Split - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Split or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Split

[nina]

This movie takes place in M. Night Shyamalan's hometown of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Phillies stickers can be seen stuck to objects throughout the film.

[lonnie]

Featured in "The A to Z of Superhero Movies: From Abar to ZsaZsa via the MCU", written by Rob Hill.

[toni]

There are clues as to where the girls are being kept and Kevin's employment. 1. Their abduction (and the alleged previous ones) took place at the King of Prussia Mall. There is a zoo near the mall with an underground maintenance area, large enough for the abductions to go undetected. 2. There are various animal statues in several scenes. 3. Hedwig's room contains animal drawings with their names. 4. The rock wall in the first locked room the girls are held in is consistent with the walls used in zoo enclosures. 5. There was mention of a school field trip to Kevin's place of work. Kevin has a variety of clothing - presumably from the 'lost and found' at the zoo. 6. Dr. Fletcher mentioned that "The Beast" was formed because of "your time in this place", the zoo.

[richard]

James McAvoy broke his knuckle while filming on location in Philadelphia. He continued to perform his role for three days before letting on that he was injured and finally sought attention at a local UrgentCare. As a result he was forced to work with an injury on the set of Atomic Blonde (2017) as well.

[manuel]

In order to prevent leaks, the final scene was not included in the shooting script, and also omitted from all test screenings.

[morris]

Also contains a spoiler Glass (2019). A young Kevin Wendell Crumb and his abusive mother are speculated widely to be seen briefly in Unbreakable (2000), in the scene at the stadium where David Dunn brushes past a woman and a child and senses child abuse just before he confronts the drug dealer. In this movie is revealed that Kevin himself is a victim of child abuse, with his mother being the abuser, and that his father left on a train. Glass (2019) confirms that Kevin's father died in the train wreck that begins Unbreakable (2000).

[sandra]

The names of the 23 identities are (in order of the computer files): Barry, Jade, Orwell, Kevin, Heinrich, Norma, Goddard, Dennis, Hedwig, Bernice, Patricia, Polly, Luke, Rakel, Felida, Ansel, Jalin, Kat, B.T., Samuel, Mary Reynolds, Ian and Mr. Pritchard. The 24th identity, The Beast, was the last personality to be formed, by a trigger. Only 8 identities are listed in the credits: Dennis, Patricia, Hedwig, The Beast, Kevin Wendell Crumb, Barry, Orwell, Jade.

[linda]

Split's production budget of $9 million is 88% smaller than the budget of its predecessor Unbreakable (2000) which was $75 million.

[ruby]

The last thing Kevin remembered was being on a bus on September 18th, 2014. This is the date which Scotland held a vote to decide if they were going to split from the UK. Kevin is played by James McAvoy who is from Scotland and has been outspoken as pro-independence.

[duane]

Dennis describes the Beast as being "very muscular, with a long mane, and fingernails twice as long as other people". In Unbreakable, the cover of the first comic Mr. Glass receives depicts a hero in a green cape fighting Jaguaro, a villain matching the Beast's description, possibly foreshadowing their showdown in the third film of the series: Glass.

[jesse]

M. Night Shyamalan stated that shooting this film was the most challenging of his career.

[tamara]

The last time Barry visited Dr. Fletcher, you can see how he opened the front door using Dennis' yellow washcloth and then putting it in his pocket after walking in, showing that it had been Dennis all along, pretending to be Barry.

[richard]

Inspiration for the movie, real-life multiple-personality Billy Milligan (February 13, 1955 - December 12, 2014), charged with three rapes, was the first person diagnosed with multiple personality disorder to use an insanity defense by reason of that disorder, and also first to be acquitted thus. Milligan had 24 personalities, consisting of 10 Desirables: Billy Milligan, Arthur, Ragen Vadascovinich, Allen, Tommy, Danny, David, Christene, Christopher, and Adalana; and 13 Undesirables: Phil, Kevin, Walter, April, Samuel, Mark, Steve, Lee, Jason, Bobby, Shawn, Martin, and Timothy; and The Teacher, a fusion of all of the other personalities.

[janice]

When Joaquin Phoenix and the production couldn't reach a contract agreement, James McAvoy was cast in the lead.

[ray]

M. Night Shyamalan hired cinematographer Mike Gioulakis after seeing his work on It Follows (2014), and composer West Dylan Thordson after hearing his music on the TV show The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015).