18 Facts From 'The Sixth Sense'

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Apr 24, 2017 2:00 PM EDT

These facts from 'The Sixth Sense' have bigger twists than the actual film. 

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    Movie - BRUCEWILLIS @poppingremlins According to M. Night Shyamalan, the movie was inspired by an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990) called Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Tale of the Dream Girl (1994), directed by David Winning, in which leading characters are ignored by somebody and do not realize that they are dead until the final moment. In The Tale of the Dream Girl, a brother discovers that only his sister can see him and she ultimately shows him his Own obituary. THE SINTA SCN
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    Face - @poppingremlins Although Cole is supposed to be nine years old, Haley Joel Osment was actually 11.
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    Face - @poppingremlins Toni Collette has said that she was so moved by the emotional resonance of the story while filming, she did not even realize it was a horror film until after its release.
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    Suit - @poppingremlins In M. Night Shyamalan's early drafts of the script, the Bruce Willis character was a crime scene photographer, not child psychologist.
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    Photo caption - @poppingremlins When Malcolm is listening to the tape recording of Vincent and his session, as he turns up the volume the numbers on the tape player turn from white to red as they increase.
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    Electronics - Vincent Grey-Session Tape 7/1 @poppingremlins Spanish; the person is saying, "Please, I don't want to die Lord, save me, save me."| The voice on the tape of Vincent's session is speaking AC/BATTERY
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    Facial expression - @poppingremlins In the scene when Cole says the famous line, " see dead people," the camera does a closeup on Bruce Willis's face. Producer Frank Marshall was worried that might have given the game away. It implied that Malcolm was a dead person. Fortunately, none of the audiences in the test screenings or afterwards picked up on it.
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    Text - @poppingremlins 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 wouldnt 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.
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    Facial expression - @poppingremlins 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, director 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, Tread the script three times"
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    Brickwork - 2302 @poppingremlins When Cole's mother is watching him at the windows when he goes to school with Tommy, a prominent figure "6" can be seen on the curtain to the left of her hand.
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    Photo caption - @poppingremlins A lot of the members of M. Night Shyamalan's family are doctors. This is the reason why he cameos as a doctor, as a tribute to his family
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    Photo caption - THE SIXTR SENSE @poppingremlins Is one of only four horror films to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Pictüre; the other four that have received nominations are: The Exorcist (1973), Jaws (1975), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
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    Facial expression - @poppingremlins When Cole and Malcolm are entering Kyra's bedroom at her wake, Malcolm is standing directly behind Cole; however, when the camera cuts to the shadows on the floor as the door opens, we only see Cole's shadow. Another clue that Malcolm is actually dead. Also, on the doorknob, we can see the reflection of Cole's face but not Malcolm's face (although we probably can see his body).
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    Face - @poppingremlins According to Michael Cera, this was the first film that he ever auditioned for. He read for the part of Cole, but the role ultimately went to Haley Joel Osment.
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    Photo caption - @poppingremlins Throughout the movie, Malcolm never moves any objects (except the Latin dictionary), and he does not interact with anyone but Cole. For example, he never opens a door, the chair he sits in, in the restaurant with his wife, is already pulled out, and when he reaches for the check, his wife just beats him to it.
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    Face - @poppingremlins According to director M. Night Shyamalan, Donnie Wahlberg lost 43 pounds for the role of Vincent Grey.
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    Photo caption - @poppingremlins Throughout the film, Malcolm's wardrobe consists of only slight variations of the clothes he was wearing the night that he died.
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    Text - @poppingremlins Though the movie is set in Philadelphia, the house in which the scene where Cole(Haley Joel Osment) is locked in a closet with the psychotic ghost is actually located in Pasadena, California. It has been seen in many other movies from the outside.
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