The Sixth Sense
1999 film by M. Night Shyamalan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American psychological thriller film[2] written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Bruce Willis as a child psychologist whose patient (Haley Joel Osment) claims he can see and talk to the dead.
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Directed by | M. Night Shyamalan |
Written by | M. Night Shyamalan |
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Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
Edited by | Andrew Mondshein |
Music by | James Newton Howard |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $40 million[1] |
Box office | $672.8 million[1] |
Released by Buena Vista Pictures through its Hollywood Pictures label on August 6, 1999, The Sixth Sense received critical acclaim, with praise for the cast performances (particularly those of Willis, Osment, and Toni Collette), atmosphere, direction and surprise ending. It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Shyamalan, Best Supporting Actor for Osment, and Best Supporting Actress for Collette.[3] The film established Shyamalan as a predominant thriller screenwriter/director and introduced the cinema public to his traits, most notably his affinity for twist endings.[4]
It was the second-highest-grossing film of 1999, behind Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, making roughly $293 million in the US and $379 million in other markets.