M. Night Shyamalan

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Manoj Night Shyamalan (also name M. Night Shyamalan) is an movie director who made some a film of: The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Last Airbender^[1].

History

Born in India in 1970, M. Night Shyamalan later moved to the United States, where he became a filmmaker and screenwriter known for focusing on supernatural plots. By the time he graduated from New York University in 1993, he had already written, directed and starred in his first full-length feature, Praying With Anger. Shyamalan truly made a name for himself in 1999 with the release of The Sixth Sense, his most well-known film, which went on to garner six Academy Award nominations.

Shyamalan signed on in 1997 to rewrite the screenplay for Stuart Little, the popular family film released in 1999 and featuring Michael J. Fox as the voice for the titular animated mouse. By the time Stuart Little was released over the 1999 holiday season, Shyamalan's third directorial effort, the supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense, had become a critically-acclaimed smash hit, earning more than $600 million worldwide by early 2000. The film, starring Bruce Willis as a child psychologist and 11-year-old Haley Joel Osment as a disturbed boy visited by ghosts, scored six Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture and two for Shyamalan himself for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

He reportedly received $5 million (a record sum for a script written on spec) for his next feature, Unbreakable, also a supernatural thriller. Released in November 2000 and costarring Willis and Samuel L. Jackson, Unbreakable was one of the most anticipated films of the year. Unbreakable did well at the box office, but not as good as Shyamalan's next effort. Signs (2002), starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix, brought in more than $400 million worldwide.

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What a Twist!

“What a Twist!” is an expression referencing the signature plot twists. The phrase was originally quoted in an episode of the Adult Swim cartoon show Robot Chicken titled “The Twist,” aired on April 17th, 2005. In the episode, a clay-animated character parodying M. Night Shyamalan says the line after a twist ending is revealed.

I See Dead People

“I See Dead People” is a memorable quote from the 1999 supernatural horror film The Sixth Sense. On the web, both the original line and its snowclone variations have been used to mock a particular group of people for their behaviors or stereotypes.

Racebending

The Last Airbender Casting Controversy (known as Racebending) began in December of 2008, when Entertainment Weekly published the a list of the leading cast members for the upcoming film The Last Airbender , based on the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender . Many fans were outraged to see that director had chosen an all-white cast to play the leading characters, who were all reputably Asian and Inuit in the cartoon version. This is a common Hollywood tactic known as “whitewashing”. A few months later, pop singer Jesse McCartney, who was to play the main antagonist Zuko, was replaced by Dev Patel due to the filming conflicting with McCartney’s tour dates. Many speculated that this would end the race controversy, since Patel was Indian. However, Patel’s addition to the cast only fuelled the controversy, as fans cited that the only leading minority was cast as the film’s villain.

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External References

^[1] Wikipedia – M. Night Shyamalan