The Happening (2008)

R · 2008-06-11 · 1h 31m · EN

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

When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott 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?

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M. Night ShyamalanDirector

Budget: $60M
Box office: $163.4M

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Mark WahlbergElliot Moore

Zooey DeschanelAlma Moore

John LeguizamoJulian

Betty BuckleyMrs. Jones

Ashlyn SanchezJess

Jeremy StrongPrivate Auster

Spencer BreslinJosh

Robert Bailey Jr.Jared

Frank CollisonNursery Owner

Alan RuckPrincipal

Victoria ClarkNursery Owner's Wife

M. Night ShyamalanJoey (voice)

Keywords

Husband wife relationship Natural disaster Suicide Virus Nature Tree Crisis Park Strange behavior Toxin Unexplained Unprecedented

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Genre affinityThriller · Science FictionTheme affinityHusband Wife Relationship · Natural Disaster · SuicideDirector preference39196Actor preference5557 · 3644 · 24240Country preferenceUsDecade preference2000

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