Graham enters the house and uses a kitchen knife to peer under the pantry door.
Believing that the aliens avoid water, he leaves for a lakeside. Reddy expresses remorse for Colleen's death and warns Graham that a creature is locked inside his pantry. To the family's continued terror, news footage emerges of what appears to be an alien creature.Īfter receiving a phone call from Ray Reddy, the man responsible for his wife's death, Graham travels to Reddy’s home and finds him sitting in his car outside of the house. One night, Graham and Merrill chase a figure into the field, and Graham glimpses another among the corn stalks, followed by strange clicking noises broadcast through Bo's old baby monitor. However, other crop circles begin to appear globally, and lights from invisible objects hover over many of Earth's cities. When large crop circles appear in the Hess' cornfield, they are initially attributed to vandals. Graham abandoned the church in the aftermath of the incident. Graham's younger brother Merrill, a failed minor league baseball player, has been helping the family since Graham's wife Colleen died in a traffic accident six months earlier. The original motion picture soundtrack, which was composed by James Newton Howard, was released on the opening day by the Hollywood Records label.įormer Episcopal priest Graham Hess lives on a rural farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania with his asthmatic preteen son Morgan and young daughter Bo. The high-definition Blu-ray Disc edition of the film featuring the director's audio commentary, the making of the film, and deleted scenes was released in the United States on June 3, 2008. Considering its $72 million budget costs, the film was considered a strong financial success after its theatrical run, and was met with positive reviews from critics, with many praising its atmosphere, cinematography, score, and story but others criticizing aspects of the script. The film also won an award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. The film was nominated for multiple awards, including those from the Online Film Critics Society and the Empire Awards. It earned an additional $180,281,283 in business through international release, to top out at a combined $408,247,917 in gross revenue. įollowing its premiere in theatres nationwide on August 2, 2002, the film grossed $227,966,634 in domestic ticket receipts screening at 3,453 theatres during its widest release.
Signs explores the themes of faith, kinship, and extraterrestrials. It also stars Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, and Abigail Breslin.
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Its story focuses on a former Episcopal priest named Graham Hess, played by Mel Gibson, who discovers a series of crop circles in his cornfield and that the phenomenon is a result of extraterrestrial life. It was commercially distributed by Touchstone Pictures theatrically, and by Touchstone Home Entertainment in home media format.
The film was produced by Blinding Edge Pictures and The Kennedy/Marshall Company. Night Shyamalan and produced by Shyamalan, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Sam Mercer. Signs is a 2002 American science fiction horror film written and directed by M.
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