Binge Movie Aftertaste – M Night Shyamalan Retrospective w/ Matthew Goudreau and Michael Guarnieri: The Sixth Sense (1999)

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Manoj Nelliyattu, "M. Night" Shyamalan has had one of Hollywood's most interesting stories that could well have come from one of his scripts. After two independent movies which amounted to little success, Shyamalan set the world afire with 1999's The Sixth Sense, which took critics off guard, gathering six Academy Award nominations and rolling to an almost $700 million box office take, making it the most successful horror film all the way until 2017, when It finally knocked it off. But after a financial and critical success such as that, where do you go from there? Join myself, Matt, and the returning Michael Guarnieri as we take the journey to answering that question, which we begin with The Sixth Sense and will eventually lead to Shyamalan's new film Old, scheduled for release this July. It was a script that before being made, cost a high ranking Disney official his job because of his confidence in it. The Sixth Sense, credited with jump starting the career of M Night Shyamalan, as well as reigniting the career of Bruce Willis, wasn't given a chance of being much more than a blip on the Hollywood radar screen. So much so that Entertainment Weekly, a magazine that previews each and every summer movie, didn't even include it in its 300 plus movie preview. What was it about the movie that made it such a success, does it hold up, and what will Mike think as he watches it for the very first time? Join myself, Matt, and Mike as we begin a series that has been over five years in the making. How? Listen below to find out. The Sixth Sense (1999) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10) CLICK ABOVE TO LISTEN NOW! Subscribe to Binge Cast on iTunes