The Happening (2008)

Director:

M. Night Shyamalan

Writer (WGA):

M. Night Shyamalan (written by)

Release Date:

13 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening.

Plot:

A strange, horrible and unprecedented crisis begins in Central Park. A high school science teacher, his wife and a young girl do what they can to survive it.

Plot Keywords:

Park | Teacher | Crisis | Young Girl | Disappearance

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Dec. 12

3:00 AM

HBO

Cast

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	...	Pvt. Auster - MP
Alan Ruck	...	Principal
Victoria Clark	...	Nursery Owner's Wife
M. Night Shyamalan	...	Joey (voice)
Alison Folland	...	Claire - Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin
Kristen Connolly	...	Woman Reading on Bench
Cornell Womack	...	Construction Foreman
Curtis McClarin	...	Construction Crew Member (as Curtis McLarin)
Robert Lenzi	...	Jake
Derege Harding	...	Train Conductor
Kerry O'Malley	...	Woman on Cell Phone
Shayna Levine	...	Teenage Girl in Jeep
Stéphane Debac	...	French Bicyclist
Cyrille Thouvenin	...	French Bicyclist's Friend
Babita Hariani	...	Medical Correspondent
Alicia Taylor	...	U.S. Reporter
Edward James Hyland	...	Prof. Kendall Wallace
Armand Schultz	...	Talk Show Host
Stephen Singer	...	Dr. Ross
Sophie Burke	...	Student Named Laura
Alex Van Kooy	...	Boy in Class
Charlie Saxton	...	Student Named Dylan
Kathy Hart	...	Vice Principal (as Kathy Hart)
Lisa Furst	...	Teacher in Auditorium (as Lisa Gunn)
Rick Foster	...	Railway Police Officer
Marc H. Glick	...	P.A. System Conductor
Don Castro	...	Philadelphia Police Officer
Bill Chemerka	...	Taxi Driver
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 O'Halloran	...	Jeep Driver (as Brian C. O'Halloran)
Megan Mazaika	...	Jeep Passenger #1
Rich Chew	...	Jeep Passenger #2 (as Richard Chew)
Keith Bullard	...	Man in Crowd at Crossroads (as Keith E. Bullard)
Joel de la Fuente	...	Realtor
Ashley Brimfield	...	Woman in Group
Mara Hobel	...	Woman with Hands over Ears
James Breen	...	Farmhouse Voice (voice) (as James 'Jimbo' Breen)
Carmen Bitonti	...	Mangled Construction Worker
Brian Anthony Wilson	...	Arguing Man in Crowd
Greg Smith	...	Zoo Employee (as Greg Smith Aldridge)
Ukee Washington	...	Local News Anchor
John Ottavino	...	Network News Anchor
Sid Doherty	...	Radio News Anchor
Wes Heywood	...	Radio Voice (voice)
Nancy Sokerka	...	Radio Caller Fay
Julia Yorks	...	Young Woman Voice on Phone (voice)
Bill Shusta	...	Radio Newsman
Kirk Penberthy	...	Radio Announcer
Alex Craft	...	Truck Passenger Boy
Allie Habberstad	...	Truck Passenger Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Aptacy	...	Dog Walker (uncredited)
Michael Biscardi	...	Jogger in the Park (uncredited)
Robert Bizik	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)
Lee Burkett	...	Urban Refugee (uncredited)
Chelsea Connell	...	High School Student (uncredited)
Leslie Connell	...	Train passenger (uncredited)
Adam Danoff	...	Jogger in Philadelphia (uncredited)
Michael Den Dekker	...	Construction Worker (uncredited)
Tony Devon	...	Simon (uncredited)
Farris Ellington	...	Girl in rural group 2 (uncredited)
Alexander Emmert	...	Man in Park (uncredited)
Robert Fazio	...	Young Businessman (uncredited)
Ruben Fischman	...	Businessman on train (uncredited)
Leilani Goode	...	Train station patron (uncredited)
Richard Graves	...	College Student (uncredited)
Thomas M. Hagen	...	Nervous Traveler (uncredited)
Mark Jacobson	...	Conductor (uncredited)
Steven J. Klaszky	...	Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)
Michael J. Kraycik	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Traci Law	...	Train Passenger #3 (uncredited)
Nicole Lee	...	Tourist (uncredited)
Roberto Lombardi	...	Father in Elliot's Group (uncredited)
Art Lyle	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Chris McMullin	...	School Maintainance Man (uncredited)
Ken Myers	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Mauricio Ovalle	...	Construction Crew (uncredited)
Charles Pendelton	...	Restroom Patron (uncredited)
Mark Pricskett	...	Diner Local (uncredited)
Vincent Riviezzo	...	Traveler (uncredited)
Sam Rocco	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Kurt Runkle	...	Urban Refugee (uncredited)
Christina Sampson	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)
Ben Samuels	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)
Chuck Schanamann	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Adam Schoon	...	Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Eugene Smith	...	Business Man (uncredited)
Samantha Steffen	...	Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Joseph Tornatore	...	Train Conductor #3 (uncredited)
Scott Troost	...	Young Man Walking Backwards (uncredited)
Jared Uhrich	...	Jogger in the park (uncredited)
Catrina Villani	...	Student (uncredited)
Joseph Villani	...	Student (uncredited)
Kimberly Villanova	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Megan Rose Wieder	...	Cafe Guest (uncredited)
Jennifer Wiener	...	Screaming Mother (uncredited)
Mike Wilson	...	Business traveler (uncredited)
John Wooten	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)
Scott Yannick	...	Park Bench Newspaper Reader (uncredited)
Stosh Zona	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)

Directed by
M. Night Shyamalan

Writing credits (WGA)
M. Night Shyamalan		(written by)

