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The Happening

The Happening2008

★5.490 minThrillerScience Fiction

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

Director

M. Night Shyamalan

Writer

M. Night Shyamalan

Score

James Newton Howard

Stars

Mark Wahlberg Zooey Deschanel John Leguizamo

Cast70

Mark Wahlberg
as Elliot Moore
Zooey Deschanel
as Alma Moore
John Leguizamo
as Julian
Ashlyn Sanchez
as Jess
Betty Buckley
as Mrs. Jones
Spencer Breslin
as Josh
Robert Bailey Jr.
as Jared
Frank Collison
as Nursery Owner
Jeremy Strong
as Private Auster
Alan Ruck
as Principal
Victoria Clark
as Nursery Owner's Wife
M. Night Shyamalan
as Joey (voice)
Alison Folland
as Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin
Kristen Connolly
as Woman Reading on Bench
Cornell Womack
as Construction Foreman
Curtis McClarin
as Construction Crew Member
Robert Lenzi
as Jake
Derege Harding
as Train Conductor
Roberto Lombardi
as Father in Elliot's Group
Kerry O'Malley
as Woman on Cell Phone
Shayna Levine
as Teenage Girl in Jeep
Stéphane Debac
as French Bicyclist
Cyrille Thouvenin
as French Bicyclist's Friend
B
Babita Hariani
as Medical Correspondent
Edward James Hyland
as Professor Kendall Wallace
Armand Schultz
as Talk Show Host
Stephen Singer
as Dr. Ross
S
Sophia Burke
as Student Named Laura
A
Alex Van Kooy
as Boy In Class
Charlie Saxton
as Student Named Dylan
K
Kathy Hart
as Vice Principal
L
Lisa Furst
as Teacher in Auditorium
Rick Foster
as Railway Police Officer
Marc H. Glick
as P.A. System Conductor
Don Castro
as Philadelphia Police Officer
Bill Chemerka
as Taxi Driver - Sal
Jann Ellis
as Older Woman with Dog
W
Whitney Sugarman
as Passenger
M
Mary Ellen Driscoll
as Woman Passenger
Greg Wood
as Passenger at Counter
Peter Appel
as Diner Owner
E
Eoin O'Shea
as Passenger #1
M
Michael Quinlan
as Passenger #2
Lyman Chen
as Passenger #3
Brian O'Halloran
as Jeep Driver
Megan Grace
as Jeep Passenger #1
Rich Chew
as Jeep Passenger #2
K
Keith Bullard
as Man In Crowd At Crossroads
Joel de la Fuente
as Realtor
Ashley Brimfield
as Woman In Group
M
Mara Hobel
as Woman with Hands Over Ears
J
James Breen
as Farmhouse Voice (voice)
C
Carmen Bitonti
as Mangled Construction Worker
Brian Anthony Wilson
as Arguing Man in Crowd
G
Greg SmithAldridge
as Zoo Employee
Ukee Washington
as Local News Anchor
John Ottavino
as Network News Anchor
S
Sid Doherty
as Radio News Announcer
W
Wes Heywood
as Radio Voice (voice)
Nancy Sokerka
as Radio Caller Fay (voice)
Julia Yorks
as Young Woman Voice on Phone (voice)
B
Bill Shusta
as Radio Newsman (voice)
K
Kirk Penberthy
as Radio Announcer (voice)
A
Alex Craft
as Truck Passenger Boy
A
Allie Habberstad
as Truck Passenger Girl
Alex Harz
as Pico - Helen's Pianist (uncredited)
Adam Schoon
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
L
Lee Squire
as Student (uncredited)
Robert Bizik
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Alicia Warrington
as U.S. Reporter

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