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The Sixth Sense is a 1999 Academy Award-nominated psychological horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan that tells the story of Cole, a troubled, isolated boy (played by Haley Joel Osment) who claims to be able to see and talk to the dead, and an equally troubled child psychologist (played by Bruce Willis) who tries to help him. The film established Shyamalan as a writer and director, and introduced the cinema public to his signatures: his appearance in Hitchcock-like cameos, his liking for twist endings, and his use of the color red as a symbol of strangeness or otherness. Extra-sensory perception (ESP) is defined in parapsychology as the ability to aquire information by paranormal means. ...
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Manoj Nelliattu Shyamalan (born August 6, 1970), known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, //, is an Academy Award nominated screenwriter and director, who also performs smaller roles in his own movies. ...
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany) is an American actor and singer. ...
Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ...
Toni Collette (born November 1, 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress and musician. ...
Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 1968) is an English actress who has appeared in British and American films. ...
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Manoj Nelliattu Shyamalan (born August 6, 1970), known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, //, is an Academy Award nominated screenwriter and director, who also performs smaller roles in his own movies. ...
Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ...
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Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany) is an American actor and singer. ...
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Plot synopsis
As the film opens, Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) a prominent child psychologist, returns home one night with his wife from an event in which he was honored for his efforts with children. The two discover they are not alone - a disturbed, nearly naked man named Vincent Grey (Donnie Wahlberg) appears in the doorway of their bathroom with a gun. He says, "I don't want to be afraid anymore." Vincent is upset that Crowe has not helped him, and Crowe realizes that Vincent is a former patient he treated as a child for his hallucinations. He condemns Malcolm for his inability to help him and shoots him in the stomach, and seconds later turns the gun on himself. The scene fades away with Malcolm's wife by his side, aiding him. Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany) is an American actor and singer. ...
Developmental psychology is the scientific study of progressive psychological changes that occur in human beings as they age. ...
Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Jr. ...
A hallucination is a sensory perception experienced in the absence of an external stimulus, as distinct from an illusion, which is a misperception of an external stimulus. ...
Months later, next fall, Malcolm returns to work with another frightened boy, 9-year old Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), with a condition similar to Vincent's. Malcolm becomes dedicated to this patient, though he is haunted by doubts over his ability to help him, after his failure with Vincent. Meanwhile, he begins to neglect his wife, with whom his relationship is falling apart. Malcolm earns Cole's trust and Cole ultimately confides in him that he is clairvoyant and can "see dead people." Though Malcolm is naturally skeptical at first, he eventually comes to believe that Cole is telling the truth, and that Vincent may have had the same ability as Cole. He suggests to Cole that he try to find a purpose for his gift by communicating with the ghosts, perhaps to aid them in their unfinished business on Earth. Cole is at first skeptical about this advice, as the ghosts terrify him, but soon decides to try it. Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ...
Clairvoyance is defined as a form of radio waves). ...
For other uses, see Ghost (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Ghost (disambiguation). ...
Cole communicates with the ghost of one girl who appears in his bedroom and appears to be sick. He finds out where the girl, Kyra Collins (Mischa Barton), lived and goes to her house, where a funeral reception is being held for her. Kyra's ghost gives Cole a videotape (inside a box), which Cole gives to Kyra's father. The tape reveals that when Kyra was bedridden with illness, her mother was poisoning her food, which led to Kyra's death (this behavior has been suggested as Munchausen syndrome by proxy or factitious disorder).[1] Empowered now by his ability to use his gift to positive effect, Cole confesses his ability to his mother, Lynn (Toni Collette). Although his mother is troubled by his story, Cole tells Lynn that her mother (Cole's grandmother) went to see her perform in a dance recital one night when she was a child, though Lynn was not aware of this because her mother stayed in the back of the audience where she could not be seen; he also tells her the answer to a question she asked when alone at her mother's grave. Lynn accepts this as the truth, and her relationship with Cole is strengthened. Screenshot of Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense, deemed fair use This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ...
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For other uses, see Ghost (disambiguation). ...
Mischa Anne Barton (born January 24, 1986) is an English-born American actress and fashion model, best known for her role as Marissa Cooper on the former Fox television teen drama series // Barton was born in Hammersmith, London, England, to Nuala (Quinn), a photographer, and Paul Marsden Barton, a stockbroker. ...
Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) is the formal name of a type of abuse in which a caregiver feigns or induces an illness in a person under their care, in order to attract attention, sympathy, or to fill other emotional needs. ...
Toni Collette (born November 1, 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress and musician. ...
His faith in himself now restored as a result of his success with Cole, Malcolm returns to his home, where he finds his wife sleeping on the couch, watching their old wedding video. As she sleeps, Anna's hand releases Malcolm's wedding ring, revealing the twist ending of the film — that Malcolm himself is unwittingly one of Cole's ghosts, having been killed by his ex-patient in the opening scene. Due to Cole's efforts, Malcolm's unfinished business, of rectifying his failure to understand Vincent, is completed. Recalling Cole's advice about talking to his wife while she's asleep, so that she'll have to listen, Malcolm releases her to move on with her life and frees himself to leave behind the world of the living. A twist ending or surprise ending is an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction, which may contain an irony, or cause the audience to reevaluate the rest of the story. ...
