Directed by - M. Night Shyamalan

Writing credits - M. Night Shyamalan

Mel Gibson .... Father Graham Hess
Joaquin Phoenix .... Merrill Hess
Rory Culkin .... Morgan Hess
Abigail Breslin .... Bo Hess
Cherry Jones .... Officer Caroline Paski
Patricia Kalember .... Colleen Hess
Jose L. Rodriguez .... Radio Host
M. Night Shyamalan .... Ray



Bo - Are you in my dream too?



Graham - Are you hurt?
Morgan - I think God did it.
Graham - Did what Morgan?
(Morgan turns his father's chin to look at crop circles in the cornfield)



Bo - (drinks from a glass of water) It's contaminated.
Morgan - You don't even know what that word means. It's not contaminated, it's just tap water. Pour it in his bowl.
Bo - It tastes funny.
Morgan - It does not. Besides he licks his butt everyday. I don't think he'll mind.




Officer Caroline Paski - Look at where it's bent over Father.
Graham - It's not broken.
Officer Caroline Paski - Now what kind of machine can bend a stalk of corn over without breaking it?
Graham - Can't be by hand, it's too perfect. Caroline, please stop calling me Father.
Officer Caroline Paski - What's wrong?
Graham - I don't hear my children.



Graham - What's the matter?
Bo - There's a monster outside my room. Can I have a glass of water?
Graham - What's wrong with the water next to your bed?
Bo - It tastes old.



Graham - What are you thinking about?
Bo - Why do you talk to Mom when you are by yourself?
Graham - It makes me feel better.
Bo - Does she ever answer back?
Graham - No.
Bo - She never answers me either.




Merrill - What?
Graham - Lionel Pritchard and the Wolfington brothers are back.
Merrill - It's time for an ass whooping.
Graham - This is not an intelligent way to approach this. Lee is a friend of mine. This is his son.
Merrill - Yeah, we'll be doing Lee a favor. Alright listen we both go outside, move around the house in opposite directions, we act crazy, insane with anger and make them crap their pants, force them around till we meet up on the other side.
Graham - Explain 'like crazy'.
Merrill - You'll curse and stuff.
Graham - You want me to curse?
Merrill - Yeah, you don't mean it, it's just for show. What?
Graham - It won't be convincing, it doesn't sound natural when I curse.
Merrill - Just make noises then.
Graham - Explain 'noises'.
Merrill - Are you going to do this or what?
Graham - No, I'm not.
Merrill - Alright, you want them to stay in the house next time? On the count of three. One... two... three!
(both Merrill and Graham start running around the house)
Graham - (yelling) ARG!!! I'M INSANE WITH ANGER!!!
Merrill - We're gonna beat your ass Mitch! We're gonna tear your head off!
Graham - I'm losing my mind! It's time for an ass whooping!
(standing in front of the house)
Graham - I cursed.
Merrill - I heard. (looks up to the roof) How did he get... are you sure this is Lionel Pritchard?




Graham - Hey Bo, turn that down till Officer Paski leaves. You're too old to still be doing this. (pointing to unfinished glasses of water on top of the TV) You take your glass of water and you finish it. Now what's wrong with this one?
Bo - It has dust in it.
Graham - This one?
Bo - A hair.
Graham - This one?
Bo - Morgan took a sip and there's amoebas in it




Tracy - I cursed 37 times last week. I said the "F" word a couple times but mostly "shits" and "bastards". Is "douche-bag" a curse?
Graham - I suppose that would depend on its usage.
Tracy - How about 'John, you are a douche-bag for kissing Barbara'?
Graham - That's a curse.
Tracy - Then it's not 37, it's 71.




Graham - (talking to himself in a crop circle) You're wasting your time here. I'm not going to report this or anything you do to my crops to the news or TV or anybody. You're not going to get famous.




TV announcer - ...first appeared 52 minutes ago. Mexico City officials as well as US officials have confirmed that these are not aircraft from either government's air force. The first sighting was made by an Air Mexico 707 en route to Mazatlan to New York. As the unidentified crafts entered Mexico City air space they were not detected by radar by either country. You're seeing a live feed from our affiliate down here in Mexico City. This image has not been adjusted or enhanced in any way. What you are seeing is real. It's unbelievable. Everything they wrote in science books is about to change..




