NPF 563 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: The Sixth Sense, James Newton Howard, Bruce Willis
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His first film, praying with anger (1992), was based somewhat on his own trip back to visit the india of his birth. He raised all the funds for this project, in addition to directing, producing and starring in it. In 1994, shyamalan wrote another spiritual screenplay, labor of love, which he sold to. In june 1995, he was asked by columbia pictures to write the fantasy screen adaptation of stuart little, based on e. b. White"s beloved children"s classic of the same name. Frequently uses philadelphia as the backdrop in his movies. Awake (1998), the sixth sense (1999), unbreakable (2000), signs (2002) and the. Usually has some sort of twist in the end or surprise ending in his films. Frequently uses shots of people"s reflections in various objects (the blade of the knife in. Signs, the medicine cabinet in the village, the window in unbreakable) Many of his films involve two ordinary individuals with extraordinary abilities or events happening to them.