Produced by
John Bernard	....	line producer: Paris
Barry Mendel	....	producer
Sam Mercer	....	producer
Jose L. Rodriguez	....	co-producer
John Rusk	....	associate producer
M. Night Shyamalan	....	producer

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
Tak Fujimoto		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Conrad Buff IV		(as Conrad Buff)

Casting by
Douglas Aibel
Stephanie Holbrook

Production Design by
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall		(as Jeannine Oppewall)

Art Direction by
Anthony Dunne		(as Tony Dunne)

Set Decoration by
Jay Hart
Josh Fifarek		(uncredited)

Costume Design by
Betsy Heimann

Makeup Department
Ozzy Alvarez	....	makeup artist: Quantum Creation FX
Brent Baker	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Christian Beckman	....	special makeup effects producer: Quantum Creation FX
Linda Benevente-Notaro	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion (as Linda Benavente-Notaro)
Roland Blancaflor	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
A. Robert Capwell	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion (as Rob Capwell)
Keith Christensen	....	key makeup artist: Quantum Creation FX
Bonnie Clevering	....	hair department head
Diane Dixon	....	additional hair stylist
Mike Elizalde	....	make-up supervisor: Spectral Motion
Kelly Golden	....	key sculptor: Quantum Creation FX
Dave Grasso	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Diane Heller	....	key makeup artist
Hiroshi 'Kan' Ikeuchi	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Steve Koch	....	prosthetic designer: Quantum Creations FX
Don Kozma	....	assistant makeup artist (as Donald A. Kozma)
Maria Kruse	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Russell Lukich	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Craig Lyman	....	makeup artist
Clayton Martinez	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Bernadette Mazur	....	makeup department head
Cass McClure	....	prosthetics technician: Spectral Motion
Scott Millenbaugh	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Donald Mowat	....	makeup artist: Mr. Wahlberg
Danielle Noe	....	makeup fabricator: Quantum Creation FX
Rita Parillo	....	key hair stylist
James Patterson	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion (as James Adam Patterson)
David Perteet	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Florence Roumieu	....	hair stylist: Paris
Florence Roumieu	....	makeup artist: Paris
Jeff Small	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Matt Ullman	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Johnny Villanueva	....	hair stylist: Mr. Wahlberg
Brian Walsh	....	on-set makeup effects supervisor: Spectral Motion
Wesley Wofford	....	key makeup artist: Spectral Motion
Hiroshi Yada	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Diana Yun Soo Yoo	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion (as Diana Yoo)
Qodi Armstrong	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Sophia Coronado	....	special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Tom Denier Jr.	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Robert Kato DeStefan	....	special makeup effects artist: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Megan Flagg	....	special makeup effects artist: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Justin Raleigh	....	special makeup effects supervisor: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)

