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According to the director's commentary, yes. This is commonly done with actors, especially child actors who have had many photos taken of them for publicity reasons their entire career.

I always thought it to be a dumb waiter as it seems too small and oddly located to be a closet; also it has a gate that you can close over it to prevent people from using the dumbwaiter without the "masters" knowledge.

1. They behave just like balloons of any other color.

After being shot by a former patient, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) takes on the case of 9-year-old Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) who has many of the same problems as his ex-patient. In particular, Cole is scared, unliked by his classmates, and thinks of himself as a freak. As Cole and Malcolm get to know each other better, Cole finally tells his secret to Malcolm...

The Sixth Sense was written by Indian-American film director M. Night Shyamalan, although Shyamalan has admitted that "The Tale of the Dream Girl" episode (1994, season 3 episode 10) of Nickelodeon's science fiction/horror TV series Are You Afraid of the Dark? was an inspiration for the film.

It's possible that he wanted to show Malcolm the physical scars he received from his "experiences."

In the original script, Vincent mentions that he just broke out of a mental hospital, and would, therefore, have no clothing other than a hospital gown. This was upon seeing a television broadcast earlier in the day showing Malcolm winning his award.

Following the play, Malcolm tells Cole that they've both said everything they needed to say and that they won't be seeing each other again. On the drive home, Cole and his mother Lynn (Toni Collette) are held up because of an accident. Lynn apologizes for missing the play, and Cole says that he's ready to tell her his secrets. He reveals that a lady died in the accident but that she's standing next to his window right now. He explains how he sees ghosts that talk to him and that ask him to do things. To make sure she believes him, he tells her how Grandma took the bumblebee pendant as well as some other things that only she would know about her childhood, all told to him by Grandma. The lines of communication now open between them, Cole and Lynn hug each other. Meanwhile, Malcolm goes home to find Anna asleep in a living room chair, their wedding video playing on the television. He tries talking to her as Cole suggested, and she responds without awakening, asking why he left her. At first, Malcolm doesn't know what she means. When she drops his wedding band on the floor, however, he remembers Cole telling him that he sees people who don't know that they are dead and realizes that Cole was talking about him. Suddenly, it all comes back how Vincent shot him in the abdomen, and he realizes that he died that night and that he's been hanging around out of a need to help someone but that it's now time to move on. After telling Anna that she was never second in his life and that he loves her, Malcolm wishes her a good night and leaves, passing on to whatever lies beyond death. In the final scene, Anna sleeps on while the wedding video plays out.

Yes. Director M. Night Shyamalan has a small part as a doctor to whom Lynn takes Cole to see when he suffers what appears to be a seizure after being locked in a dark closet while at a party.