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| Title: | The Happening |
| Directed by: | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Written by: | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Produced by: | M. Night Shyamalan; Gary Barber; Roger Birnbaum; Devon Khote; Barry Mendel; Sam Mercer; Jose L. Rodriguez; John Rusk; Ronnie Screwvala; Zarina Screwvala |
| Music by: | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography: | Tak Fujimoto |
| Edited by: | Conrad Buff, IV |
| Production | |
| Distributors: | UTV Motion Pictures Blinding Edge Pictures Dune Entertainment Spyglass Entertainment Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
| Released: | June 13th, 2008 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 91 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $48,000,000 |
| Gross: | $64,506,874 (US) $163,403,799 (Worldwide) |
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The Happening is an American feature film of the supernatural thriller genre. It was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It was produced by Blinding Edge Pictures in association with UTV Motion Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment & Dune Entertainment, and was distributed through the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. It premiered theatrically in the United States on June 13th, 2008. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as Elliot Moore with Zooey Deschanel as Alma Moore, John Leguizamo as Julian, Ashlyn Sanchez as Jess, and Betty Buckley as Mrs. Jones.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Mark Wahlberg | Elliot Moore |
| Zooey Deschanel | Alma Moore |
| John Leguizamo | Julian |
| Ashlyn Sanchez | Jess |
| Betty Buckley | Mrs. Jones |
| Spencer Breslin | Josh |
| Robert Bailey, Jr. | Jared |
| Frank Collison | Nursery owner |
| Jeremy Strong | Private Auster |
| Alan Ruck | Principal |
| Victoria Clark | Nursery owner's wife |
| M. Night Shyamalan | Joey |
| Alison Folland | Woman with hair pin |
| Kristen Connolly | Woman on bench |
| Cornell Womack | Construction foreman |
| Curtis McClarin | Construction crew member |
| Robert Lenzi | Jake |
| Derege Harding | Train conductor |
| Kerry O'Malley | Woman on cell phone |
| Stephane Debac | French bicyclist |
| Cyrille Thouevenin | Bicyclist's friend |
| Babita Hariani | Medical correspondent |
| Alicia Taylor | U.S. reporter |
| Edward James Hyland | Professor Kendal Wallace |
| Armand Schultz | Talk show host |
| Stephen Singer | Doctor Ross |
| Sophie Burke | Student named Laura |
| Alex Van Kooy | Boy in class |
| Charlie Saxton | Student named Dylan |
| Kathy Hart | Vice principal |
| Lisa Gunn | Teacher in auditorium |
| Rick Foster | Railway police officer |
| Marc H. Glick | P.A. system conductor |
| Don Catsro | Philadelphia police officer |
| Bill Chemerka | Taxi driver, Sal |
| Jann Ellis | Older woman with dog |
| Whitney Sugarman | Passenger |
| Mary Ellen Driscoll | Woman passenger |
| Greg Wood | Passenger at counter |
| Peter Appel | Diner owner |
| Eoin O'Shea | Passenger #1 |
| Michael Quinlan | Passenger #2 |
| Lyman Chen | Passenger #3 |
| Brian C. O'Halloran | Jeep driver |
| Megan Mazaika | Jeep passenger #1 |
| Richard Chew | Jeep passenger #2 |
| Keith E. Bullard | Man in crowd |
| Joel De La Fuente | Realtor |
| Ashley Brimfield | Woman in group |
| Mara Hobel | Woman with hands over ears |
| James "Jimbo" Breen | Farmhouse voice |
| Carmen Bitonti | Mangled construction worker |
| Brian Anthony Wilson | Arguing man in crowd |
| Greg Smith Aldridge | Zoo employee |
| Ukee Washington | Local news anchor |
| John Ottavino | Network news anchor |
| Sid Doherty | Radio news anchor |
| Wes Heywood | Radio voice |
| Nancy Sokerka | Radio caller Fay |
| Julia Yorks | Young woman on phone |
| Bill Shusta | Radio newsman |
| Kirk Penberthy | Radio announcer |
| Alex Craft | Truck passenger boy |
| Allie Habberstad | Truck passenger girl |
Notes & Trivia[]
"Yeah, we're all pretty much f*cked now."
- The tagline for this film is "We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening." This is a play on director M. Night Shyamalan's previous works The Sixth Sense and Signs.
- Production on The Happening began on August 6th, 2007. Principal shooting concluded in November, 2007. Like most of his projects, the majority of this movie was filmed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Other scenes were shot in New York City, New York, and Paris, France. [1]
- The movie grossed $13,091,901 on opening night. It grossed $30,517, 109 over its opening weekend. It grossed $64,506,874 over its total domestic run and $98,896,925 internationally. Its cumulative worldwide gross is $163,403,799. [2]
- The Happening closed out of theaters on September 18th, 2008. It had been in release a total of twenty-eight weeks (202 days). At its widest release, it was screened in 2,986 theaters. [3]
- The Happening was released as a single-disc DVD in Region 1 format by 20th Century Fox on October 7th, 2008. [4] It was also released on Blu-ray with digital download on the same date. 1080p, aspect ratio: 1:85:1. [5]
This guy watched The Happening and just couldn't take it anymore.
- The movie review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gave The Happening a 17% Rotten rating on their Tomato with 185 posted reviews with a rating average of 4.00/10. It had an audience score of 24% based on 370,232 user ratings. [6]
- On Metacritic, this film received a score of 34 out of 100 with generally unfavorable reviews and a user score of 5.6, meeting mixed or average reviews, based on 752 ratings.
- This film has a score of 1.9 on Letterboxd.
- This movie opened on a Friday the 13th.
- The Happening was released on DVD in Region 1 format by 20th Century Fox on October 7th, 2008. [7]
- This time around, M. Night Shyamalan is working with actor Mark Wahlberg. In The Sixth Sense, he directed Mark's older brother, Donnie Wahlberg.
- Actor Spencer Breslin is the older brother Abigail Breslin who appeared in Zombieland and the Scream Queens television series.
Recommendations[]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ IMDB; The Happening (2008); Filming & Production.
- ↑ Box Office Mojo; The Happening (2008); Title Summary. Grosses.
- ↑ Box Office Mojo; The Happening (2008); Title Summary. Grosses.
- ↑ Amazon.com; The Happening (2008); DVD. Product details.
- ↑ Blu-ray.com; The Happening (2008); Blu-ray + Digital.
- ↑ Rotten Tomatoes.com; The Happening (2008); Critics Consensus (12-9-2020).
- ↑ Amazon.com; The Happening (2008); Product details.