The Sixth Sense

1999
PG-13
1h 47m

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8.2/10

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Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (1999)

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A child psychologist starts treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.A child psychologist starts treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.A child psychologist starts treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

1.1M

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

191

See production info at IMDbPro

Top rated movie #144

Nominated for 6 Oscars
- 37 wins & 56 nominations total

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Trivia
Reportedly, 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, director M. Night Shyamalan was surprised when he asked 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."

Goofs
Cole is aware of his teacher's stuttering issue during grade school through high school (Stuttering Stanley), but the behavior has nothing to do with anyone being dead, so it doesn't make sense that Cole knows this.

The burn victim woman Cole talks to at the end (when Stanley walks in on him in the dressing room) was presumably a teacher at the school. In the very next scene Stanley says, "You know, when I was a student here there was a big fire." Obviously the burn victim woman (or a different fire victim we don't see) told Cole about Stanley's stuttering problem.

Quotes
Cole Sear: I see dead people.
Malcolm Crowe: In your dreams?
[Cole shakes his head no]
Malcolm Crowe: While you're awake?
[Cole nods]
Malcolm Crowe: Dead people like, in graves? In coffins?
Cole Sear: Walking around like regular people. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're dead.
Malcolm Crowe: How often do you see them?
Cole Sear: All the time. They're everywhere.

Crazy credits
The Spanish phrase "I don't want to die" that was played on the tape recorder in Malcolm's office is repeated after the credits.

Alternate versions
A network TV airing from ABC Family adds in a new scene that was not featured in the DVD as extras

Connections
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Soundtracks
I Fall In Love Too Easily
Written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
Performed by Chet Baker
Courtesy of Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc.
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets

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10/10

Incredible

The Sixth Sense is one of those films that rarely happens these days. In other words, I knew so little about it before sitting in the cinema that it wasn't ruined before it started.

I don't want to ramble on about it so I'll just say... absolute perfection. An incredible story that had me and my friends gripped from start to finish. The twist in the tale was totally unexpected as well.

After it finished we sat through the whole of the credits and talked about how fabulous it was. If only more films were like this. I can't remember the last time we did that!

Congratulations to all involved in this masterpiece.

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Dec 9, 1999
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