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Key Information
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| Directors: |
M. Night Shyamalan |
| Stars: |
John Leguizamo |
| Actors: |
Ashlyn Sanchez |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Plants · Families · Mystery · Thriller · |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Canadian; Pan and Scan; Sensormatic; Widescreen |
| UPC: |
024543532897 |
| Release Date: |
2008 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 30min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Canadian; Pan and Scan; Sensormatic; Widescreen, 1hr 31min
Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (October 07, 2008)
UPC: 024543532903 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
M. Night Shyamalan |
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Professional Reviews
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(06/13/2008, Manohla Dargis): "[With] moments of shivery and twitchy suspense and a solid lead performance from Mark Wahlberg." |
| More Information |
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In THE HAPPENING, M. Night Shyamalan serves up over-the-top, apocalyptic strangeness. The film opens onto New York City's Central Park with a crowd of people enjoying an idyllic summer day. The carefree scene soon takes a terrifying turn, when out of nowhere, hordes of people begin to commit suicide en masse. People scramble to make sense of the pandemonium, and many believe it is a terrorist attack. It appears that some sort of deadly toxin is being released into the air. Cut to Elliot (Mark Wahlberg) a science teacher in Philadelphia. When he learns of the attack on New York, he meets up with his wife Alma (Zooey Deschanel), his friend Julian (John Leguizamo), and Julians's daughter, Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez). They make plans to get out of the city via train, but the train is evacuated in the middle of a small Pennsylvania town. When they learn that the mysterious toxin is spreading its way across the Northeast, they break up into groups, with Elliot, Alma, and Jess running through open farmland in search ... |
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