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5.4When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?
Cast
- Mark Wahlberg as Elliot Moore
- Zooey Deschanel as Alma Moore
- John Leguizamo as Julian
- Ashlyn Sanchez as Jess
- Betty Buckley as Mrs. Jones
- Spencer Breslin as Josh
Themes
- suicide
- husband wife relationship
- tree
- natural disaster
- crisis
- park
- nature
- strange behavior
- virus
- unexplained
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Ratings
IMDb
5/10
225,925 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
17%
Metacritic
34/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 wins & 10 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Written by
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Produced by
- M. Night Shyamalan Sam Mercer Barry Mendel
- Starring
- Mark Wahlberg Zooey Deschanel John Leguizamo Betty Buckley
- Cinematography
- Tak Fujimoto
- Edited by
- Conrad Buff
- Music by
- James Newton Howard
- Production companies
- 20th Century Fox UTV Motion Pictures Spyglass Entertainment Blinding Edge Pictures
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox (Worldwide) UTV Motion Pictures (India)
- Release dates
- June 10, 2008 ( 2008-06-10 ) (New York City) June 13, 2008 ( 2008-06-13 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 90 minutes
- Countries
- United States India
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $48–60 million
- Box office
- $163.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Suicide
- Director
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Screenwriter
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Composer
- James Newton Howard
- Producer
- Barry Mendel
- Production company
- UTV Motion Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Tak Fujimoto
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Philadelphia
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 177614
- Performer
- James Newton Howard
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thehappeningmovie.com
- Image
- The happening - Festival de Cannes.jpg
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- publication date
- 2008-06-12
- Commons category
- The Happening (2008 film)
- title
- The Happening
- film editor
- Conrad Buff IV
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Jeannine Oppewall
- review score
- 34/100
- different from
- Time of Desires
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Encyclopedic overview
The Happening is a 2008 science fiction thriller film produced, written, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, and Betty Buckley. The story revolves around an inexplicable natural disaster causing mass suicides.
The Happening premiered in New York City on June 10, 2008, and was theatrically released in the United States by 20th Century Fox on June 13. It was a box-office success, grossing $163 million worldwide against a budget of up to $60 million. The film received negative reviews upon release, with criticism of its acting, characters, writing, and Shyamalan's direction. However, it earned some reappraisal by those who viewed it as a "B movie", as Shyamalan intended, noting its usage of classic tropes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Happening” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.