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The Sixth Sense, a review by Tom

Title: The Sixth Sense
Year: 1999
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Rating: FSK-16
Length: 103 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Bruce Willis
Haley Joel Osment
Toni Collette
Olivia Williams
Trevor Morgan

Plot:
Hollwood superstar Bruce Willis (Armageddon, The Siege) brings a powerful presence to an edge-of-your-seat supernatural thriller that critics are calling one of the nest movies of 1999. Dr. Malcom Crowe (Willis) is a distinguished child psychologist haunted by the painful memory of a disturbed young patient he was unable to help. So when he meets Cole Sear (Hale Joel Osment - Forrest Gump)... a frightened, confused eight-year-old with a similar condition... Dr. Crowe seeks to redeem himself by doing everthing he can. Nonetheless, Malcolm is unprepared to learn the truth of what haunts Cole: terrifying, unwanted visits from the restless inhabitants of the spirit world. With a riveting intensity you'll find thoroughly chilling and utterly unforgettable, the discovery of Cole's incredible 6th sense leads them both to mysterious and unforeseeable consequences.

Awards:

Academy Award	1999	Nominated	Best Director	M. Night Shyamalan
Academy Award	1999	Nominated	Best Film Editing	Andrew Mondshein
Academy Award	1999	Nominated	Best Picture	Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel (Producers)
Academy Award	1999	Nominated	Best Supporting Actor	Haley Joel Osment
Academy Award	1999	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress	Toni Collette
Academy Award	1999	Nominated	Best Writing, Original Screenplay	M. Night Shyamalan
AFI	1999	Won	100 Years... 100 Movies (2007)
AFI	1999	Won	100 Years... 100 Quotes (2005)	"Quote": I see dead people.
AFI	1999	Won	100 Years... 100 Thrills (2001)
American Cinema Editors Awards	2000	Nominated		Andrew Mondshein
American Society of Cinematographers Awards	2000	Nominated	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases	Tak Fujimoto
ASCAP Awards	2000	Won	Top Box Office Films	James Newton-Howard
BAFTA	1999	Nominated	Editing	Andrew Mondshein
BAFTA	1999	Nominated	Film	Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel
BAFTA	1999	Nominated	Original Screenplay	M. Night Shyamalan
BAFTA	1999	Nominated	The David Lean Award For Achievement In Direction	M. Night Shyamalan
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2000	Won	Favorite Actor - Newcomer (Internet Only)	Haley Joel Osment
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2000	Won	Favorite Actor - Suspense	Bruce Willis
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2000	Won	Favorite Supporting Actress - Suspense	Toni Collette
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2000	Won	Best Child Performance	Haley Joel Osment
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Picture
Casting Society of America Awards	2000	Nominated		Avy Kaufman
Cinema Audio Society Awards	2000	Nominated	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film	Reilly Steele, Michael Kirchberger, Allan Byer
Directors Guild of America	2000	Nominated	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	M. Night Shyamalan
Empire Magazine Awards	2000	Won	Best Director	M. Night Shyamalan
Golden Globe	1999	Nominated	Actor in a Supporting Role	Haley Joel Osment
Golden Globe	1999	Nominated	Screenplay	M. Night Shyamalan
Hugo Award	2000	Nominated	Dramatic Presentation
International Horror Guild Awards	1999	Nominated	Best Horror Film
MTV Movie Awards	2000	Won	Best Male Breakthrough Performance	Haley Joel Osment
MTV Movie Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Male Performance	Bruce Willis
MTV Movie Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Movie
MTV Movie Awards	2000	Nominated	Best On-screen Duo	Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Debut	Haley Joel Osment
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Screenplay, Original	M. Night Shyamalan
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2000	Won	Best Supporting Actor	Haley Joel Osment
Satellite Awards	2000	Nominated		Toni Collette
Satellite Awards	2000	Won	Best Film Editing	Andrew Mondshein
Satellite Awards	2000	Won		M. Night Shyamalan
Satellite Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Sound	Allan Byer, Michael Kirchberger
Saturn	1999	Nominated	Best Actor	Bruce Willis
Saturn	1999	Won	Best Horror Film
Saturn	1999	Won	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Haley Joel Osment
Saturn	1999	Nominated	Best Screenplay	M. Night Shyamalan
Screen Actors Guild Award	1999	Nominated	Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Haley Joel Osment
Teen Choice Awards	2000	Won	Film - Choice Breakout Performance	Haley Joel Osment
Teen Choice Awards	2000	Won	Film - Choice Drama
Teen Choice Awards	2000	Nominated	Film - Choice Sleazebag	Trevor Morgan
Writers Guild of America Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	M. Night Shyamalan
Young Artist Awards	2000	Won		Haley Joel Osment
YoungStar Awards	2000	Won	Best Young Actor/Performance in a Motion Picture Drama	Haley Joel Osment

Extras:
Deleted Scenes
DVD-ROM Content
Featurettes
Interviews
Production Notes
Scene Access
Storyboard Comparisons
Trailers

I haven't watched this movie in ten years (I cannot believe I have been collecting DVDs for this long now). This movie is still strong. It is still this director's best work. For some reason I enjoy this movie more after I knew the twist. When I first watched it many years ago, I thought it an okay movie until the ending put a new perspective on everything and then watched it a second time. It is fun to watch this movie with that knowledge and notice things which you didn't before.
What the movie really helped is the strong performance by Haley Joel Osment. Imagine they would have had the casting director of Star Wars: Episode I and we would have gotten Jake Llyod for this role (both movies came out around the same time). Shudder!

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on March 21st, 2010)

Everything or Nothing, a review by GSyren

Everything or Nothing (5-039036-058704)

United Kingdom 2012 | Released 2013-01-28 on DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

94 minutes | Aspect ratio Anamorphic 1.78:1 | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1

Directed by Stevan Riley

My thoughts about Everything or Nothing:

James Bond is a phenomenon. I'm old enough to have experienced this phenomenon from its start. In its cinematic form, that is. I had not read any James Bond books before I saw the first Bond films. But I soon rectified that. I have seen the Bond films many times over, but I have not re-read any of the books since the 1960's, so I'm really much more familiar with the movie Bonds. By its name, you'd think that Everything or Nothing was all about the movie Bonds. After all, that is what the "EON" in EON Productions stands for. But fortunately this documentary details a lot more than that. We get a lot of info about Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, and also about Kevin McClory who collaborated on the story on which Fleming based Thunderball. McClory subsequently got the remake rights to the story, and remade it as Never Say Never Again. The documentary may not uncover any earth-shattering scoops, but it does delivery many interesting tidbits of information in its many interviews. This is certainly a worth-while watch for any Bond fan.

I rate this title

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on December 31st, 2014)

Miracles Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

5. The Bone Scatterer
A teenager's nightmares seem to lead to the deaths of those around him, prompting Paul to pay him a visit. Upon his arrival, Paul is concerned about the behavior of the boy's controlling father and tries to figure out the disturbing truths about this family before more lives are lost.

Guest Stars:
Michele Greene
Christopher Marquette
John Walcutt
Matthew Newton

My Thoughts:
While watching this one I kept thinking I know this teen from somewhere. About half way through the episode I remembered where I knew him from. Christopher Marquette is one of the main stars of the TV Series Joan of Arcadia which lasted for 2 years. Another series I enjoy but haven't watched in a while. It is a good story. Very entertaining. Though I did find it somewhat predictable. Even though it went in the direction I thought it would... that didn't take away from the story.

My Rating:

(From Miracles Marathon on December 30th, 2009)