The Way That the Sixth Sense is Presented in Order to Maintain the Audience's Belief that Malcolm Crowe is Alive

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The Way That the Sixth Sense is Presented in Order to Maintain the Audience's Belief that Malcolm Crowe is Alive The story of 'Sixth Sense' took about a year to write. It was first going to be about a serial killer and a child who sees the victims. It was written and edited by M. Night Shaymalon who edited 'Wide-awake' two years before 'Sixth Sense'. It was a Kennedy Marshall company and a Spyglass entertainment performance. The film was set in Philadelphia. This was the perfect city for this thrilling film as it's a very old city and highly concentrated with unique super natural happenings there. All the old buildings and several graveyards indicate this. A boy with a sixth sense would be horrified to have to live in such a city. Frank Marshall and Kathy Kennedy aided M. N Shaymalon. They were like his 'godfathers' as he wrote this successful film. Frank was the producer of 'Poltergeist' whereas Kathy produced 'Jurassic' Park and 'E.T'. The film was opened on the 6th August (the writer's birthday). The 6th August was just a week after 'Runaway bride' opened with the 'Blair witch project' .For this reason they thought it would go in at number three. It didn't go in at number three though; shocking them all when it went in at number one. Over the following two weeks the audience just grew and grew. Surprisingly enough the two main groups were young boys and older woman. This is surprising because these two age groups don't usually have anything in common. The reason the film was favoured so much by these two completely different groups is because the woman went to see the film for the romance, as it showed many scenes either about grieving for loved and lost ones, which they really enjoyed. On the other hand the young boys enjoyed the film because they liked the fear and trepidation. One of the reasons this film was such a success is because of the astonishing twist at the end. The Doctor who you get to know so well

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