M. Night ShyamalanLike a lot of little kids, M. Night (born Manoj—he changed it in college) Shyamalan grew up wanting to be a director, and he had a big cinema crush on Steven Spielberg from, lik...

M. Night ShyamalanWe talk more about Shyamalan in the "Director" section, but just a couple of quick notes about his screenwriting career in particular: He got $5 million to write Signs, which made...

There were quite a few production companies involved in The Sixth Sense. Let's take 'em one by one.Hollywood PicturesIt doesn't exist anymore, but Hollywood Pictures was a division of Disney that o...

Film in PhiladelphiaYou may not have noticed, but Shyamalan loves Philadelphia and frequently makes it the backdrop of his films, including The Sixth Sense. Hey, it's where he grew up—we can't bl...

James Newton HowardThere's a reason James Newton Howard has worked on a lot Shyamalan films: he's a genius at playing up the scare factor in any given scene. The soundtrack for The Sixth Sense is u...

The Sixth Sense isn't Twilight, but it still has people talking, musing, and getting angry about it on the Internet—that's pretty close to fandom territory, right? From the guy on Reddit who came...