Production Management
Gilles Castera	....	production manager: Paris
Sharon Mann	....	unit production manager: Los Angeles
Sam Mercer	....	unit production manager (as S. L. Mercer)
Lyn Pinezich	....	production supervisor: New York
Gerald Scaife	....	production supervisor (as Jim Scaife)
Lauren Scott	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ali Cherkaoui	....	first assistant director: Paris
Ryan Craig	....	second assistant director: Los Angeles
Alan B. Curtiss	....	first assistant director: Los Angeles (as Alan Curtiss)
Chris DeAngelis	....	second second assistant director
Tudor Jones	....	second assistant director
Ariane Lacan	....	second assistant director: Paris
William Lebeda	....	second unit director
Jeremy Marks	....	dga trainee
Brad Robinson	....	additional second assistant director
John Rusk	....	first assistant director
Christian Vendetti	....	additional second assistant director (as Chris Vendetti)
Matthieu Charter	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Jeff Habberstad	....	second unit director (uncredited)
Marjorie Marramaque	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Sébastien Marziniak	....	additional assistant director: Paris (uncredited)
Matthew Mason	....	additional second assistant director (uncredited)
Lisa Meier	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)
Christophe Perie	....	additional assistant director (uncredited)
Celine Rossi	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Brett Acker	....	set dresser
Greta Alexander	....	scenic artist
J. Lourdes Aviles	....	scenic artist
Anna Baltimore	....	construction medic: Los Angeles
Philippe Béhar	....	property master: Paris (as Philippe Behar)
Richard J. Bell	....	greens coordinator: Los Angeles (as Richard Bell)
Lewis Bowen	....	scenic artist
Chris Bower	....	stand-by greensman
Krzysztof J. Bratun	....	scenic artist (as Krysztof J. Bratun)
Roland Brooks	....	scenic charge
Michelle Burnworth	....	shop craftsman
D. Keith Cleary	....	shop craftsman
Jennifer Cole	....	scenic artist
Michelle Connolly	....	scenic artist
Luca Antone Crepelle	....	swing gang: Paris (as Luca Crepelle)
Olivier Crespin	....	stand-by props: Paris
Pamela Cruise	....	construction medic: Los Angeles
Mick Cummings	....	on-set dresser: Los Angeles
Dennis Daly	....	industrial scenic artist
Michael Davidson	....	shop craftsman
Dave DeGaetano	....	construction coordinator: Los Angeles (as David DeGaetano)
John DeMeo	....	art director: Los Angeles
Charles E. Duer	....	construction grip
Cédric Fidone	....	construction coordinator: Paris
Kenneth H. Finn	....	set dresser
John Gallagher	....	shop craftsman
Michael T. Galvin	....	set dresser (as Michael Galvin)
Edward R. Geller	....	construction grip (as Edward Geller)
Karyn Gerred	....	scenic artist
Daniel J. Gillooly	....	greens coordinator
Daniel Gilroy	....	greensman
James P. Gilroy	....	greens gangboss
Jorge Luis Gonzalez	....	scenic gang boss
Antony Graf	....	construction grip
Jon E. Graf	....	shop craftsman
Frank Grasso	....	construction grip
Tom Groody	....	set dresser
Robert Guerra	....	assistant art director
Matthew Hanlon	....	tool coordinator
Damien Harrer	....	greensman
William F. Hennessy Jr.	....	set dresser
Keith Hockins	....	scenic artist
Anne Hyvarinen	....	head scenic: Los Angeles
Dean F. Janik	....	signwriter
Tamara A. Kalca	....	construction medic: Los Angeles (as Tamara Kalka)
Erika S. Katz	....	scenic artist
Colin Keech	....	shop craftsman
Russell Kempf	....	stand-by greensman
Claire Kirk	....	art department coordinator
Thomas D. Krausz	....	set dresser: Los Angeles
Mitchell Landsman	....	scenic artist
Joanna Leavens	....	art department production assistant
Miguel López-Castillo	....	assistant art director (as Miguel Lopez-Castillo)
Kevin Mangan	....	greens foreman
Lori Marks	....	scenic stand-by
Brick Mason	....	storyboard artist
Barbra Matis	....	assistant art director
Mike Matus	....	construction medic: Los Angeles
James Mazzola	....	property master
Frank McEldowney	....	greens foreman: Los Angeles
Heather McGehee	....	scenic artist
David McMahon	....	mill foreman
Morgan Miller	....	on-set dresser
Frank Morehead	....	set dresser: Los Angeles (as Frank W. Morehead)
Derek Morgan	....	plasterer
John W. Morgan	....	plasterer (as John Morgan)
Vincent Morsillo	....	greensman
Richard Nordaby	....	greensman (as Rich Nordaby)
Chris O'Neill	....	greensman
Evan O'Neill	....	set dressing production assistant
Randy L. Parisian	....	scenic foreman
Erin Payne	....	scenic artist
Caroline Platiau	....	set dresser: Paris
Sharon Potts	....	third props
Francois Poublan	....	assistant stand-by props: Paris (as François Poublan)
Danny Rea	....	set dresser: Los Angeles
Thomas Reap	....	construction grip
David Rial	....	industrial scenic artist
Mikhail Romanov	....	scenic gang boss
Tamila Romanov	....	scenic artist
Johanna Ruhe	....	set dresser
Carmen S. Santoro	....	construction foreman (as Carmen Santoro)
David Schanker	....	assistant property master
John S. Schlicter	....	scenic artist
Charles J. Scott	....	props
Anne Seibel	....	art director: Paris
Clarissa Shanahan	....	scenic artist
Michael Shellito	....	set decoration foreman
Wayne Shepherd	....	leadman: Los Angeles
Joseph Siwinski	....	leadman
Todd Siwinsky	....	set dresser (as Todd Siwinski)
Duncan M. Spencer	....	key construction grip (as Duncan Spencer)
Dean Stankiewicz	....	shop craftsman
Nancy Stroud	....	scenic artist
Jay C. Stuart Jr.	....	construction grip
Christine Sysko	....	set decoration foreman
Steven Syskon	....	set dresser (as Steve Sysko)
Jeff Tanner	....	swing gang boss
Bedii Tatar	....	construction foreman: Los Angeles
Peter Tupitza	....	scenic artist
Matthew Turner	....	shop craftsman
Erica Vanstone	....	construction office coordinator
Robert S. Vanstone	....	construction foreman
Kora Velikhanly	....	scenic artist
Tim Weston	....	construction grip (as Timothy J. Weston)
Benjamin White	....	shop craftsman (as Benjamin R. White)
Christine Wick	....	assistant set decorator
Jim Williams	....	set decoration buyer
Paul Williams	....	construction coordinator
Linda Yeckley	....	scenic artist
Jolie Scherberger	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Rick Chefalas	....	first assistant sound editor
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ivan Dumas	....	boom operator: Paris
