The 6th Sense

In this chilling psychological thriller, eight-year-old Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) is haunted by a dark secret: He is visited by ghosts. A helpless and reluctant channel, Cole is terrified by threatening visitations from those with unresolved problems who appear from the shadows. Confused by his paranormal powers, Cole is too young to understand his purpose and too terrified to tell anyone about his torment, except child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis). As Dr. Crowe tries to uncover the ominous truth about Cole's supernatural abilities, the consequence for client and therapist is a jolt that awakens them both to something harrowing -- and unexplainable.

The Sixth Sense achieved an extraordinary box office success - 5 consecutive weeks in the number one slot in 1999 - as well as Bruce Willis' best film yet surpassing Armageddon. The People's Choice Awards just released their results with The Sixth Sense the winning film and Bruce Willis best actor.

M. Night Shyamalan, director

He began shooting films at the age of 10 in his native city of Philadelphia. At the age of 17 with 45 short films behind him, he decided to study cinema at the Tisch School of Arts. In 1992 he made the film Praying with Anger, which was a triumph at Toronto and won best film from the American Film Institute. In 1995, he adapted E.B. Whites "Stuart Little" for Columbia Pictures and made his second feature, Wide Awake, in 1997.

Despite his young age, 28, his maturity and prowess inspired the confidence of Hollywood Pictures and the producers, and the project was negotiated in a day's time. Shyamalan's sensibility into the behavior of the human psyche is rooted in his Indian origins, born in Madras.

"Sixth Sense is in the same vein as Rosemary's Baby and Repulsion [by Roman Polanski], a film genre that anchors fear in reality. The situations and emotions are played by credible characters, both child and adult, that we all know. I had already worked with children in Wide Awake, but the character Cole was particularly complex. It was absolutely necessary to find the right actor…and this search was exhausting. And then Haley arrived. Each word, each subtlety and inflexion was perfect."

" In all movies, there is an underlying thread of magic. That is to say, an element that is not written in, that we cannot express in words, something like its soul…"

Bruce Willis, Malcolm Crowe

His filmography debuted in 1980 with The First Deadly Sin and conatins a collection of more than 35 films heading into the year 2000. He has just accepted to star in M. Night Shyamalan's next film opposite Samuel L. Jackson.

"I can only count three times where I decide on a role after the first script reading and one of those was The Sixth Sense. I was lucky to play opposite talented actresses - Olivia Wlliams and Toni Collette - as well as the young Haley Joel Osment. I have never before met such a talented child actor. He stands up to the best adult actors that I've worked with over the years."

Haley Joel Osment - Cole Sear

At 5, Haley began his screen presence on the television. In 1995, he won a Youth in Film award for his role as Tom Hanks' son in Forrest Gump. He was partner to Gerard Depardieu and Whoopi Goldberg in Norman Jewison's Bogus and won another youth award for his role in Last Stand at Saber River starring Tom Selleck.