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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Nathaniel Kahn
Writer:
Melissa Foster (writer)
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Release Date:
18 July 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
The Happening
 (From The AV Club. 12 June 2008, 2:17 PM, PDT)

Marketing Campaign for Disney Film Goes Over the Top
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 19 July 2004)

User Comments:
What a Great Idea! more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Billy Arrowood ... Himself - Location Scout

Adrien Brody ... Himself
Deepak Chopra ... Himself - Author

Johnny Depp ... Himself
Sean Andrew Fash ... Himself
Callum Greene ... Himself
Adrian M. Hickman ... Video Store Manager
Nathaniel Kahn ... Himself

Maggie Kiley ... Cecilia Meadows

Ilana Levine ... Publicist
Brick Mason ... Himself - Storyboard Artist

Griffin Newman ... Teenage Fan

Chandler Parker ... Javier Ortega
Sharon Pinkenson ... Herself - Film Commissioner

Jicky Schnee ... Jennifer

M. Night Shyamalan ... Himself
Benjamin Smolen ... Shyamalan fan
John F. Street ... Himself - Mayor of Philadelphia
Greg Urban ... Himself - Anthropology Professor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
M. Night: Portrait of a Filmmaker (USA) (working title)
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Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Singapore:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This entire film was a mocumentary that was advertised as an unauthorized bio of reclusive director M. Night Shyamalan. After going so far as Shyamalan reporting to the press that he was upset about the release of this film, many fans and journalists became upset when they later learned it was all a hoax. The Sci-fi channel released an apology a few days before release for their campaign strategies. more
Movie Connections:
References Psycho (1960) more

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26 out of 28 people found the following comment useful:-
What a Great Idea!, 24 July 2004
9/10
Author: Daryl-7 from Columbus, Ohio

It seems like some people are whining that this was probably fake. Huh? Of course it was fake. I would think anyone could tell that within minutes of the opening.

But think about the idea. Either someone pitched this idea to M. Night or he thought of it himself. We need to do a "puff piece" on the upcoming movie "The Village" but, goddamn it, this is M. Night Shyamalan! We can't just do a normal thing - interview the actors, hype the movie, etc. (think Catwoman). "Oh, he's such a great director, y'know." "I loved working with her, she's so professional, y'know." "There was such great chemistry, blah, blah, blah." Y'know??

Instead, we'll treat the whole puff piece as if it was an M. Night conspiracy story, except the conspiracy involves M. Night himself! Then we'll farm it out to the Sci Fi channel and pretend that it was SUPPOSED TO be a puff piece but then the director changed it in midstream to this expose on M. Night's personal story.

It's genius, I think. They fit all the things that are noticeably about M. Night into the plot. Why does he live in Philly instead of L.A. like all the other directors? Why has he had such great success at such a young age? How does his Indian heritage play into his direction? Why is he so private? Why are his latest movies all so dark? Why does he write the scripts and direct?

Congratulations to the creators of this fake-umentary. We loved every minute of it, and my view of the Sci Fi Channel just went up 150 points. You guys rock.

As for the back-and-forth of whether it's fake? Get over it.

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