Question 1

What real-life location was used to film much of The Road to Wellville?

Accepted Answer

Much of the movie was filmed at the Mohonk Mountain House near New Paltz, New York, a Quaker-family-owned hotel built from 1879 to 1910 on the Shawangunk Ridge.

Question 2

Which actor was considered for the role of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg before Anthony Hopkins played him?

Accepted Answer

Jack Nicholson was considered to star as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.

Question 3

What continuity error appears in the trees when the Lightbodys arrive at the sanitarium?

Accepted Answer

When the Lightbodys arrive, the trees are bare without leaves, but the next day when Eleanor is riding a bicycle, the trees are all covered with leaves.

Question 4

What did Camryn Manheim say about her nude scene in the film?

Accepted Answer

She said it was mortifying to get naked in front of 50 people, but she did it to help dispel the myth that fat women aren't beautiful.

Question 5

In which Seinfeld episode does The Road to Wellville appear on a shelf?

Accepted Answer

It appears in S7:E13 titled The Seven (1996), where a VHS copy is visible on a shelf behind Newman during a dispute over a bicycle.

Question 6

What real-life location stood in for the Kellogg spa in The Road to Wellville?

Accepted Answer

Much of the movie was filmed at the Mohonk Mountain House near New Paltz, New York, a Quaker-family-owned hotel built from 1879 to 1910 on the Shawangunk Ridge.

Question 7

Which actor was considered for the role of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg before Anthony Hopkins played him?

Accepted Answer

Jack Nicholson was considered to star as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.

Question 8

What continuity error appears in the trees when the Lightbodys arrive at the sanitarium?

Accepted Answer

When they arrive, the trees are bare without leaves, but the next day when Eleanor is riding a bicycle in the woods, the trees are all covered with leaves.

Question 9

How did Camryn Manheim mentally prepare for her nude scene in the film?

Accepted Answer

She told herself that if the myth that fat women aren't beautiful was to be dispelled, some woman would have to get naked and be beautiful.

Question 10

In which Seinfeld episode does The Road to Wellville appear on a shelf?

Accepted Answer

It appears on a shelf behind Newman in Seinfeld S7:E13, titled The Seven (1996), placed above a VHS copy of Surviving the Game (1994).

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