New Series…Films to Watch in October

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Today, I am starting a new series for the month of October. As you know, I like to provide movie trivia in many posts. I will choose a different movie each day for the month of October and provide trivia on it. The movies are going to be thrillers of course, in honor of Halloween! So, here goes:

Today’s film is The Sixth Sense from 1999

–M. Night Shyamalan pitched the film as a cross between The Exorcist (1973) and Ordinary People (1980).

–The movie’s line “I see dead people” was voted as the #100 of “The 100 Greatest Movie Lines” by Premiere in 2007.

–The movie was rented by 80 million people in 2000 – making it the year’s top-rated tape and DVD title.

–The voice on the tape of Vincent’s session is speaking Spanish, the person is saying: “Please, I don’t want to die Lord, save me, save me.”

–Is one of only four horror films to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Picture; the other three were The Exorcist (1973), Jaws (1975), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

–When Cole and his mother are sitting in the kitchen, there is a glass on the table that you can only get in Philadelphia. It originally comes filled with Penn Maid sour cream which is not readily available anywhere else.

–Reputedly, Haley Joel Osment got the role of Cole Sear for one of three reasons: First, he was best for it. Second, he was the only boy at auditions who wore a tie. Third, M. Night Shyamalan was surprised when he asked Haley Joel Osment if he read his part. Osment replied, “I read it three times last night.” Shyamalan was impressed saying, “Wow, you read your part three times?” To which Osment replied, “No, I read *the script* three times.”

–According to M. Night Shyamalan, Donnie Wahlberg lost 43 pounds for the role.

–Toni Collette has said that she was so moved by the emotional resonance of the story whilst filming, she didn’t even realize it was a horror film until after its release.

–While circling a passage in the notes, Bruce Willis does so with his right hand. Willis is actually left-handed; he learned how to write right-handed so that viewers wouldn’t notice that his wedding band was no longer on his hand. Willis also draws the circle clockwise (like a left-handed person would), while most right-handed people would draw it counter-clockwise.

–M. Night Shyamalan deliberately used the color red to depict when the world of the living and the world of the dead would crossover. If red was in a scene where that was not the case, he would change it. The scenes where he used this are: Lynn Sear’s nail polish is red when she is pointing out the “white spots” on all the pictures of Cole in the hallway. We are led to believe those spots are the dead people that are always seeking his help; At the birthday party when Cole is put into the closet, he is wearing a red sweater. Cole is attacked by the spirit in the closet; The blanket covering Cole’s fort is red. Kyra Collins comes to him because she wants him to save her sister from her own fate; The doorknob to Malcolm’s basement is red. His wife keeps on locking it but he just unlocks it; The blanket that Anna Crowe covers herself with while watching the wedding video is red. Malcolm sits next to her and tries talking to her but she is sleeping and unconsciously speaking aloud; Cole’s school uniform jacket is red(maroon). He is usually approached by the dead people while at school and/or wearing his uniform. Also, the outfit worn by Mrs. Collins at Kyra’s wake is red. She is also the only person there who is wearing bright red.