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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305948605
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 6305948607
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: July 11, 2000
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 9163
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 06, 1999
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Hollywood superstar Bruce Willis (ARMAGEDDON, THE SIEGE) brings a powerful presence to an edge-of-your-seat thriller from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan (Oscar(R)-nominee for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director) that critics are calling one of the greatest ghost stories ever filmed. When Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Willis), a distinguished child psychologist, meets Cole Sear (Oscar(R)-nominee Haley Joel Osment, Best Supporting Actor), a frightened, confused, eight-year-old, Dr. Crowe is completely unprepared to face the truth of what haunts Cole. With a riveting intensity you'll find thoroughly chilling, the discovery of Cole's incredible sixth sense leads them to mysterious places with unforgettable consequences!
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"I see dead people," whispers little Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), scared to affirm what is to him now a daily occurrence. This peaked 9-year old, already hypersensitive to begin with, is now being haunted by seemingly malevolent spirits. Child psychologist Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is trying to find out what's triggering Cole's visions, but what appears to be a psychological manifestation turns out to be frighteningly real. It might be enough to scare off a lesser man, but for Malcolm it's personal--several months before, he was accosted and shot by an unhinged patient, who then turned the gun on himself. Since then, Malcolm has been in turmoil--he and his wife (Olivia Williams) are barely speaking, and his life has taken an aimless turn. Having failed his loved ones and himself, he's not about to give up on Cole.
This third feature by M. Night Shyamalan sets itself up as a thriller, poised on the brink of delivering monstrous scares, but gradually evolves into more of a psychological drama with supernatural undertones. Many critics faulted the film for being mawkish and New Age-y, but no matter how you slice it, this is one mightily effective piece of filmmaking. The bare bones of the story are basic enough, but the moody atmosphere created by Shyamalan and cinematographer Tak Fujimoto made this one of the creepiest pictures of 1999, forsaking excessive gore for a sinisterly simple feeling of chilly otherworldliness. Willis is in his strong, silent type mode here, and gives the film wholly over to Osment, whose crumpled face and big eyes convey a child too wise for his years; his scenes with his mother (Toni Collette) are small, heartbreaking marvels. And even if you figure out the film's surprise ending, it packs an amazingly emotional wallop when it comes, and will have you racing to watch the movie again with a new perspective. You may be able to shake off the sentimentality of The Sixth Sense, but its craftsmanship and atmosphere will stay with you for days. --Mark Englehart
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When Blu-rays are going for more than $15 for an old movie, they're going to go the way of the HD-DVD and d-theather tapes. It'll just take a bit longer. With real time high def VOD like VUDU, Sony had better realize that their "Betamax disks" are not going to be the cash cow they counted on for royalties. Bad move paying Warner Brothers all those millions to switch camps. Wouldn't be surprised to see bootleg Chinese HD-DVD's popping up for sale on the street (the actual one), looking as good for a fraction of the price. That being said, the movie is M. Nights best. Now if he'd only stop repeating the same themes over and over................
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Like your movies eerie? How about a movie that has great acting ( particularly by Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, and Toni Collette ), and exceptionally, creepy atmospheric cinematography by the great Tak Fujimoto? Did I mention that it happens to be one of the best ghost stories ever?
If you are one of the few people in the 'civilized' world that has not seen Shyamalan's masterpiece, there is no time like the present.
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There is not a lot of negative that can be said about this movie. I saw it in the dollar theatre in early 2000 and was totally taken away by it. The tone, score, screen play, and acting are all supurb.
The only bad thing is that M. Night Shyamalan set the bar so high with his first major film, that every movie he has made since has suffered by comparison.
The DVD has some really great special features, the best of which are the deleted scenes, where Night explains his reasoning behind each cut that he made during editing.
Over all, an outstanding movie and a great DVD.
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Only two movies have made me scared to walk though my own house: The Shining and the Sixth Sense.
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This movie has never been better now that it's available on Bluray. I thoroughly enjoyed it the first time I saw it - it was like watching it for the first time again with the amazing clarity and sound quality!!!
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