| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Mel Gibson |
Graham Hess
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| Joaquin Phoenix |
Merrill Hess
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| Abigail Breslin |
Bo Hess
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| Rory Culkin |
Morgan Hess
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| Clifford David |
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| Lanny Flaherty |
Mr. Nathan
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| Babita Hariani |
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| Cherry Jones |
Officer Paski
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| Patricia Kalember |
Colleen Hess
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| Marion McCorry |
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| M. Night Shyamalan |
Ray Reddy
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| Ted Sutton |
SFC Cunningham
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| Merritt Wever |
Tracey Abernathy
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Science Fiction; Thriller; Suspense |
| Director |
M. Night Shyamalan |
| Producer |
M. Night Shyamalan; Sam Mercer |
| Writer |
M. Night Shyamalan |
| Cinematography |
Tak Fujimoto |
| Musician |
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| Studio |
Buena Vista |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Running Time |
106 |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| This B movie with noble aspirations is the work of a gifted filmmaker whose storytelling falls short of his considerable stylistic flair. While addressing crises of faith in the framework of an alien-invasion thriller, M. Night Shyamalan (in his follow-up to The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable) favors atmospheric tension over explanatory plotting. He injects subtle humor into expertly spooky scenes, but the story suffers from too many lapses in logic. The film's faults are greatly compensated by the performance of Mel Gibson as a widower whose own crisis of faith coincides with the appearance of mysterious crop circles in his Pennsylvania cornfield... and hundreds of UFOs around the globe. With his brother (Joaquin Phoenix) and two young children (Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin), the lapsed minister perceives this phenomenal occurrence as a series of signs and portents, while Shyamalan pursues a spookfest with War of the Worlds overtones. It's effective to a point, but vaguely hollow at its core. --Jeff Shannon |
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| Edition Details |
| Edition |
Vista Series |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Barcode |
786936197594 |
| Release Date |
1/7/2003 |
| Subtitles |
English; Dutch; French; German; Spanish; Italian; Russian; Portuguese; Greek; Swedish; Finnish; Norwegian; Danish; English (Closed Captioned); Icelandic |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Closed Captioned Commentary Deleted/Extended Scenes "The Making of..." Featurette(s) Multiple Angles Scene Access THX Certified Night's First Alien Film, Storyboards |
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