Revealing mistake: When Henry's mom is pushed off the cliff her cable is visible.
The Good Son (1993)
Plot summary
Directed by: Joseph Ruben
Starring: Elijah Wood, David Morse, Macaulay Culkin, Wendy Crewson
A boy, Mark (Elijah Wood)who lost his mother, is sent to live with his aunt, Susan Evans (Wendy Crewson) and uncle Wallace Evans (Daniel Hugh Kelly) who've also had a death in the family when they lost a son.
The boy slowly starts to become friendly with their surviving son Henry (Macaulay Culkin)he slowly starts to discover that his cousin has a dark and odious secret
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Trivia: For the treehouse sequence, young Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood made the 30-foot climb up the tree themselves, with no safety nets or wires. However, the tree was mostly surrounded (everything outside of the camera frame) with elaborate scaffolding, sufficient to support all the camera crew and equipment, so the boys were always within arm's reach of an adult.
Question: Is this true that Mary Steenburgen was initially supposed to play Susan?
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Answer: Yes. She had to drop out when production was delayed, and she was no longer available.