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The Sixth Sense (1999): 15 Shocking Facts You Didn't Know!

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The Sixth Sense (1999) — 15 Shocking Facts You Didn’t Know! The Sixth Sense (1999) made “I see dead people” one of the most famous lines in movie history. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, and Donnie Wahlberg, the supernatural thriller became a massive box-office phenomenon and one of the defining movies of the 1990s. Discover 15 shocking Sixth Sense facts, including the original story without its legendary twist, Disney buying the script behind its own back, Bruce Willis making a fortune from a movie he owed the studio, Toni Collette’s hidden audition, the freezing sets used to create real visible breath, Donnie Wahlberg’s extreme transformation, Bruce Willis learning to write with the opposite hand, the secret meaning behind the color red, and the official soundtrack that accidentally spoiled the movie’s ending. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - 1: The Entire Story Began With One Boy on a Staircase — M. Night Shyamalan 02:54 - 2: The Famous Twist Didn’t Exist Until the Fifth Draft — M. Night Shyamalan 04:25 - 3: Disney Bought the Script Behind Its Own Back — David Vogel 07:18 - 4: Bruce Willis Made The Sixth Sense to Settle a Debt With Disney 09:18 - 5: Toni Collette Got Cast Without Disney Seeing Her Audition 11:21 - 6: Haley Joel Osment’s Audition Changed M. Night Shyamalan’s Mind 13:39 - 7: The Visible Breath Was Real and the Sets Were Actually Freezing — Haley Joel Osment 15:49 - 8: M. Night Shyamalan Cut Most of His Own Role 17:41 - 9: The Dead Girl’s Vomit Was Made From Breakfast Food — Mischa Barton 20:11 - 10: Toni Collette Didn’t Realize She Was Making a Horror Movie 22:02 - 11: Donnie Wahlberg Lost 43 Pounds for Three Minutes of Screen Time 24:15 - 12: Olivia Williams Had to Act Opposite a Man Her Character Couldn’t See 26:06 - 13: Bruce Willis Learned to Write With His Right Hand to Hide the Twist 28:01 - 14: The Movie Almost Completely Eliminated the Color Red — M. Night Shyamalan 30:00 - 15: The Official Soundtrack Accidentally Revealed the Ending — James Newton Howard Watch more Weird Facts videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXu5WXHi8-Q66BEE6JBvLZIgj5zv-kF3b #TheSixthSense #TheSixthSense1999 #BruceWillis #HaleyJoelOsment #MNightShyamalan #ToniCollette #ISeeDeadPeople #90sMovies #HorrorMovies #SupernaturalThriller #PsychologicalThriller #ClassicMovies #MovieFacts #MovieTrivia #BehindTheScenes #weirdfacts
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