Signs - Making Of

The Cast and Crew talk about "Signs" (2002).

[@vinnym6734]

The early 2000’s were a great time for cinema. So many memorable theater experiences. This film was one of them!

[@adamjoseph6122]

Agreed! I remember seeing Signs in the theatre and a lady behind me screaming a death scream when they show the alien standing on top of the barn 🤣

[@jaredrasmussen9369]

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[@JsscRchlDrsy]

The last great decade for films.

[@xBloodXGusherx]

I sadly say this all the time. Like 2005-2006 I feel was the last year we got some of that old world era style of movies Movies still felt of the 90's and even the 80's sometimes back then but now lots of it feels plastic. Digital just has that gloss and manufactured look to it and does not always feel grounded. As time went on, the suspense and horror elements of movies just felt predictable and cheap. I'm sure it's costly but I would love for directors to use cameras of that 2000 era again. @@JsscRchlDrsy

[@sidolanters1394]

2000s*

[@Nihilanth64]

This is one of the most unique movies I've ever seen in terms of atmosphere. I wish there were more movies like it.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

There are some movies, modern and old, that also have tension and suspense and a slow build of foreboding. Some are supernatural, some are psychological: The Birds Shutter Island Bunny Lake is Missing The Mist Identity Scream of Fear (aka Taste of Fear) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Don't Look Now The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane The Other (1972) Frailty Vertigo The Talented Mr. Ripley The Ring What Lies Beneath

[@adrianoadriano7772]

@@eduardo_corrochio nothing not even close

[@2jzandys444]

Yes, this movie is still creepy to me til this day. I considered it one of the scariest movies I had seen when I was younger. Horror movies with fake monsters and jump scares just don't do it compared to the possibility of alien invasions.

[@UFBear15]

What an absolute travesty it would have been to leave out the score in this music like he wanted too.. It's one of the most unique scores for unique films matching together ever

[@NikkiLove9022]

Agreed! The score is brilliant!

[@boburrides]

one of my favorite (if not THE fav) scores of all time, and the absolute triumph of the Shyamalan - JNH leg of scores

[@AlecRozsa]

Just listen to 13:39 or so the magic James Newton Howard did for the positive and religious aspects of the score...it's so incredible how the suspenseful/scary themes complement the beautiful cathartic themes like this in the move. They sound wonderful on their own as well

[@dianalee3059]

James Newton Howard is absolutely brilliant! I love his scores , especially the one he did for Barbra Streisand’s The Prince of Tides. Not only was the score passionately elegant and beautiful, JNH and Streisand wrote an iconic song that starts out with the lyric “Mornings…..evenings….days that hurried past, dreams that should have lasted.” Song is called Places That Belong to You. Exquisite

[@TheTricktracktruck]

i liked the score but its a bit too much sometimes imo

[@Leeohlin89]

Brilliant writer, director and person all around!

[@GyanTvAmit]

he is indian❤

[@Makronifx]

@@GyanTvAmit born in Canada

[@MRKYootube]

What a timeless masterpiece.

[@Alienvibeguy]

First time I watched this was at a religious youth retreat in a giant church. The projector screen was set right at the alter, sitting in the pews, very eerie at moments but spiritual at the same time. Never forgot the experience of watching this for the first time.

[@SwatBeatsOfficial]

I'm glad people love this movie like me. For the longest time all i heard was the haters. I really love the happening as well.

[@jerryknuckles736]

M. Night is the shit! Always has been. He made some serious classics.

[@denimchicken104]

The happening was hilarious! I don’t care that it was funny for the wrong reasons. I had a great time watching it.

[@sandrajohnson2489]

I really like this movie. It was suspenseful, riveting, very emotional and well done.

[@maps_3377]

This was just awesome, well done. I had no idea they started filming the day after 9/11, that must have been so tough.

[@tracybosworth1033]

Neither did I. One of my favorite movies.

[@RobbieManic]

Sort of how like the film opens after there's already been a tragedy. Set the tone for the production of the film, I bet.

