No.086　《The Sixth Sense》　第六感　到底谁真的需要帮助

英文导读

The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American psychological horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

In this tense tale of psychological terror, Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a child psychologist whose new patient has a problem far outside his usual area of expertise. Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) is six-years-old and claims to see and talk the spirits of dead people all around him. It seems that Cole has psychic powers and can channel the ghosts of those who were troubled. Cole doesn't understand his powers, and he has little control over them; he's constantly terrified by what he sees, and Dr. Crowe is the only one with whom he feels he can share this secret. However, as the doctor digs deeper into Cole's strange powers, it leads to strange and unexpected consequences for both of them. M. Night Shyamalan, who wrote and directed the film, has a small role as Dr. Hill.

The film had a production budget of approximately $40 million (plus $25 million for prints and advertising). It grossed$26.6 million in its opening weekend and spent five weeks as the No. 1 film at the U.S. box office. It earned $293,506,292 in the United States and a worldwide gross of $672,806,292, ranking it 35th on the list of box-office money earners in the U.S. as of April 2010. In the United Kingdom, it was given at first a limited release at 9 screens, and entered at No. 8 before climbing up to No. 1 the next week with 430 theatres playing the film.

By vote of the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, The Sixth Sense was awarded the Nebula Award for Best Script during 1999. The film was No. 71 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments, for the scene where Cole encounters a female ghost in his tent. It was also recently named the 89th Best Film of all time by the American Film Institute during 2007.

The line "I see dead people" from the film became a popular catchphrase after its release, scoring No. 44 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes. The Sixth Sense also scored 60th place on AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills, honoring America's most "heart pounding movies". It also appears on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition), a list of America's 100 greatest movies of all time.

The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (M. Night Shyamalan), Best Supporting Actor (Haley Joel Osment), Best Supporting Actress (Toni Collette), Best Original Screenplay (M. Night Shyamalan) and Best Editing (Andrew Mondshein).

获奖情况

2000年第72届奥斯卡：最佳影片提名、最佳导演提名、最佳男配角提名、最佳女配角提名、最佳原创剧本提名、最佳剪辑提名。

影片信息

导演：M·奈特·沙马兰

编剧：M·奈特·沙马兰

主演：布鲁斯·威利斯、海利·乔·奥斯蒙、托妮·克莱特、奥莉维亚·威廉姆斯

类型：剧情、悬疑、惊悚、恐怖

制片国家（地区）：美国

上映日期：1999-08-06（美国）

片长：107分钟

又名：《灵异第六感》《鬼眼》

剧情简介

麦克（布鲁斯·威利斯　饰）是一位著名的儿童心理学家，但是，却也有一些始终没有办法治愈的患者，甚至因此遭到了枪击，这名试图枪杀他的少年，随后开枪自杀。

这次事件，给麦克带来了巨大的心理阴影，他决心要克服这类疾病。1年后，他找到另一个症状很像那名患者的男孩柯尔（海利·乔·奥斯蒙　饰），并耐心地做起了他的治疗医生。柯尔并不容易接近，但麦克还是靠着耐心，慢慢赢得了他的信任，并且得知了柯尔的秘密。原来柯尔有着灵异的第六感，可以看到鬼魂。虽然这令人感到不可思议，但麦克在证实了事情的真相后，耐心地帮助柯尔接受了这个不合常理的事实。

可是就在问题即将圆满结束的时候，麦克却在柯尔的引导下，发现了一个更令人震惊的秘密……

制作花絮

影片中的台词“I see dead people”在美国电影研究会的电影引用台词榜上排第44位。

历史上只有4部恐怖片曾获得过奥斯卡最佳影片提名，本片便是其中之一。

据说海利·乔·奥斯蒙得到柯尔角色的原因有三：首先他是最佳人选；其次他是唯一系领带参加试镜的小演员；再者导演沙马兰因奥斯蒙在试镜前夜一口气将剧本看了三遍而深感意外。

2007年，本片入选美国电影学院评选的“影史百部佳片”排行榜，名列第89位。

导演M·奈特·沙马兰生于医生世家，家里有多位亲戚都是医生，这也是为什么他会以一个医生的配角形象出现在片中，这是他献给家族的礼物。

童星海利·乔·奥斯蒙出演本片时11岁，比剧本要求的8岁大了3岁。

重点学习

As the doctor digs deeper into Cole's strange powers

Dig into是英语中的一个常用搭配，在文中它是“探究，研究，细查”的意思，比如：They are digging into all the old files connected with this case.（他们正在详细查阅所有与本案有关的旧档案。）该搭配常见的意思有“挖到…里面去；翻土把（肥料等）掺进；把…戳进，触到”，比如：They began to dig into the hill.（他们开始在山上挖洞。）另外，dig into用于口语中，表达“刻苦钻研（学科等）；致力于或专心致志地干起来，起劲地”的意思，比如：We have dug into the Chinese history.（我们研究了中国历史。）

A list of America's 100 greatest movies of all time

文中的of all time是英语中的一个固定搭配，它是“一直，始终；有史以来”的意思，比如：China's growth has been, arguably, the biggest economic success story of all time.（可以说，中国的经济增长是有史以来最大的经济成功传奇。）

单词时间

terror[?ter?] n. 恐怖；恐怖行动；恐怖时期；可怕的人

patient[?pei??nt] n. 病人；患者

expertise[?eksp?:?ti:z] n. 专门知识；专门技术；专家的意见

psychic[?saikik] adj. 精神的；心灵的；灵魂的；超自然的

unexpected[??nik?spektid] adj. 意外的，想不到的

approximately[??pr?ksimitli] adv. 大约，近似地；近于

theatre[?θi?t?] n. 电影院，戏院；戏剧；阶梯式讲堂

ghost[ɡ?ust] n. 鬼，幽灵

tent[tent] n. 帐篷；住处；帷幕

catchphrase[?kæt?freiz] n. 标语，警句