‘Philadelphia is home. If you’re making movies about people you know and love, you want them set in a place you know and love’
A virtually unknown director from the suburbs of Philadelphia managed to pull off a blockbuster release during a sleepy summer month at just 29 years old. A newcomer called M. Night Shyamalan shocked the world withSince 1999, the psychological thriller starring Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, and Toni Collette has been endlessly dissected, praised, and spoofed — from’s Philadelphia premiere. In honor of the film’s 25th anniversary, we take a look back at this unexpected classic.
but he finally landed on the supernatural story following a child who sees ghosts and his therapist .and praying that the film was good enough to pay for the room. It was: The script provoked a bidding war before Disney picked it up for $3 million., the city’s charm blends well with Shyamalan’s sinister mood-making..
Shyamalan worked with Sharon Pinkenson, longtime head of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, to secure permits to film across South Philly, Society Hill, and, where Osment’s character Cole Sear seeks safety and opens up to Willis’ Malcolm Crowe. Peirce College served as Cole’s school, and he lived with his mom in a brick home near Fitler Square at 2302 Saint Albans Street.That leafy street particularly stuck out to Shyamalan when he was scouting locations.
It catapulted Shyamalan into cinematic history, receiving six Oscar nominations, including best director and original screenplay. While Philadelphians may have mixed feelings about their hometown director’s movies since then,
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