Robert Fernandez	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kenton Jakub	....	adr supervising editor
Tod A. Maitland	....	sound mixer
Paloma Mele	....	apprentice sound editor
Jean-Paul Mugel	....	sound engineer: Paris
Eric Potter	....	sound effects recordist
Jac Rubenstein	....	dialogue editor
Michael Scott	....	boom operator (as Mike Scott)
Wyatt Sprague	....	sound effects editor
Paul Urmson	....	sound designer
Paul Urmson	....	sound effects recordist
Paul Urmson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Urmson	....	supervising sound editor
Steven Visscher	....	foley supervisor (as Steve Visscher)
Scott Waz	....	adr mixer
Jerry Yuen	....	sound utility
Lawrence Zipf	....	sound intern
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist (uncredited)
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
David Blitstein	....	special effects set foreman
Mathieu Cavillon	....	special effects technician: Paris
Ernesto Cornejo	....	mold maker: Quantum Creation FX
Steve Cremin	....	special effects coordinator
Christian Eubank	....	special effects technician (as Christian F. Eubank)
Michael Frechette	....	special effects technician
Anh Le Hoang	....	special effects technician (as Hoang Anh Le)
Philippe Hubin	....	special effects coordinator: Paris
Nick Karas	....	special effects technician
Denis Le Doyen	....	special effects technician: Paris
William D. Lee	....	special effects shop foreman (as Bill Lee)
Russell Lukich	....	special effects makeup
Jean-Christophe Magnaud	....	special effects technician: Paris
Bob Mano	....	mechanical designer: Quantum Creation FX
Lee McConnell	....	special effects technician (as L.A. McConnell)
Brandon K. McLaughlin	....	special effects technician (as Brandon R. McLaughlin)
Thomas Ovenshire	....	mold maker: Quantum Creation FX (as Tom Ovenshire)
Constantine Sekeris	....	conceptual illustrator: Spectral Motion
Patrick Edward White	....	special effects technician
Chris Wolters	....	mechanical designer: Quantum Creation Effects
Kurt Wunder	....	special effects technician
Suma Adams	....	seaming and patching department: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Jacqueline Makkee	....	special effects makeup: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Jill Warner	....	special effects production assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Akemi Abe	....	lead animator: Picture Mill
Akemi Abe	....	lead compositor: Picture Mill
Jonathan Alvord	....	visual effects editor: CafeFx (as Jon Alvord)
Jeff Barnes	....	visual effects production executive: CafeFX (as Jeffrey T. Barnes)
Bradford Berling	....	visual effects art director: Picture Mill
Patrick Brennan	....	compositing supervisor: ILM
Chantell Brown	....	technical assistant
Rif Dagher	....	cg artist: CafeFX
Beth D'Amato	....	digital artist: ILM
Ante Dekovic	....	compositor: CafeFX
Steve Dellerson	....	visual effects
Pallavi Devabhaktuni	....	compositor: CafeFX
David Ebner	....	visual effects supervisor: CafeFX
Katherine Farrar	....	visual effects production manager: ILM
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	visual effects executive producer: Cafe FX (as Vicki Galloway Weimer)
Jeff Goldman	....	compositing supervisor: CafeFX
Bryant Terrell Griffin	....	digital artist: ILM (as Bryant Griffin)
Sarah Grossmann	....	compositor: CafeFX (as Sarah Grossman)
Edward Hirsh	....	visual effects supervisor: ILM (as Ed Hirsh)
David Hochstadter	....	compositor: CafeFX
Michael Honrada	....	digital artist: ILM
Wendy Hulbert	....	visual effects coordinator: CafeFX
Greg Hyman	....	visual effects editor: ILM
Les G. Jones	....	visual effects associate producer: CafeFX
Grzegorz Jonkajtys	....	cg artist: CafeFX (as Greg Jonkajtys)
William Lebeda	....	creative supervisor: Picture Mill
Tim LeDoux	....	compositor: CafeFX
Votch Levi	....	cg artist: CafeFX
Richard Ivan Mann	....	visual effects producer: CafeFX
Brian McGraw	....	production support: ILM
Tory Mercer	....	digital artist: ILM
David Midgen	....	visual effects producer: Picture Mill
Jack Mongovan	....	digital artist: ILM (as John Mongovan)
Douglas L. Moore	....	digital artist: ILM (as Douglas Moore)
Grant Nellessen	....	lead designer: Picture Mill
Jeff Olson	....	visual effects producer: ILM
Desi Ortiz	....	visual effects managing editor: CafeFX (as Desi R. Ortiz)
Alexander Pouchkarev	....	cg artist: CafeFX
Richard R. Reed	....	compositor: CafeFX
Ryan Smith	....	digital artist: ILM
Damian Steel	....	digital artist: ILM
Daniel Sunwoo	....	compositor: CafeFX
Brandon Warner	....	digital artist: ILM
O.D. Welch	....	visual effects production executive: CafeFX
Brian Wolf	....	compositor: CafeFX
Patrick Wolf	....	lead pipeline developer: CafeFX
Danny Braet	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Gene Crucean	....	visual effects generalist (uncredited)
Amit Dhawal	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Jordan Freda	....	roto artist: CafeFX (uncredited)
Rachel Galbraith	....	visual effects production assistant (uncredited)
Mark Intravartolo	....	inferno artist (uncredited)
Shant Jordan	....	compositing supervisor (uncredited)
Apirak Kamjan	....	matchmover: CafeFX (uncredited)
Daniel Lahr	....	assistant visual effects editor: CafeFX (uncredited)
Ryan Martin	....	technical assistant: ILM (uncredited)
Craig Peck	....	visual effects production assistant (uncredited)
Parimal Sandhwar	....	visual effects production manager (uncredited)
Danny Torres	....	systems admistrator (uncredited)
Greg Tse	....	matchmove artist: CafeFX (uncredited)
David Weinstein	....	pre-visualization (uncredited)
Justine Whitehead	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
Jason Michael Zimmerman	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Surly Bernard	....	stunts
Jake Brake	....	stunts
Karen Carbone	....	stunts
Jay Lee Carrado	....	stunts (as Jay Carrado)
Chris Cenatiempo	....	stunts
Alex Chansky	....	stunts (as Alex M. Chansky)
Jennifer Cobb	....	stunts (as Jennifer H. Cobb)
Geovanny Corvera	....	stunts (as Geo Corvera)
Brycen Counts	....	stunts
Steve Cremin	....	stunts
Kevin Derr	....	stunts
Jayson Dumenigo	....	stunts
Julia Dumenigo	....	stunts
Katie Eischen	....	stunts
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts
Peter Epstein	....	stunts
Tina Fuchs	....	stunts (as Tina Fucks Wanner)
Jodi Pynn Gabree	....	stunts
Tim Gallin	....	stunts
Shane Geraghty	....	stunts
Deborah Habberstad	....	stunts (as Debbie Habberstad)
