Signs (film)
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| Directed by | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Produced by | M. Night Shyamalan Frank Marshall Kathleen Kennedy Sam Mercer |
| Written by | M. Night Shyamalan |
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Mel Gibson Joaquin Phoenix Rory Culkin Abigail Breslin |
| Music by | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
| Edited by | Barbara Tulliver |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $72 million |
| Box office | $408.2 million |
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| Film score by James Newton Howard | |
| Released | July 30, 2002 |
| Recorded | Todd Scoring Stage (Studio City, Los Angeles) JHN Studios (Santa Monica, California) |
| Genre | Orchestral |
| Length | 45:34 |
| Label | Hollywood |
| Producer | James Newton Howard, Thomas Drescher, Tom Drescher |
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Signs is a 2002 American science fiction thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Executive producers for the film comprised Shyamalan, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Sam Mercer. A joint collective effort to commit to the film's production was made by Blinding Edge Pictures and The Kennedy/Marshall Company. It was commercially distributed by Touchstone Pictures theatrically, and by Touchstone Home Entertainment in home media format.
The story focuses on a former Episcopal priest named Graham Hess, played by Mel Gibson, who discovers a series of crop circles in his cornfield. Hess slowly becomes convinced that the phenomena are a result of extraterrestrial life. It also stars Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, and Abigail Breslin. Signs explores faith, kinship, and extraterrestrials.
Following its premiere in theatres nationwide on August 2, 2002, the film grossed $227,966,634 in domestic ticket receipts screening at 3,453 theatres during its widest release. It earned an additional $180,281,283 in business through international release, to top out at a combined $408,247,917 in gross revenue. The film was nominated for multiple awards, including those from the Online Film Critics Society and the Empire Awards. The film also won an award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
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