Question 1

What literary work inspired The Thirteenth Floor and when was it first published?

Accepted Answer

The film is based on the science fiction novel 'Simulacron-3' (also published as 'Counterfeit World'), first published in 1964 by Daniel F. Galouye in the United States.

Question 2

Which famous Los Angeles house appears in The Thirteenth Floor and other sci-fi films?

Accepted Answer

Douglas Hall's house is the Ennis-Brown House in Los Feliz, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, which also appeared in Blade Runner (1982) and Predator 2 (1990).

Question 3

What surprising financial detail appears in the 1937 timeline at the beginning of the film?

Accepted Answer

Fuller/Grierson tips a girl with about $200 in 1937, equivalent to roughly $4,000-$4,500 in 2024 money, which was about one-and-a-half months' salary for a worker at the time.

Question 4

What award recognition did The Thirteenth Floor receive?

Accepted Answer

The film was recognized at the Independent Spirit Awards in 1999.

Question 5

Who plays the wealthy man who discovers a shocking secret and leaves a desperate message?

Accepted Answer

Armin Mueller-Stahl plays Hannon Fuller (also known as Grierson and Jane's father), the wealthy man who makes this discovery.

Question 6

What literary work inspired The Thirteenth Floor?

Accepted Answer

The film is based on the 1964 science fiction novel 'Simulacron-3' by Daniel F. Galouye, which was also published as 'Counterfeit World' and is one of the first literary descriptions of virtual reality.

Question 7

Which famous Los Angeles house appears in multiple sci-fi films including The Thirteenth Floor?

Accepted Answer

Douglas Hall's house is the Ennis-Brown House in Los Feliz, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It also appeared as Deckard's apartment in Blade Runner and a drug lord's apartment in Predator 2.

Question 8

What surprising financial detail appears in the 1937 timeline at the beginning of the film?

Accepted Answer

Fuller/Grierson tips a girl with about $200, which adjusting for inflation equals around $4,000-$4,500 in 2024 money. In 1937, this was roughly one-and-a-half months' salary for an average worker.

Question 9

What award recognition did The Thirteenth Floor receive?

Accepted Answer

The film was recognized at the Independent Spirit Awards in 1999.

Question 10

Who plays the wealthy man who discovers a shocking secret about his world?

Accepted Answer

Armin Mueller-Stahl plays the character Hannon Fuller (also known as Grierson and Jane's father), who is described as a wealthy man who discovers a shocking secret.

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