Jeff Habberstad	....	stunt coordinator
Jessica Harbeck	....	stunts (as Jessica L. Harbeck)
Toby Holguin	....	stunts
Keone Kim	....	stunts
Mandy Kowalski	....	stunts
Jake Lombard	....	stunts
Steve Mack	....	stunts
Tina Mckissick	....	stunts (as Tina McKissick)
Kimberly Shannon Murphy	....	stunts
Mick O'Rourke	....	stunts
Christopher Place	....	stunts
Jose L. Rodriguez	....	stunts
Kevin Rogers	....	stunts
Tracey Ruggiero	....	stunts
Michael Russo	....	stunts (as Mike Russo)
Myke Schwartz	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Joanna Shelmidine	....	stunts
Larry M. Shorts	....	stunts (as Larry Shorts)
Rose Sias	....	stunts
Anthony Vincent	....	stunts
Mark Aaron Wagner	....	stunts (as Mark A. Wagner)
Greg Wattkis	....	stunts
Chris Wessels	....	stunts
Michael Ahl	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Johnny Becker	....	precision driving coordinator (uncredited)
Mandy Kowalski	....	stunt double: Megan Mazaika (uncredited)
George Pellegrino	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Angela Bellisio	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Simon Bérard	....	gaffer: Paris (as Simon Berard)
David Brandon	....	rigging electrician
Sheridan Braxton	....	company grip (as Sheridan 'Zip' Braxton)
Jon Breen	....	rigging grip (as Jon C. Breen)
Cynthia Bystrak	....	company grip: Los Angeles
Ryan Callahan	....	company grip
Patrick Capone	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Patrick Capone	....	director of photography: splinter unit
Mark Catania	....	dolly grip
Andre Chemetoff	....	second camera assistant: Paris (as André Chemetoff)
Andrew Reed Conner	....	electrician (as Andrew Conner)
Jason Cortazzo	....	company grip
James M. Cox	....	gaffer: Los Angeles (as Jim Cox)
William Cueto	....	electrician: Los Angeles (as William Cheto)
Glenn Davis	....	basecamp generator operator (as Glenn R. Davis)
Thomas Devine	....	house electric (as Thomas F. Devine)
John Donahue	....	key rigging grip
Jean-François Dubut	....	grip: Paris
Steve Eakins	....	generator operator: Los Angeles
Hugues Espinasse	....	first assistant camera: Paris
Jerry Eubanks	....	electrician: Los Angeles
William P. Fiedler	....	generator operator (as William Fiedler)
Robert Fiore	....	electrician: Los Angeles
Kevin Gallagher	....	rigging grip
Mickael Georgeault	....	electrician: Paris
Bruno Gibier	....	electrician: Paris
Thibaut Guenois	....	grip: Paris
Jonathan Hagen	....	camera production assistant
Arnaud Imbert	....	grip: Paris
Gregory F. Johnson	....	company grip
Walter 'T.J.' Johnson	....	company grip: Los Angeles (as Walter 'Tom' Johnson)
Brian Jordan	....	video assistant utility
Gary Kangrga	....	key grip: Los Angeles
David Kissinger	....	rigging electrician
Ted J. Kredo	....	electrician: Los Angeles (as Ted Kredo)
Hans Krumenacker	....	best boy: Paris (as Hans Kruemenacker)
Cyril Kuhnholtz	....	key grip: Paris
Olivier Leblanc	....	techno crane operator: Paris
Loïc Lepechon	....	generator operator: Paris
Martin Levent	....	camera loader: Paris
Robert D. Liccio Jr.	....	rigging electrician (as Robert J. Liccio Jr.)
Théo Louis Jean	....	best boy grip: Paris (as Théophili Louis-Jean)
Ken McCallum	....	rigging grip (as Kenneth McCallum)
Michael 'Flash' McDonald	....	electrician (as Michael McDonald)
Billy Miller	....	key grip
Charles D. Minter	....	rigging grip
Robert Mock	....	best boy rigging grip (as Robert M. Mock)
Christopher Murphy	....	video assist operator
Tim Nash	....	company grip: Los Angeles
Francine Natale	....	best boy electric
Ed Nessen	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Mathias Othnin-Girard	....	electrician: Paris
Rocco Palmieri	....	rigging gaffer
Tim Pershing	....	company grip: Los Angeles
Lawrence Price	....	electrician
Gerald 'Luke' Quedenfeld	....	rigging grip
Brian Raby	....	electrician
Scott H. Ramsey	....	gaffer (as Scott Ramsey)
Kurt Rimmel	....	dolly grip
Michel Rodas	....	steadicam operator: Paris
Alex Rodriguez	....	best boy: Los Angeles
Zade Rosenthal	....	still photographer
Kyle Rudolph	....	camera operator
Leon Sanginiti	....	additional second assistant camera
I. Nate Scaglione	....	electrician
Lowell Schulman	....	best boy rigging gaffer
Bryce Shields	....	video assist operator: Los Angeles
Tim Shinkle	....	company grip: Los Angeles (as Tom Shinkle)
Jon Sibert	....	best boy grip
Roger Simonsz	....	camera operator: Paris
Baird Steptoe	....	first assistant camera
Larry Troesken	....	company grip: Los Angeles
Vincent Tulasne	....	video assist operator: Paris
James B. Walsh	....	best boy grip: Los Angeles (as Jim Walsh)
David Winner	....	company grip: Los Angeles
Kevin L. Bright	....	dolly grip: "b" camera (uncredited)
Daniel C. Cook	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Nicholas Kay	....	digital imaging technician: second unit (uncredited)
Michael Asa Leonard	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera (uncredited)
Paul C. McKenna	....	technician: Technocrane (uncredited)
Joe Mellon	....	grip (uncredited)
Phil Pastuhov	....	aerial director of photography (uncredited)
Colin J. Peters	....	grip (uncredited)
Ben Schwartz	....	digital imaging technician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Deborah Maxwell Dion	....	casting associate: Los Angeles (as Deborah Dion)
Diane Heery	....	casting: Philadelphia
Sondra James	....	adr voice casting
Franck Jouard	....	extras casting: Paris
Jason Loftus	....	extras casting: Philadelphia
Juliette Ménager	....	casting: Paris (as Juliette Menager)
Deanna Gallucio	....	extras casting associate: New York (uncredited)
Regina Haigh	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Patricia Colin	....	costume supervisor: Paris
Lorraine Crossman	....	costumer: Mr. Wahlberg
Aurélie Dolbeau	....	wardrobe assistant: Paris
Adrienne Greshock	....	set costumer
Heather Hybbert	....	costume production assistant (as Heather Hybert)
Honora Jackson	....	set costumer
Rachel Leek	....	costume supervisor: NY
Olivier Ligen	....	wardrobe assistant: Paris
Kara Morasco	....	tailor
David Paulin	....	ager/dyer
Nick Scarano	....	costume supervisor
Ric Spencer	....	set costumer
Jaizelle Stendardo	....	costume production assistant (as Jaizelle Stenardo)
Hayley Stuppel	....	set costumer
Ann L. Thomas	....	on-set cutter/fitter: Los Angeles
Meg Thornton	....	ager/dyer
Tara White	....	on-set seamstress: Los Angeles