[@tbone8839]

Maybe if they lost someone in 9/11. the majority of the world did not though.

[@DavidSmith-sb2ix]

I taught in a Catholic school for a while. One of the religion teachers used this movie to demonstrate how even a priest, in this case an Episcopal priest, can lose his faith and regain it and how God uses tragedy for a higher purpose.

[@AlecRozsa]

There's an excellent video on the channel "Like Stories of Old" about the core of this movie being about the family coming back to God. I really liked this story you shared, it makes me glad other people were touched as deeply by this film as I was.

[@AndrewG-h8c]

Kudos to the teacher using a good thriller with a good message of God.

[@skwisgarskwigelf7191]

I love this movie. It’s one of the few movies that still gives me nightmares. The suspense and horror is done so beautifully

[@Geeksmithing]

Every single time I watch this film, I notice another detail! I just finished yesterday and noticed that the coal chute grate in the basement has tiny crosses all over it. This is where the fresh air is felt in the pits of the basement/despair, which can be symbolic of the faith that begins to be felt down there and begins to transform Graham. It's also where the last hurdle must be surpassed be begin that journey back to his faith (the alien is right there!) So damn good!

[@APixieNinja]

Signs is in my top 5 favorite movies. The story, the music score, the cast are all top tier. I watch it every chance I get. It's one of M Night's lines in the film that touches me the most "I know what I've done to you. I've made you question your faith. I'm truly sorry for what I've done to you and yours". Chokes me up every time.

[@Imbridge]

The dinner scene is incredible❤❤

[@jerryknuckles736]

There's a meme that says "when corporate has a pizza party instead of giving bonuses or raises." Followed by the clip of Mel at dinner.

[@cherylbradley5356]

One of my most favorite movies of all time, for so many different reasons. I watch it faithfully every time it's on T.V. and yet I own the DVD. It is superb in my opinion. Great job from every single actor in this movie. Outstanding Movie!!!

[@denimchicken104]

The last supper scene was such an incredible scene in the film. Even someone dead inside like myself could feel that scene. It felt so real and not forced.

[@justlooking4771]

This looked like so much fun behind the scenes! It’s playing right now on TV in August, 2023. It never gets old! 🎥🍿🎬

[@gwenna1161]

I love his stuff. And the behind the scenes was almost a good as the movie.

[@lorraineniess116]

one of my very favorite movies.... I watch it often.

[@Doxymeister]

This movie is far and away my favorite movie. I love the acting, the atmosphere, the music, all of it is almost magical. I liked the fresh take on the whole alien visitation thing, the character arcs like the flashbacks to the car crash that killed his wife. Thank you for this, can't believe I've never seen this before!

[@Thedisciplemike]

Did you know they aren't aliens? They are demons

[@MTKarthik]

Thank you so much for this excellent making-of documentary. This film is an amazing accomplishment in filmmaking - from the practical effects to the realization of Shyamalan's incredible original script through directing these skilled actors. Truly unique, beautiful, dense conceptual piece, realized brilliantly.

[@ricky_loope7186]

I feel more people hate this movie than love it. I for one LOVE this film...when i first heard of the backlash i was stunned. I understand some of the arguments...however, some are just stupid. They travelled to earth out of despiration for resources their planet no longer harbored. They were willing to take a risk. For once the Aliens weren't stupid looking, or to far fetched to even be plausible...even in outer space. Have yall seen some of the aliens in recent movies? I love how everything ties together and has a meaning. The movie had the perfect mix of comedy and thrill. I cant wrap my head around the hate Signs and The village recieve. They are truly 2 of my favorite films. I applaud M. Night Shyamalan.👏

[@jonp3890]

It’s not really about aliens, tho. It’s about demons.

[@denimchicken104]

I think the movie gets most of its reputation from people who were told what to think of it, rather than people who went in blind and developed their own opinion. Plus the ‘scary movie’ spoofs were huge back then, so when SM3 made fun of it I think that had a huge influence on people’s hate for it. It’s very much like how KZbinrs nowadays make a living trashing every movie that comes out now.

