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The Happening

Year:
Duration:
91 min
Genres:
Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB rate:
5.1
Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2008-06-13
Filming Locations: 100 W 18th St, New York City, New York, USA
Earnings
Budget: $48,000,000
Opening Weekend: $30,517,109 (USA) (15 June 2008)
Gross: $64,506,874 (USA) (18 September 2008)
Cast
Actor
Character
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
The Happening
Mark Wahlberg
Elliot Moore
Zooey Deschanel
Alma Moore
Ashlyn Sanchez
Jess
Betty Buckley
Mrs. Jones
Spencer Breslin
Josh
Robert Bailey Jr.
Jared
Frank Collison
Nursery Owner
Jeremy Strong
Private Auster
Alan Ruck
Principal
Victoria Clark
Nursery Owner's Wife
M. Night Shyamalan
Joey (voice)
Alison Folland
Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin
Kristen Connolly
Woman Reading on Bench
Cornell Womack
Construction Foreman
Curtis McClarin
Construction Crew Member
Robert Lenzi
Jake
Derege Harding
Train Conductor
Kerry O'Malley
Woman on Cell Phone
Shayna Levine
Teenage Girl in Jeep
Stéphane Debac
French Bicyclist
Cyrille Thouvenin
French Bicyclist's Friend
Babita Hariani
Medical Correspondent
Alicia Taylor
U.S. Reporter
Edward James Hyland
Professor Kendall Wallace
Armand Schultz
Talk Show Host
Stephen Singer
Dr. Ross
Sophie Burke
Student Named Laura
Alex Van Kooy
Boy in Class
Charlie Saxton
Student Named Dylan
Kathy Hart
Vice Principal
Lisa Furst
Teacher in Auditorium (as Lisa Gunn)
Rick Foster
Railway Police Officer
Marc H. Glick
P.A. System Conductor
Don Castro
Philadelphia Police Officer
Bill Chemerka
Taxi Driver - Sal
Jann Ellis
Older Woman with Dog
Whitney Sugarman
Passenger
Mary Ellen Driscoll
Woman Passenger
Greg Wood
Passenger at Counter
Peter Appel
Diner Owner
Eoin O'Shea
Passenger #1
Michael Quinlan
Passenger #2
Lyman Chen
Passenger #3
Brian O'Halloran
Jeep Driver (as Brian C. O'Halloran)
Megan Grace
Jeep Passenger #1 (as Megan Mazaika)
Rich Chew
Jeep Passenger #2 (as Richard Chew)
Keith Bullard
Man in Crowd at Crossroads (as Keith E. Bullard)
Joel de la Fuente
Realtor (as Joel De La Fuente)
Ashley Brimfield
Woman in Group
Mara Hobel
Woman with Hands Over Ears
James Breen
Farmhouse Voice (voice) (as James 'Jimbo' Breen)
Carmen Bitonti
Mangled Construction Worker
Brian Anthony Wilson
Arguing Man in Crowd
Greg Smith
Zoo Employee (as Greg Smith Aldridge)
Ukee Washington
Local News Anchor
John Ottavino
Network News Anchor
Sid Doherty
Radio News Anchor
Wes Heywood
Radio Voice (voice)
Nancy Sokerka
Radio Caller Fay (voice)
Julia Yorks
Young Woman Voice on Phone (voice)
Bill Shusta
Radio Newsman (voice)
Kirk Penberthy
Radio Announcer (voice)
Alex Craft
Truck Passenger Boy
Allie Habberstad
Truck Passenger Girl
Alexander Emmert
Wandering Man in Park
Frank Aptacy
Dog Walker (uncredited)
Michael Biscardi
Jogger in the Park (uncredited)
Robert Bizik
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Anthony C. Brown
College Student (uncredited)
Lee Burkett
Urban Refugee (uncredited)
Jennifer Butler
Screaming Mother (uncredited)
Catherine Cahill
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Chelsea Connell
High School Student (uncredited)
Austin Cope
Extra (uncredited)
Adam Danoff
Jogger in Philadelphia (uncredited)
Michael Den Dekker
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Christian Dorsey
Traveler (uncredited)
Farris Ellington
Girl in Rural Group 2 (uncredited)
Robert Fazio
Young Businessman (uncredited)
Ruben Fischman
Businessman on Train (uncredited)
Devon Franklin
Student (uncredited)
Leilani Goode
Train Station Patron (uncredited)
Richard Graves
College Student (uncredited)
Thomas M. Hagen
Nervous Traveler (uncredited)
Mark Jacobson
Conductor (uncredited)
William James Kelly
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Basil Kershner
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Steven J. Klaszky
Train Conductor #2 (uncredited)
Michael J. Kraycik
Businessman (uncredited)
Dustin LaValley
Extra (uncredited)
Traci Law
Train Passenger #3 (uncredited)
Nicole Lee
Tourist (uncredited)
Roberto Lombardi
Father in Elliot's Group (uncredited)
Art Lyle
Businessman (uncredited)
Nicholas Alexander Martino
Student with Skateboard (uncredited)
Chris McMullin
School Maintainance Man (uncredited)
Jeffrey Mowery
Backwords Walker (uncredited)
Ken Myers
Businessman (uncredited)
Mauricio Ovalle
Construction Crew (uncredited)
Sophia Paulmier
Student Talking on Phone (uncredited)
Charles Pendelton
Restroom Patron (uncredited)
Nikki Prantil
Last Child to Die (uncredited)
Mark Pricskett
Diner Local (uncredited)
Vincent Riviezzo
Traveler (uncredited)
Sam Rocco
Passenger (uncredited)
Jordan Romero
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Megan Rose
Cafe Guest (uncredited)
Kurt Runkle
Urban Refugee (uncredited)
Christina Sampson
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Ben Samuels
