The Sixth Sense The Rewatchables
The Sixth Sense

Half-Assed Internet Research

Budget and grosses; Oscars; casting preparation; career correction; Disney deal; audition; rentals; drafts; costumes; color; reported inspiration; soundtrack spoiler

In the discussion (18)
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  • The film reportedly cost 40 million dollars and earned 672.8 million worldwide. — Sean Fennessey
  • Six Oscar nominations covered picture, director, screenplay, supporting actor, supporting actress and editing. — Sean Fennessey
  • Frank Marshall reportedly wanted the revealing cut toward Willis removed after Cole says he sees dead people. — Sean Fennessey
  • Wahlberg reportedly lost 40 pounds and shaved his eyebrows for his brief appearance. — Sean Fennessey
  • The claim that this was Shyamalan’s second film is explicitly corrected: Praying with Anger preceded Wide Awake, making it his third. — Sean Fennessey
  • Shyamalan also reportedly rewrote She’s All That without credit and held a Stuart Little writing credit. — Sean Fennessey
  • David Vogel reportedly paid 3 million for the script and Shyamalan’s directing guarantee without corporate approval, then lost his Disney position. — Sean Fennessey
  • Disney reportedly sold production rights to Spyglass while retaining distribution and 12.5 percent of receipts. — Sean Fennessey
  • Osment impressed Shyamalan by reading the entire script three times rather than only his part. — Sean Fennessey
  • The movie reportedly had 80 million rentals in 2000 and was omitted from Entertainment Weekly’s 1999 summer preview. — Sean Fennessey
  • Early drafts made Malcolm a crime-scene photographer, potentially explaining the wardrobe. — Sean Fennessey
  • Willis reportedly owed Disney films after Broadway Brawler collapsed and accepted 10 million dollars, half his usual fee. — Sean Fennessey
  • A claim that the kitchen glass originated as Philadelphia-only sour-cream packaging is explicitly doubted. — Sean Fennessey
  • Red marks contact with the other world or heightened emotion, including the church, birthday, tent, recorder, basement doorknob, restaurant, wake and Anna’s shawl. — Sean Fennessey
  • Young Sherlock Holmes’s novelization reportedly uses the phrase Sixth Sense; shared filmmakers and Osment’s later AI role are noted. — Sean Fennessey
  • Malcolm’s clothes are reportedly pieces worn or touched on the night of his death. — Sean Fennessey
  • A reported Are You Afraid of the Dark? inspiration involves a boy who discovers he is dead because only his sister can see him. — Sean Fennessey
  • The soundtrack reportedly spoils the ending with a final track titled Malcolm Is Dead. — Sean Fennessey
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