[@ColourwithClaire]

The score makes the movie! One of the most fitting & intense scores for a movie ever

[@jimbeaux89]

One of my favorite movies ever

[@MalabarTheGreat]

Signs is a thrilling and inspiring example of filmmaking. Probably M. Night Shyamalan's most accessible suspense piece.

[@1gerger1]

the aliens refection, in the TV, still scares the BaGeezeus out of me,,,,lol

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

BEST MOVIE. EVER.

[@Trusteft]

I loved this movie when it came out. I did not see it coming.

[@ginaturney7068]

Love this movie and several others of his!

[@lscohrs1982]

Spectacular movie. Spectacular actors. Thank you for sharing. I love Night’s movies ❤

[@sadiamarshall720]

Definitely one of my favorite movies! Thank you to all involved! Brilliant 🥰

[@eldritchmonsterofnorfolk7253]

Thank you for uploading this video. Signs is my all-time favourite movie ❤

[@VincenzoGioielli]

THE BEST MOVIE EVER.

[@georgiilkov9915]

It's deeply flawed. Definitely has some good stuff in it but nothing more than a 6.5/10

[@Im_Blitz]

8/10

[@FrigidHeights]

@@georgiilkov9915in what ways would you say it’s deeply flawed? I’m guessing you’re going to mention the Alien’s weakness.

[@georgiilkov9915]

@@FrigidHeights I mean yeah. I get that it has a symbolic meaning and all but still that doesn't change the fact that it is quite moronic of the aliens to attack a planet that is 2/3 water while that is their mortal weakness.

[@FrigidHeights]

@@georgiilkov9915 what if they were desperate and simply had to because they were out of resources. that’s the thing about Signs, the reasoning for them attacking is left open to interpretation. I’ve always just assumed that they knew the risks but were desperate enough that they didn’t care and hoped that the humans wouldn’t figure out their weakness and use it against them.

[@jeffreyfisher3115]

For those disappointed in this move, there is a video on youtube saying this movie is better if you perceive the creatures as demons instead of space aliens.

[@jaggedstarrPI]

I think Signs is an excellent movie just as it is! Were a large number of people supposedly disappointed? I mean more than the usual number who just can't appreciate anything until it's gone...

[@well1012]

It’s a bad analysis. The aliens are easily explained when you think put desperation into it.

[@biancaportillo6552]

love movies that take place in one location and are really driven by characters with interesting conflicts. this is a type of movie that just stays with you and you wonder wow what happens after the ending. i remember seeing this in maybe 2005/2006 and my mom telling me about a time she saw a ufo. i watched it again this week on hbo max and 20 years later it stands the test of time as an amazing thriller.

[@djsavada718]

one of the best movies ever

[@Mhats]

this is one of my favorite movies of all time starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix directed by M Night Shyamalan and it's about Aliens.

[@retired5218]

It's about why things happen, and some things happen for a reason. Asthma, water in the glasses, and Merrill's bat all had a purpose in saving the family. And all of these were started years before the aliens came. One of my favorite movies.

[@StanCat4]

Plus, Abigail Breslin & Rory Culkin.

[@kcoffey0708]

OMG he puts so much effort in to his movies. He draws it out first on s story board first. No wonder I love his movies.

[@imapatching09]

OH my gosh the movie HAD to have this soundtrack.

[@sifatshams1113]

Sixth Sense, Signs, and ESPECIALLY Unbreakable...Shyamalan truly was one of the Gods of Cinema for a few years.

[@cyberpunkmodels692]

I was six years old when this came out and was about seven when I first seen it. I couldn’t sleep for many years because of this movie 😂

[@victormendoza3295]

I live in the country, why am I watching this at night, lol.

[@jackkevillemedia]

Careful, there might be filmmakers in your field with a plastic leg!

[@jerryknuckles736]

Me too. I'm surrounded by corn fields

[@denimchicken104]

Some movies you’re just supposed to watch in the dark.