Editorial Department
Daniel Boccoli	....	second assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Luke Franco Ciarrocchi	....	editorial production assistant
Sharon Smith Holley	....	assistant editor: film
Carole A. Kenneally	....	first assistant editor (as Carole Ann Kenneally)
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Joe Violante	....	dailies supervisor (as Joey Violante)
Marisa Clayton	....	digital intermediate producer: Moden VideoFilm (uncredited)
Chris Gennarelli	....	colorist: high definition dailies (uncredited)
Skip Kimball	....	digital intermediate colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Nancy Allen	....	temp music editor
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Chris Bacon	....	score synth programmer
Maya Beiser	....	musician: cello soloist
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew
Kevin Globerman	....	digital score recordist
Mark Graham	....	music preparation: Joann Kane Music Service
Richard Grant	....	auricle control systems
Dave Holden	....	score synth programmer (as Dave Holden)
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Greg Loskorn	....	scoring crew
David Marquette	....	scoring crew
Alan Meyerson	....	music score recordist
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Adam Michalak	....	music score recordist
Julia Newmann	....	score coordinator
David Olson	....	music editor
Suzana Peric	....	temp music editor
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Pamela J. Sollie	....	score coordinator (as Pamela Sollie)
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	score synth programmer
Matthew J. Ward	....	score synth programmer (as Matt Ward)
Jim Weidman	....	supervising music editor
Michael John Mollo	....	orchestration assistant (uncredited)
Patrick Russ	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Andrew Shulman	....	musician: cello soloist (end titles (uncredited))
Mel Wesson	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Bruce J. Baldassarre	....	driver
Ronald Bennett	....	driver
George Bosak	....	driver
Antonio Capetillo	....	driver
Luis Cintron	....	driver
Edward Coe	....	driver
Carl Erb	....	driver: Mr. Wahlberg
Gary Fabiano	....	driver
John Fallon	....	driver
Charles Ferguson	....	driver
Gary R. Fox	....	driver
Frank Gizzi	....	driver
Michael E. Gray	....	driver
Don Greenleaf	....	driver (as Donald Greenleaf)
Michael Gribnau	....	transportation captain: Los Angeles
John Griffith	....	driver (as John T. Griffith)
Joseph Guglielmucci	....	driver (as Joe Guglielmucci Jr.)
Anthony Keane	....	driver
Joseph J. Kelly Jr.	....	driver
Michael Kelly	....	driver
Monroe Lee Sr.	....	driver
Fred Linardis	....	driver
Edward Lynch	....	transportation captain
Thomas Maglio	....	driver
Ed Malseed	....	driver (as Edmond F. Malseed)
Fran Malseed	....	driver: Mr. Shyamalan (as Francis Malseed)
Richard J. Marino	....	driver
Lawrence J. Martucci	....	driver
William McCleery	....	driver
Michael D. McNeil	....	driver
Joseph E. Miller	....	driver
Michael F. Mitchell	....	driver
John Molloy	....	driver
Kenny Moore	....	transportation coordinator: Los Angeles (as Ken Moore)
John Morrone III	....	driver
John Morrone IV	....	driver
George Naylor	....	driver (as George D. Naylor)
George Palladino	....	driver
Vince Riggle	....	driver
John Rowland	....	driver (as John F. Rowland)
Bobby Rucker	....	driver
Adam Schoon	....	transportation secretary
Mark Simms	....	driver
Robert L. Smith	....	driver
James Southrey	....	driver
Charles Spillane	....	transportation captain: New York
John J. Sullivan	....	transportation coordinator
Ken Tanner	....	driver
Joseph Voelker	....	driver
Alfred F. Weiss Jr.	....	driver
Michael A. Williams	....	driver
Joanne Wineland	....	driver
Doug Wright	....	driver
Kelly Yon	....	driver
Mike Zane	....	driver
Corbin Kelly	....	transportation (uncredited)
Kirk Kelly	....	mechanic (uncredited)

