Thriller ·Science Fiction · United States of America · 2008 · 1h 30m

The Happening

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Director
M. Night Shyamalan
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
Crew
Tak Fujimoto — Director of Photography Conrad Buff IV — Editor James Newton Howard — Original Music Composer M. Night Shyamalan — Screenplay Deven Khote — Producer Sam Mercer — Producer
Tagline

We've sensed it. We've seen the signs. Now...it's happening.

Synopsis

When 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?

Trailer The Happening — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
suicidehusband wife relationshiptreenatural disastercrisisparknaturestrange behaviorvirusunexplainedtoxinunprecedented
Key Collaborators
M. Night Shyamalan Director Tak Fujimoto Director of Photography Conrad Buff IV Editor James Newton Howard Original Music Composer M. Night Shyamalan Screenplay Deven Khote Producer Sam Mercer Producer M. Night Shyamalan Producer Barry Mendel Producer Jose L. Rodriguez Producer John Rusk Producer Jeannine Oppewall Production Design
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