All of the clothes Malcolm wears during the movie are items he wore or touched the evening he died, including his overcoat, his blue sweater and the different layers of his suit.
Bruce Willis, who is left-handed, learned to write with his right hand for the film to hide from the audience that Crowe was no longer wearing his wedding ring.[2] Though the filmmakers were careful about such clues of Malcolm's state, the camera zooms slowly towards Crowe's face when Cole says he sees dead people. In a DVD special feature, the filmmakers mention that they initially feared this shot would be a dead giveaway, but they decided to leave it in. The color red is intentionally absent from most of the film, but is used prominently (and only) in a few isolated shots scattered throughout the movie, in situations where the dead are present: such as the color of the balloon and Cole's sweater at the birthday party, the tent in which he first encounters Kyra, the numbers on Crowe's tape player, the doorknob to the locked closet and the grieving mother's dress. Shyamalan's film The Village similarly portrayed the color red as having connotations with evil and the supernatural — specifically, the mysterious monsters that inhabit the woods surrounding the village. This article is about the 2004 film. ...
Cast - Shyamalan himself, as is usual, makes a cameo appearance. He plays Dr. Hill.
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany) is an American actor and singer. ...
Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ...
Toni Collette (born November 1, 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress and musician. ...
Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 1968) is an English actress who has appeared in British and American films. ...
Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Jr. ...
Glenn Fitzgerald, who is notable for playing the character of Sean in The Sixth Sense, has had over 30 roles in movies or television series. ...
Mischa Anne Barton (born January 24, 1986) is an English-born American actress and fashion model, best known for her role as Marissa Cooper on the former Fox television teen drama series // Barton was born in Hammersmith, London, England, to Nuala (Quinn), a photographer, and Paul Marsden Barton, a stockbroker. ...
Production M. Night Shyamalan said that the "The Tale of the Dream Girl" episode of Nickelodeon's television series Are You Afraid of the Dark? was inspiration for the film.[3] This article is about the TV channel. ...
Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a horror/drama-themed television series for children. ...
According to the book DisneyWar, Disney's David Vogel read Shyamalan's speculative script and instantly loved it. Without obtaining approval from his boss, Vogel bought the rights to the script, despite the high price of US$2 million and the stipulation that Shyamalan could direct the film. Disney later stripped Vogel of the title of President of Walt Disney Pictures, and Vogel left the company. Disney, apparently in a show of little confidence in the film, sold the profits to Spyglass Entertainment, and kept only a 12.5 percent distribution fee for itself. DisneyWar is an exposé of Michael Eisners 20-year tenure at the The Walt Disney Company by James B. Stewart. ...
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Spyglass Entertainment is an American film and television production company, Co-founded by Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, where they serve as Co-CEOs. ...
Reception The film had a production budget of approximately $40 million (plus a $25 million prints and advertising budget). It grossed $26.6 million in its opening weekend and spent five weeks as the #1 movie at the U.S. box office.[4] It earned $293,501,675 in the United States and a worldwide gross of $672,806,292, making it the #25 on the list of box-office money earned in the U.S. as of June 2007.[5]
The film was nominated for six Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (M. Night Shyamalan), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Haley Joel Osment), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Toni Collette, who played Osment's mother), and Best Editing (Andrew Mondshein). The Sixth Sense is one of only four horror films that have been nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award. The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony (also known as Oscars 2000) took place at Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium, and was Billy Crystals seventh time hosting the Awards. ...
// The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ...
The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to directors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ...
// The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ...
Manoj Nelliattu Shyamalan (born August 6, 1970), known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, //, is an Academy Award nominated screenwriter and director, who also performs smaller roles in his own movies. ...
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...
The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...
Toni Collette (born November 1, 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress and musician. ...
The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ...
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This film was #71 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. It was recently named the 89th Best Film of all time by the American Film Institute in 2007. This article is about the U.S. cable network. ...
In popular culture - The line "I see dead people" became a popular catchphrase after the film's release, reaching #44 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Quote List.
- It also captured the 60th place in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills, honoring America's most heart pounding movies of all-time.
- Several television shows and movies make reference to the twist ending, usually with someone finding out how it ends before they finish watching it. For instance, in the television show Scrubs, the Janitor holds a grudge against Dr. Cox for telling him the ending of the movie before he finished watching it. Also, in 50 First Dates has Drew Barrymore's character repeating the same day over and over, including watching The Sixth Sense for "the first time".
- In Hannah Montana episode Torn Between Two Hannahs Lily (who is played by Hailey's little sister) said "What are you gonna say next she sees dead people."
A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ...
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The 100 most heart-pounding American films as described by the AFI on the evening of June 12, 2001. ...
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50 First Dates is a 2004 romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore and directed by Peter Segal. ...
References Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
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