Other crew
Keith Adams	....	location manager: New York
Nicole Agostino	....	set production assistant
Jerome Albertini	....	location manager: Paris (as Jérôme Albertini)
Segolene Amice	....	production coordinator: Paris (as Sécolène Amice)
Alex Apple	....	assistant location manager
Emilie Barbault	....	script supervisor: Paris
Michael Chris Barnes	....	assistant craft service (as Michael Barnes)
Tricia Barnes	....	craft service
Mary Berkelbach	....	medic
Adam Bernard	....	set production assistant
Cathy Brighenti	....	assistant: Ms. Buckley
Bettina Browne	....	lion trainer: Los Angeles
Kim Buttlar	....	executive coordinator: Mr. Barber
Cecilia Cardwell	....	studio teacher (as Cecilia M. Cardwell)
Justin Carville	....	assistant accountant: Los Angeles
Sean Carville	....	second assistant accountant
Keith Christensen	....	puppeteer
Tracy L. Connors	....	set production assistant
Chris Coyne	....	assistant location manager: New York
Michele Cusick	....	set production assistant
Amy Cutler	....	assistant to producer
Mary Cybulski	....	script supervisor
Wendy Dallas	....	script supervisor: Los Angeles
Hippolite Dard	....	assistant: extras, Paris (as Hyppolyte Dard)
Wendy de Coito	....	lion trainer: Los Angeles
Anthony DeFrancesco	....	set production assistant (as Anthony DeFranceso)
Denise DePalma	....	medic (as Denise Mallee Depalma)
John DeSimone	....	production coordinator: New York (as John De Simone)
Victoria Dilks	....	medic
Tim Downs	....	location scout
Blake Drummond	....	production secretary: New York
Neal Dusedau	....	assistant: Mr. Mendel
Erin Engman	....	assistant production coordinator
Courtney Esposito	....	assistant: Mr. Shyamalan
Monica Estrada	....	set production assistant
Tessa Ferreyros	....	clearance coordinator
Manuel Figueroa	....	office production assistant: Los Angeles
Florence Fischel	....	location assistant: Paris
Nathalie Ford	....	assistant: Mr. Shyamalan, Paris
Lauren A. Forry	....	assistant: Ms.Deschanel
Lynn Geller	....	studio teacher
Géraldine Gomez	....	assistant: extras, Paris
Fabien Gourmelen	....	office production assistant: Paris
Miguel Gutierrez	....	assistant location manager: Los Angeles
Vanessa Gutin	....	production secretary
Staci Hagenbaugh	....	assistant location manager
Josette Hammerstone	....	location assistant
Lauren Harrison	....	office production assistant
Jordan Heimer	....	office production assistant: Los Angeles
Bill Horton	....	projectionist (as William Horton)
Hilary Hovart	....	ranch representative: Los Angeles
Blair Howley	....	set production assistant
Steve Jacks	....	office production assistant
Jack Jeffris	....	helicopter pilot
Charles 'Man' Johnson	....	film runner (as Man Johnson)
Arnaud Kaiser	....	location assistant: Paris
Madeleine Karpel	....	assistant: Mr. Shyamalan
Kathleen Kelly	....	medic (as Kathi Mallee Kelly)
Nick Klinger	....	office production assistant
Bethany Koshinski	....	second assistant accountant (as Bethany M. Koshinski)
April R. Loutrel	....	assistant: Mr. Shyamalan (as April Harshaw)
Joel Luger	....	office production assistant: Los Angeles
Chris Maltese	....	ranch representative: Los Angeles
Mark Mayer	....	production accountant
Nick McAuliff	....	trainer: New York
Steve McAuliff	....	trainer: New York
Shaun M. McGovern	....	first assistant accountant (as Shaun McGovern)
Martin Chris McIntyre	....	assistant craft service (as Chris McIntyre)
Brian McMillan	....	lion/ranch owner: Los Angeles
Douglas Mercer	....	set production assistant
Murray Miller	....	location manager: Los Angeles
Christie Moreau	....	adr loop group
Géraldine Mouton	....	assistant: extras, Paris (as Géraldine Mouton-Boitard)
Marisa Murphy	....	accounting clerk (as Marisa A. Murphy)
Brian A. Nguyen	....	second assistant: Mr. Wahlberg (as Brian Nguyen)
Brian A. Nguyen	....	trainer: Mr. Wahlberg (as Brian Nguyen)
Timothy D. Orr	....	helicopter pilot (as Tim Orr)
Carrie Park	....	assistant animal coordinator: Los Angeles
Stacy Parker	....	production coordinator: Los Angeles
Douglas Poland	....	office production assistant
Chris Pollard	....	lion trainer: Los Angeles (as Christopher Pollard)
Edward Poveda	....	payroll accountant (as Edward M. Poveda)
Ritesh Rajan	....	office production assistant
Claire Raskind	....	unit publicist
Paviel Raymont	....	key production assistant: Paris
David Raynor	....	production coordinator
Dan Reddy	....	assistant craft service
Paul 'Sled' Reynolds	....	animal coordinator: Los Angeles (as Sled Reynolds)
Bill Richards	....	helicopter pilot (as William Richards)
Pascal Ricuort	....	location production assistant: Paris
Matt Rusk	....	office production assistant
Dee Schuka	....	post-production accountant: Trevanna Post
Jet Shaw	....	lion trainer: Los Angeles
Michelle Siu	....	lion trainer: Los Angeles
James 'Pepper' Sloane	....	security
Nancy A. Terriberry	....	assistant accountant: Los Angeles (as Nancy Terriberry)
Marlena Thomas	....	executive coordinator: Mr. Birnbaum
Andrew L. Ullman	....	location manager (as Andrew Ullman)
Joe Violante	....	dailies supervisor: Technicolor (as Joey Violante)
Paul Wahlberg	....	chef: Mr. Wahlberg
Eric Weinstein	....	assistant: Mr. Wahlberg
Eric Weld	....	lion trainer: Los Angeles
Wendy Wilhite	....	studio teacher
John 'Magic' Wright	....	craft service: Los Angeles
John Wright Jr.	....	assistant craft service: Los Angeles (as John C.V. Wright)
Joshua Youman	....	location assistant (as Joshua S. Youman)
Barbara Young	....	medic
Ramesh Anthony	....	daily script supervisor (uncredited)
Geoffrey Booth	....	unit location assistant: New York (uncredited)
Kristen Boulé	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Angela Cutrone	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
Nekia Daste	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Bianca D'Carpio	....	production assistant: reshoots (uncredited)
Adrienne Dine	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Sean Donnelly	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Richard Graves	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Aaron Hammersley	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Robin Myriah Hatcher	....	assistant: Mike Elizalde (uncredited)
Steve Hertler	....	technician: Pictorvision XR (uncredited)
Kirk Kelly	....	auto mechanic (uncredited)
Michael Kelly	....	auto mechanic (uncredited)
Bobby Kennedy	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
Harry Lapham	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jim McNutt	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Brian Mignone	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
Sean Oliver	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Sharon Pinkenson	....	film commissioner (uncredited)
Travis Rehwaldt	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Peter Pamela Rose	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Marlena Schaefer	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
Brian Michael Scully	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Greg Smith	....	animal trainer (uncredited)
Will Swan	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Lucie Terranova	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Mariellen Ward	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Julia Yorks	....	voice actor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Blinding Edge Pictures
• Dune Entertainment (in association with)
• Spyglass Entertainment
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• UTV Motion Pictures
• UTV

