Q 01/05

Which future Superbad star auditioned to play Cole Sear in The Sixth Sense?

A) Michael Cera

B) Jonah Hill

C) Jesse Eisenberg

D) Shia LaBeouf

Answer · why

A) Michael Cera

Michael Cera auditioned for Cole, and Liam Aiken was offered the role but turned it down; Shyamalan worried Osment's video audition was too sweet and ...

Q 02/05

Which December 1999 family film, released four months after The Sixth Sense, did M. Night Shyamalan co-write?

A) Babe: Pig in the City

B) Stuart Little

C) The Iron Giant

D) Dr. Dolittle

Answer · why

B) Stuart Little

Stuart Little, co-written with Greg Brooker from E. B. White's novel, opened on December 17, 1999 with Michael J. Fox voicing the mouse: a twist-free ...

Q 03/05

The Sixth Sense opened on August 6, 1999, which was also what milestone for its writer-director?

A) His wedding day

B) His NYU graduation

C) His 29th birthday

D) His first child's birth

Answer · why

C) His 29th birthday

His 29th birthday: Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan was born on August 6, 1970, and raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, so the biggest release of his caree...

Q 04/05

Bruce Willis took The Sixth Sense to repay Disney for the collapse of which unfinished 1997 film?

A) Hudson Hawk

B) Striking Distance

C) Last Man Standing

D) Broadway Brawler

Answer · why

D) Broadway Brawler

Broadway Brawler collapsed in 1997 and, rather than sue, Disney signed Willis to three discounted films: Armageddon, The Sixth Sense and The Kid, whic...

Q 05/05

How many Oscars did The Sixth Sense win from its six Academy Award nominations?

A) One

B) Two

C) Zero

D) Three

Answer · why

C) Zero

Zero, and its four BAFTA nominations also went unrewarded; its trophies came from the Satellite Awards, for writing and editing, and the Saturn Awards...