[@p.c.howard7025]

Love this movie!

[@erymano467]

I wanna be a director. And M.Night was an inspiration for me. I think I'm too afraid of not being good enough at this, so I do nothin'. As Paul Atreides said, Fear is the mind-killer. This video bring me back faith in what I want to become : Somone who make movies. Thank you for sharing.

[@Brokensoldier1973]

Seeing a crop circle in the flesh, absolutely blows you away....there's no way someone or somepeople with a plank and a piece of string can accomplish overnight, and the precise geometry......

[@robjackson5245]

I may have thought like you but this I think you are downplaying man's ability. Now the ability to do crop circles in the speed that happens that's humanly impossible

[@nympho25]

i do agree what he says about music in movies,i feel it can be used too much , but its a delicate balance.... it can make or break a scene

[@MaChete-v7t]

Brilliant

[@joehuiras4955]

I absolutely love that he wore a sixth sense shirt while making sense. movies rock so hard sometimes.

[@TheNorthwestWind]

Thanks for uploading this!

[@borisp9163]

This guy is genius, the tension he escalated in this movie is unmatched 🫡

[@SeattleMarinerMan]

Just watched this movie again for like the 12th time it’s one of my favorite movies of all time. Best part is it gave me nightmares when I was a child.

[@mosaicmind88]

The soundtrack makes this film.

[@tracybosworth1033]

I love this movie! ❤

[@rtypepe]

loved ttbis movie

[@benly32]

Barely a few minutes in and I totally see his point of view on filmmaking, I think his strategy only makes for great films tbh

[@alexrodriguez6373]

5:44 wow what a surprise to have kathee Kennedy saying stuff that I can agree with.

[@detroitandclevelandfan5503]

2:13 Well if ain't the devil, herself.

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

Hahahaha

[@spaveevo]

This was a great movie. The family was just WEIRD which made it memorable.

[@MultiSweener]

Thanks for posting

[@hakimsifaoui3216]

I love❤

[@connormorgan6884]

41:01 dude that's creepy, I think the pantry scene might have been scarier if it showed the aliens eyes opening before rushing out

[@hiattgrey9161]

The true travesty is that after M Night Shyamalan made this film, aliens abducted him and have been impersonating him and made bad movies ever since.

[@X_Storm-vk5jz]

He wrote The Devil (didn’t direct it), great movie.

[@eldritchmonsterofnorfolk7253]

@@X_Storm-vk5jz Seconded, brilliant movie!

[@abinodattil6422]

The recent movies are pretty good, glass , split, the cottage, the visit, old age movie, I thought all where great, particularly split and glass

[@rsstnnr76]

The music was half the movie.

[@renantaraborelli4028]

Brazilian city, Passo Fundo scene: 27:30

[@dontpaniciceland]

Bedroom Scene - Night; BO: “…She never answers me, either…” On the count of three, everyone crap your pants! *three … two …… one* {DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING} ‼️ *Entire audience relaxes their butts in fear, some scream, some leave in disgust…* “Lionel Pritchard and the Wolfington Brothers are BACK…!” Meanwhile: “…… Mom…….. I crapped my pants.” “Me too, son, me too.”

[@Anime_Lover_PHX_SAC_ABQ]

Was the interior of the house the actual interior of the house or a studio set?

[@robjackson5245]

Yes

[@belleofbrightside97]

They built the house for the set, so yes, it was a house and a set.

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

It's a shame Shyamalan's movies kinda went off the deep end in terms of silliness. He clearly knew what he was doing at a certain point and would probably be widely respected if Lady in The Water, The Happening, etc. didn't happen.

[@inquisitivesoul3618]

42:34 It's confirmed, they're demons not aliens.

[@X_Storm-vk5jz]

Yep, the give away is the holy water.

[@benjaminbjrklund743]

what happened with him... he made such good movies.

