Word: film
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Despite the decor, Shyamalan, 30, is not simply some starry-eyed fan. When he looks at these posters, you can be sure he sees his own reflection on the glass encasing them. His breakthrough film, "The Sixth Sense," which featured Willis in the lead, was about as big as Hollywood hits come: it garnered six Oscar nominations (including two for Shyamalan, for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay) and grossed more than $600 million at the box office worldwide, making it the ninth highest-grossing film ever. Shyamalan wants to build on that success, and he'll get his first...
...experiences made him curious, particularly about spiritual beliefs. As a teenager, he gave himself the middle name Night because he associated the name with Native Americans after seeing it in a book about such cultures and finding himself drawn to their sense of spirituality. He had started making short films at 10 and eventually went on to study filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. In 1992, at 21, Shyamalan wrote, directed and starred in "Praying with Anger," a low-budget film about an American of Indian descent who goes to India. Five years later...
...York Times], who was blasting him all the time. And I called Howell Raines, and he said that yes, he did love the movie. So the critic in Clinton, even though he's getting pummeled every day, still had enough savvy to understand Raines' taste, and how this film related to Southerners. He's the most intelligent person I've ever...
...some drafts. Like what? "Oh, creating a furball," she answers, so disgusted by the notion that she refuses to elaborate. "She was really tough on me for a year and a half," says Grazer, "and I wanted to please this woman." Finally, when Geisel saw the finished film, she spoke to the producer with tears in her eyes: "Ted would have loved it so much...
...Grinch should be. Because Seuss's own illustrations in his book were too austere for a splashy holiday movie (his Whos lived in thatched huts), production designer Michael Corenblith had to comb through the entire Seuss canon to find recurring shapes and motifs on which to base the film's swirling, elaborate sets...