'Secret Window'!

Answer: Amy

Amy Rainey, played by Maria Bello, was her name before she had an affair.

From Quiz Some Windows Should Never Be Opened

Answer: 5

In the small amount of time that Mrs. Garvey was in the movie, Mort says her name 5 times. Mrs. Garvey is one of the few people that Mort had contact with, and he was clearly annoyed by her presence.

From Quiz Secret Window

Answer: 4

Amy Rainey (Mort's ex-wife to be), Tom Greenleaf (neighbor), Ted Milner (Amy's boyfriend), Ken Karsch (detective). Chico also dies, but he is not a person.

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