Graham - People break down into two groups when they experience something lucky. Group #1 sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence, sees it as a sign. Evidence that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group #2 sees it as just pure luck, happy turn of chance. Sure there are people in group #2 looking at these 14 lights in a very suspicious way. For them the situation is 50/50. Could be bad. Could be good. But deep down they feel that whatever happens they're on their own and that fills them with fear. But there is a whole lot of people in group #1. They see those 14 lights they are looking at as a miracle and deep down they feel that whatever is going to happen there will be someone there to help them. That fills them with hope. So what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? You the kind that sees signs, sees miracles or do you believe that people just get lucky. Or look at the question this way... it is possible that there are no coincidences?



Graham - I never told you the last words Colleen said before they let her die. She said, "See"... her eyes glazed a bit and then she said "Swing away". Know why she said that? Cause the nerve endings in her brain were firing as she died and some random memory of us at one of your baseball games just popped into her head. There is no one watching out for us Merrill. We are all on our own.




(Graham sees his children sitting on the bed reading a book wearing tin foil hats) Morgan - So the aliens can't read our minds.



Graham - Hello Ray. What happened?
Ray - I wrote your number down to call you. It's been sitting next to the phone for six months. When I knew it was inside the house, couldn't think of any other number to call... thank you for coming Father.
Graham - You're welcome Ray.
Ray - I worked so long that night. I've never fallen asleep driving before, never since. Most of the ride home there wasn't a car in sight in either direction. If I'd have fallen asleep then I would have ended up in a ditch with a headache. It had to be at that right moment. At 10-15 seconds when I passed her walking. It was like it was meant to be. I guess if this is the end of the world I'm screwed right? People who kill reverend's wives aren't exactly ushered to the final light in heaven.
Graham - Where are you going?
Ray - To the lake. Way I see it, this place is marked in crops and such, none of them are really near water. I don't think they like water. Can't be any worse than here.
Graham - Did you see something Ray?
Ray - I know what I've done to you. I made you question your faith. I'm truly sorry for what I've done to you and yours.
Graham - Alright. (nods and starts to cry)
Ray - Don't open my pantry Father. I found one of them in there and locked them in.




Merrill - Their skin changes colors, that's why we didn't see them that night.
Graham - Tell me something Morgan, in this book of yours, damn the detail, what would happen if they were hostile?
Morgan - Yes, said they would probably invade, they would use ground tactics, hand to hand combat, they wouldn't use our technology or fight an air bomb battle cause they know eventually we would use nuclear weapons and the planet would be useless to them.
Graham - How could they possibly know that information, it's ridiculous. What else did they say?
Morgan - They said there are one of two outcomes of an invasion. One they fight and are defeated and have to return again with full forces, hundreds, maybe even thousands of years later.
Graham - What's two?
Morgan - They win.




Graham - We are going to board up every window in this house because they seem to have trouble with pantry doors.




Bo - I dreamed this.




Colleen Hess - Hi sweetie.
Graham - Hi baby.
Colleen Hess - I was just taking a walk before dinner.
Graham - You love walks.
Colleen Hess - It was meant to be.
Graham - Does it hurt?
Colleen Hess - I don't feel much. Tell Morgan to play games... it's okay to be silly.
Graham - I will.
Colleen Hess - Tell Bo to listen to her brother. He'll always take care of her.
Graham - I will.
Colleen Hess - Tell Gram... tell him to see... tell him to see. Tell Merrill to swing away.






(the final scene in the film)Graham - (holding Morgan) It can't be luck. His lungs were closed. His lungs were closed. No poison got in. No poison got in. His lungs were closed. Don't touch him, give him a minute.
Merrill - Graham...
Graham - Give him a second.
Bo - Daddy...
Merrill - Graham...
Graham - Don't... don't...
Morgan - Dad? What happened? Did someone save me?
Graham - Yeah baby, I think someone did.


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