Movie trivia for “A Quiet Place”
Memorable Movie Quotes
Evelyn: Who are we if we can’t protect them? We have to protect them.
Trivia
The film’s director and male lead, John Krasinski, played the creature in a motion capture suit for a few scenes.
Actress Millicent Simmonds has been deaf since infancy due to a medication overdose. This was the second film she starred in, with Wonderstruck (2017) being her first.
The movie only contains about 25 lines of voiced dialogue, although sign language dialogue is used extensively.
Goof
The scene in the grain bin when the kids are sinking into the corn like quicksand is inaccurate. While that is a danger (usually fatal), the only way a person sinks like that is when the grain is being removed from the bottom of the bin. That’s when a person is drawn down and suffocated. If the grain is stationary, there is no danger of sinking like that.
There are many things Lee could have done to save his children other than sacrificing himself, e.g. screaming like he ended up doing but then simply running away stealthily, or throwing the axe anywhere away from the children and distract the monster that way.
Some of Lee and Evelyn’s behavior is completely unrealistic given the situation that they’re in. Beau’s death, for example, could have been prevented easily if they had simply monitored his actions more closely, e.g. by not allowing him to wander around the store unsupervised/not leaving him there alone, or by using the common-sense strategy of one parent in front for recon and one in the back to keep an eye on everyone.
Some of the children’s behavior is completely unrealistic given the situation they’re in. Although some might argue that Beau might not have understood the gravity of the situation, Regan should certainly know better than to ignore her parents’ instructions and give Beau the rocket. Furthermore, later on she also puts her own and Marcus’s life in jeopardy when she wants to leave the silo’s roof simply because she felt unappreciated by her father.
The corn plants in the fields are green at day 472. This means they were planted in the current season. They have a full silo of corn, so there is no reason they would have needed to plant an entire field of corn to feed their small family. Also the perfectly aligned rows imply that they were planted by machine, which would have been extremely loud.
In The Credits
The main title appears after about nine minutes, created to look as though it is made from sand, and is the only on-screen credit aside from the opening production logos.
Box Office Info In USA
Budget $17,000,000
Gross $188,024,361
Filming Locations
Little Falls, New York, USA (exterior scenes)
Pawling, New York, USA (exterior scenes)
New Paltz, New York, USA (Springtown Bridge)
Beacon, New York, USA (location)