[@cenajhon1948]

Glass and split is best

[@Loganshellaby]

Ahhhh good ol Kathleen Kennedy “destroyer of franchises “

[@josephwright3293]

I thought the alien scene holding the boy was confusing as I diddnt know if the alien was helping the boy or trying to hurt him

[@malissahyatt2425]

Oh...he meant him nothing good . He ABSOLUTELY meant him harm.

[@SolidGeddoe]

I wonder how was he able to survive the toxic gas from the alien though?

[@alexrangel1123]

@@SolidGeddoebecause the boy was suffering an asthma attack so his lung pipes were constricted

[@-MrFozzy-]

Hilarious to look back at this as we all know the crop circles were just very talented criminals!

[@shizukagozen777]

What ?

[@shizukagozen777]

@@Stiegosaurus Oh, that's what OP was saying ? Thank you for your help ! 😅😂

[@AllyC23]

The original score of this movie is absolutely chilling. 🤌🏼💯

[@matthewmoody255]

42:53

[@maryamsherif1445]

34:24

[@TrueLunacy]

Kathleen Kennedy!

[@knowsmebyname]

I loved this movie. Really loved it. But...they killed the dogs.

[@el_zahirp]

auto generated subs please

[@josephwright3293]

So what happened to all the aliens invading did they just leave ?

[@robjackson5245]

Apparently the aliens came for a raid. Even thought it was never explicitly said.

[@gwenna1161]

The people found out their weakness... water

[@stevennieto9898]

​@@robjackson5245Harvesting organs right?

[@dopeymaguire4696]

​@@stevennieto9898 I think we were slaves for them and they ran out of us or we died off on there planet , they took whole families like the one guy said on the radio . They wanted to take us . The gas could kill us but it seems they " only secreted it in small amounts" they choose to use it like that as I said to take us , it's reasonable.

[@rickjames5998]

This G made Signs but also directed the TERRIBLE avatar the last air bender

[@TimLang-x1g]

I love the movie God kills his wife and the mother of his children has Earth attacked by aliens and kill humans just so this man will have faith and then he won't have to burn in hell for eternity truly horrifying

[@jarrodsmith3408]

Aliens millions of yrs advanced can’t invent anything to protect them from water lmao big plot hole

[@Goerge_W_Bush]

The fact that they made crop circles for the movie is proof there man made bs

[@theylied1776]

This movie is flawed from the start. This is an alien race intelligent enough to understand physics to create ships to traverse interstellar space... but they can't figure out Water, the most abundant substance in the Universe, which makes up 80% of the Earth's surface, can kill them?

[@theylied1776]

@P L Simple humidity would kill them. The only place and they would be safe would be in the desert. The movie was flawed from the start.

[@UFBear15]

They're not aliens, they're demons in this film just manifested in the way you want to perceive them.

[@bidartbauer8581]

I liked the movie, who cares they died from water😁

[@theylied1776]

@@bidartbauer8581 Water is the most abundant element in the universe!

[@jackisback3581]

The film could have been written more carefully so I don’t want to justify it but there is a simple and intuitive explanation for a science fiction enthusiast who observes carefully: These aliens are NOT conquerors, they are raiders, pirates who pass from random planet to planet in search of food and resources only to survive. They don’t wear clothes, don’t have weapons. They are more like animals. I even suspect their ships were stolen maybe from a superior species. Think of them as wolves stealing cars and messing around. They were desperate.

[@gern7535]

After seeing the 6th Sense I was greatly anticipating this movie. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. This movie was terrible.

[@alexrangel1123]

Why

[@gern7535]

@@alexrangel1123 If you have to ask...

[@gern7535]

Obviously you have not seen the movie.

[@gern7535]

@@alexrangel1123 obviously you havent seen the movie.

[@PervySage723]

This movies one of the best in history

[@SA-hk7hs]

The signs wasn't the crop circle's

[@NicholasPaulArnold]

⚕️🤫👽

[@SeattleMarinerMan]

Just watched this movie again for like the 12th time it’s one of my favorite movies of all time. Best part is it gave me nightmares when I was a child.