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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 Award1999NominatedBest DirectorM. Night Shyamalan
Academy Award1999NominatedBest Film EditingAndrew Mondshein
Academy Award1999NominatedBest PictureFrank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel (Producers)
Academy Award1999NominatedBest Supporting ActorHaley Joel Osment
Academy Award1999NominatedBest Supporting ActressToni Collette
Academy Award1999NominatedBest Writing, Original ScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan
AFI1999Won100 Years... 100 Movies (2007)
AFI1999Won100 Years... 100 Quotes (2005)"Quote": I see dead people.
AFI1999Won100 Years... 100 Thrills (2001)
American Cinema Editors Awards2000NominatedAndrew Mondshein
American Society of Cinematographers Awards2000NominatedOutstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical ReleasesTak Fujimoto
ASCAP Awards2000WonTop Box Office FilmsJames Newton-Howard
BAFTA1999NominatedEditingAndrew Mondshein
BAFTA1999NominatedFilmFrank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel
BAFTA1999NominatedOriginal ScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan
BAFTA1999NominatedThe David Lean Award For Achievement In DirectionM. Night Shyamalan
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards2000WonFavorite Actor - Newcomer (Internet Only)Haley Joel Osment
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards2000WonFavorite Actor - SuspenseBruce Willis
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards2000WonFavorite Supporting Actress - SuspenseToni Collette
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards2000WonBest Child PerformanceHaley Joel Osment
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards2000NominatedBest Picture
Casting Society of America Awards2000NominatedAvy Kaufman
Cinema Audio Society Awards2000NominatedOutstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature FilmReilly Steele, Michael Kirchberger, Allan Byer
Directors Guild of America2000NominatedOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion PicturesM. Night Shyamalan
Empire Magazine Awards2000WonBest DirectorM. Night Shyamalan
Golden Globe1999NominatedActor in a Supporting RoleHaley Joel Osment
Golden Globe1999NominatedScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan
Hugo Award2000NominatedDramatic Presentation
International Horror Guild Awards1999NominatedBest Horror Film
MTV Movie Awards2000WonBest Male Breakthrough PerformanceHaley Joel Osment
MTV Movie Awards2000NominatedBest Male PerformanceBruce Willis
MTV Movie Awards2000NominatedBest Movie
MTV Movie Awards2000NominatedBest On-screen DuoBruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment
Online Film Critics Society Awards2000NominatedBest DebutHaley Joel Osment
Online Film Critics Society Awards2000NominatedBest Screenplay, OriginalM. Night Shyamalan
Online Film Critics Society Awards2000WonBest Supporting ActorHaley Joel Osment
Satellite Awards2000NominatedToni Collette
Satellite Awards2000WonBest Film EditingAndrew Mondshein
Satellite Awards2000WonM. Night Shyamalan
Satellite Awards2000NominatedBest SoundAllan Byer, Michael Kirchberger
Saturn1999NominatedBest ActorBruce Willis
Saturn1999WonBest Horror Film
Saturn1999WonBest Performance by a Younger ActorHaley Joel Osment
Saturn1999NominatedBest ScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan
Screen Actors Guild Award1999NominatedBest Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleHaley Joel Osment
Teen Choice Awards2000WonFilm - Choice Breakout PerformanceHaley Joel Osment
Teen Choice Awards2000WonFilm - Choice Drama
Teen Choice Awards2000NominatedFilm - Choice SleazebagTrevor Morgan
Writers Guild of America Awards2000NominatedBest Screenplay Written Directly for the ScreenM. Night Shyamalan
Young Artist Awards2000WonHaley Joel Osment
YoungStar Awards2000WonBest Young Actor/Performance in a Motion Picture DramaHaley Joel Osment


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

My Thoughts:
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)

Member's Reviews

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)

Member's TV Reviews

Miracles Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd


Miracles Marathon

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)