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Chuck Schanamann
Businessman (uncredited)
Adam Schoon
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Eugene Smith
Business Man (uncredited)
Lee Squire
Student (uncredited)
Samantha Steffen
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Joseph Tornatore
Train Conductor #3 (uncredited)
Scott Troost
Young Man Walking Backwards (uncredited)
Jared Uhrich
Jogger in the Park (uncredited)
Dan Van Wert
Police Officer (uncredited)
Catrina Villani
Student (uncredited)
Joseph Villani
Student (uncredited)
Kimberly Villanova
Passenger (uncredited)
Mike Wilson
Business Traveler (uncredited)
John Wooten
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Scott Yannick
Park Bench Newspaper Reader (uncredited)
Stosh Zona
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
The film's tagline - "We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening." - referring to M. Night Shyamalan wrote and directed The Sixth Sense (1999), Signs (2002), and The Happening.
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Just after Alma reads the result of her pregnancy test, the camera zooms to her face. Looking closely, her left eye appears to be heart-shaped. Zooming in reveals that an overhead light is reflecting off her eye giving the heart shape appearance. If you zoom in on her other eye, it also appears to be heart-shaped right before the next scene, but you can also see the overhead light.
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M. Night Shyamalan's first film in which he does not physically appear for a cameo. He is the voice of 'Joey', who calls Alma a few times throughout the movie. The audience never sees him or learns of his fate.
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Goofs
A lion can't rip a person's arm off without biting through connective tissues.
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When the cell phone video shows a man getting mauled at the zoo, the phone and a woman's fingers are perfectly still. Later, the same women has the same phone from a different angle, and she is constantly shaking
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The man in the lion cage was obviously shot on green screen. The lighting between the man and the rest of the scene doesn't match.
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Quotes
Elliot Moore: You're not interested in what happened to the bees?
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Principal: [to concerned teachers] Alright, there appears to be an event happening. Central Park was just hit by what seems to be a terrorist attack. They're not clear on the scale yet. It's some kind of airborne chemical toxin that's been released in and around the park. They said to watch for warning signs. The first stage is confused speech. The second stage is physical disorientation, loss of direction. The third stage... is fatal.
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Private Auster: [yelling while becoming disoriented] My firearm is my friend! It will not leave my side!
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Faq
Q
What's with the mood ring? They never explained it!
A
The mood ring was to show that the characters never gave off bad energy. That is why they remained unaffected. In actuality, of course, mood rings react only to temperature, which can fluctuate in response to many possible moods.
Q
What's wrong with that old lady? What's with the doll in her house?
A
There's a small backstory stated in the "making of" feature on the DVD: She lost her husband in a war years earlier, so she decided to isolate herself from society, ultimately turning paranoid. She was in the film to foreshadow how Alma could turn out if she continued to behave as she had been doing (not showing her emotions, isolating herself from her husband, etc.).
Q
What's the exact answer to Julian's penny riddle?
A
If you received a penny on Day 1, 2 pennies on Day 2, and 4 pennies on Day 3 etc., you would end up with over 10 million dollars in a month. Here are the amounts you'd receive on each day:Day 1 $0.01 Day 2 $0.02 Day 3 $0.04 Day 4 $0.08 Day 5 $0.16 Day 6 $0.32 Day 7 $0.64 Day 8 $1.28 Day 9 $2.56 Day 10 $5.12 Day 11 $10.24 Day 12 $20.48 Day 13 $40.96 Day 14 $81.92 Day 15 $163.84 Day 16 $327.68 Day 17 $655.36 Day 18 $1,310.72 Day 19 $2,621.44 Day 20 $5,242.88 Day 21 $10,485.76 Day 22 $20,971.52 Day 23 $41,943.04 Day 24 $83,886.08 Day 25 $167,772.16 Day 26 $335,544.32 Day 27 $671,088.64 Day 28 $1,342,177.28 Day 29 $2,684,354.56 Day 30 $5,368,709.12 Day 31 $10,737,418.24.The riddle is asking for the total amount that you would have received by the end of the month. So the exact answer is found after summing up these amounts. If the month has 30 days then the exact total sum would be $10,737,418.23, and if the month has 31 days then the exact total sum would be $21,474,836.47.
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