"Eddie and The Cruisers 2" For Diehards 1 Online Trivia | Movies

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1. As the movie begins, we see a handwritten note appear on the screen. The note is written by Eddie Wilson, but what does it say?

Answer: "I want to be remembered for the music or not at all."

The note says: "I want to be remembered for the music or not at all. Eddie Wilson '64"
As the message is being shown, the song "On The Darkside" is being played instrumentally.

2. What is the name Eddie Wilson is using as an alias?

Answer: Joe West

Eddie Wilson, who supposedly died on March 15, 1964, uses the alias of Joe West and now sports a mustache. He lives in Montreal, Canada, where no one knows who he really is.

3. We then see Eddie and The Cruisers performing "On The Darkside" on a television program, and then we see Eddie and some guys walk into a bar. As they approach the bar, we see a sign in the background offering a special. What is written on the sign?

Answer: Coffee Special 2 for $1

When Joe West and some of his co-workers walk into the bar, they pass by a sign that reads "Coffee Special 2 For $1." Then they walk to the bar and sit. On the bar's television, Eddie and The Cruisers are performing "On The Darkside."

4. What is the name of the television program that Eddie is watching in the bar?

Answer: Rock TV News

Joe is sitting at the bar with his co-workers, and when the Cruisers are done singing "On The Darkside" the program goes to Martha Quinn, who is the host of "Rock TV News."

5. Finish this quote by Martha Quinn, who is the host of the program Eddie is watching: "Then, on a __________________, Eddie Wilson died. Tonight, at 10 P.M., for the first time anywhere in the world, an Eddie Wilson look-alike contest, sponsored by Satin Records."

Answer: cold March morning

Martha says, "That was Eddie and The Cruisers doing 'On The Darkside.' That was a long time ago, right kids? But take it from me, Eddie Wilson was it; Rock and Roll's fastest rising star. Then, on a cold March morning, Eddie Wilson died. Tonight, at 10 P.M., for the first time anywhere in the world, an Eddie Wilson look-alike contest, sponsored by Satin Records. It'll be broadcast live, right here on 'Rock TV News.'"

As Martha is saying this, Joe left. His co-workers didn't see him leave, and one says, "Do you believe this? Just like Elvis, now it's this clown. Hey Joe, Joe...where's Joe?"

6. After Eddie leaves the bar, we see him driving down a road that's near water, which then leads into a highway. He then goes to a municipal building that has a sign out front. What is written on the sign?

Answer: Welcome To New York The Empire State

After Joe leaves the municipal building, we see him driving across a suspension bridge. By the time he gets to New York City, it's nightfall. Joe drives around and enters the Metro where the Eddie Wilson look-alike contest is underway.

7. What song are the Eddie Wilson look-alikes singing?

Answer: On The Darkside

Joe enters the Metro and goes to the second level. There, he sees the look-alikes singing "On The Darkside." He then walks down to floor level just in time for Sal Amato to receive an award because the re-release of the Cruisers' album "Eddie and The Cruisers" went platinum after only four weeks.

Then the promoter says that Satin Records has just released "A Season in Hell." The crowd then begins to chant "Eddie, Eddie, Eddie" as Joe looks on unnoticed by thousands of Eddie Wilson diehard fans.

8. We then see Eddie walking on the boardwalk in Ocean City. He stops and looks out to the beach. He flashes back to the time when he was talking to someone on the beach in 1963. According to the movie, who was Eddie talking to on the beach in his flashback?

Answer: Sal Amato

In this flashback, Eddie is talking to Sal Amato when he says, "What I want is songs that echo. The stuff we're doing now is like somebody's bedsheets; spread 'em out, soil 'em, ship 'em out to laundry, you know? But our songs...I want us to be able to fold ourselves up in them forever, understand?" However, in the first movie, he said this to Frank Ridgeway. In this movie, they left off the ending of the original quote, which was "That's the most you'll ever get out of me Wordman. Ever." and they had Eddie saying it to Sal.

Interesting tidbit: Tom Berenger, who played Frank Ridgeway, refused to be in the movie. He also demanded that any scenes from "Eddie and The Cruisers" that he was in either be remade or not shown. ("BOP" magazine, 1989)

9. Who gives Lew Eisen the idea to promote the "Eddie Lives" angle?

Answer: Dave Pageant

We see Dave Pageant, Lew Eisen, and Sal Amato at Satin Records listening to a tape. Then Sal says that it's a good imitation of Eddie. However, Dave says that it is Eddie and not an imitation. Sal becomes furious and says that Eddie always played with him and that Eddie would never do that to him. After Sal storms out of Satin Records, Dave and Lew walk to the front desk, where Dave proposes that after "A Season in Hell" goes gold, that they announce that they've discovered a mystery tape, and that they release each cut seperately, promote the hell out of it, and get people believing that Eddie is still alive. Eisen agrees wholeheartedly.

10. Eddie and his friends go to a hockey game. At the game, Eddie notices a woman looking at him. During intermission, the woman approaches Eddie and asks to paint his portrait. What is the name of the woman?

Answer: Diane Larson

We then see Jo writing a song, and then we see him singing the song he wrote. He gets frustrated and stops.

When Joe and his friends go to a hockey game, he notices a woman looking at him. During intermission the woman approaches Eddie and asks to paint his portrait. Eddie turns her down and goes back to the game.
The woman's first name is mentioned throughout the movie, but her last name is never mentioned and is seen only one time...on the tag of the portrait of Joe that she painted by memory.

Source: Author DakotaNorth

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"Eddie and The Cruisers 2" For Diehards 1 Quiz

"In 1964, Eddie Wilson had it all. He had genius. He had vision. He had the hottest rock-n-roll band in the country. Then, suddenly one night his car went off a bridge. His body was never found. Now, the mystery of Eddie Wilson is solved...Eddie lives!"

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