The Sixth Sense
| The Sixth Sense | |
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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 | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $672.8 million |
The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American psychological thriller film 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.
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 twist 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. The film established Shyamalan as a preeminent filmmaker of thrillers and introduced the cinema public to his traits, most notably his affinity for twist endings.
The film was a commercial success, grossing over $672 million worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1999 and Shyamalan's highest-grossing film to date.