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (special edition)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• UTV Motion Pictures (2008) (India) (all media)

Special Effects

• CafeFX (visual effects)
• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (visual effects and animation)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio (opticals)
• Picture Mill, The (additional visual effects)
• Quantum Creation FX (special make-up effects)
• Spectral Motion (make-up effects)
• Third Floor, The (pre-visualization)

Other Companies

• Greater Philadelphia Film Office  special thanks
• Animal Actors  animals: New York
• C5  foley recording facility
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• David Haddad  transportation equipment
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Executive Assurance  security
• Film Art  art consulting
• Fisher Technical Services Rentals  camera & performer flying system
• Haddad's  transportation equipment
• Hat Trick Catering  catering: Los Angeles
• Hollywood Rentals Productions Services  lighting equipment and trucks (as Hollywood Rentals)
• Hollywood Studio Symphony  music performed by
• James Newton Howard Studios  score mixed at
• James Newton Howard Studios  score recorded at
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation (as Joann Kane Music Service)
• Modern VideoFilm  digital scanning and recording
• Pacific Title  opticals (as Pacific Title & Art Studio)
• Panavision Remote Systems  remote cranes and heads
• Peninsula Films  production services: France
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system
• Picture Mill, The  main and end titles designed by (as Picture Mill)
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Sony Pictures Studios Scoring Stage  score recorded at (as Sony Scoring Stage)
• Star Waggons  cast trailers
• Star Waggons  hair and make-up trailers
• Star Waggons  production trailers
• Tony's Food Service  catering
• Trevanna Post  post-production accounting
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Green Planet (USA) (working title)
The Green Effect (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violent and disturbing images.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA | India

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:15A | Norway:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:PG | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R13 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Brazil:16 | Italy:VM14 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #44343) | Taiwan:R-12 | Japan:PG-12 | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:16 (cut) (theatrical version) | Sweden:15 | Austria:14 | Denmark:15 | South Africa:16LV | Canada:14A | India:A (cinema release) | New Zealand:R16 (DVD re-rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Spain:15 (DVD rating) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

100 W 18th St, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Blinding Edge Pictures

Trivia:

M. Night Shyamalan's first film to have an R rating.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Westover Military Base is an Air Force Reserve Base. The Private should be an Airman.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin: I forgot where I am.
Woman Reading on Bench: You're at the place where the killers meet to decide what to do with the crippled girl.

Movie Connections:

References Ghostbusters II (1989)

Soundtrack:

Piano Concerto Nº21 In C K467 ('Elvira Madigan': 2.Andante)

Why this film is important...and why people don't like it that way:

I was disappointed to see such harsh reviews from the critics when there are clearly much sillier and stupid films out there. "Zohan" was about 60% at rotten tomatoes, while "The Happening" was at 14%. The disappointment didn't last long when I realized, given the information above, if critics had liked this movie, that might have been a bad thing. I focused my attention on interviews with Shyamalan himself talking about the film instead of the pretentious critics who have grown accustom to hating his movies. I decided to take HIS advice and go into the theater looking for a "fun B movie".

You will find that, and so much more. This movie is not your average thriller by any means. "The Happening" holds a solid "Twilight Zone" feel without being cliché or overused. This might be why the average masses didn't like it. We are used to being fed sequel after sequel after remake after remake. Don't get me wrong, those are fun movies to watch but the ART of film is being lost. The stereotypic perfect leading man who is smooth, witty, handsome and quick thinking who always saves the day will not be found in this film. Nor will the overuse of incredible special effects, slashing and squirting blood and gore, erotic sex scenes, fast paced chases, or crude language. Yes, the content is uncomfortable and disturbing and times, but it has a point. It's not goring for the sake of being goring and it's not uncontrolled in it's violence.

This film is simple. It has flawed and awkward characters who don't always say the smoothest thing. Everyone is imperfect and they don't handle the situations in the best "hollywood" type manner. Shyamalan did this on purpose. This movie is not paced for the "entertain me entertain me entertain me entertain me" type audiences we have mostly become. You are given the elements, but it's up to you to be able to slow down and feel the emotions in order to appreciate the film. The parable and meaning are so much deeper and innocent than what is popularized in media today. It will challenge you. It will make you think.

"The Happening" on the outside is a very fun and funny film. It is a "B" movie on the surface because of it's amazing simplicity, but by the end of the film you realize what it's actually all about. It's sad to see that so many people have completely missed it.

Bottom line: If you liked his other films, you must see this one, it falls into the ranks of everything made before Lady. If you didn't like his other films, stick to boring remakes and sequels.