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{{Short description|2000 film by M. Night Shyamalan}}
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| music = [[James Newton Howard]]
| cinematography = [[Eduardo Serra]]
| editing = [[Dylan Tichenor]]
| studio = {{Unbulleted list |[[Touchstone Pictures]] |[[Blinding Edge Pictures]]|[[Barry Mendel Productions]]|Limited Edition Productions Inc.}}
| distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]
| released = {{Film date|2000|11|14|[[New York City
| runtime = 106 minutes<ref name="boxofficemojo_unbreakable">{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3195438593/ | title = Unbreakable | work = [[Box Office Mojo]] | access-date = December 18, 2008}}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $75 million<ref name="boxofficemojo_unbreakable"/>
| gross = $248.1 million<ref name="boxofficemojo_unbreakable"/>
}}
'''''Unbreakable''''' is a 2000 American [[superhero film|superhero]] [[thriller film]] written, produced, and directed by [[M. Night Shyamalan]], and starring [[Bruce Willis]], [[Samuel L. Jackson]], and [[Robin Wright
Shyamalan organized the narrative of ''Unbreakable'' to parallel a comic book's traditional [[Three-act structure|three-part story structure]]. After settling on the [[origin story]], Shyamalan wrote the screenplay as a [[speculative screenplay]] with Willis already set to star in the film and Jackson in mind to portray Elijah Price. Filming began in April 2000 and was completed in July.
''Unbreakable'' was released on November
After years of development on a follow-up film, a thematic sequel, ''[[Split (2016 American film)|Split]]'', with Willis reprising his role as David Dunn in a cameo role, was released in January 2017. After the financial and critical success of ''Split'', Shyamalan immediately began working on a third film, titled ''[[Glass (2019 film)|Glass]]'', which was released January 18, 2019,<ref name="cinemablend.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1651749/the-unbreakable-and-split-crossover-movie-reveals-official-title-and-four-stars|title=The Unbreakable And Split Crossover Movie Reveals Official Title And Four Stars|date=April 26, 2017|website=CINEMABLEND|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref> thus making ''Unbreakable'' the first installment in the ''Unbreakable'' film series.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cox|first=James|title=Details emerge about the sequel to Split, 'Glass'|website=Buzz.ie|url=https://www.buzz.ie/movies-tv/details-emerge-about-the-sequel-to-split-glass-283022|date=April 27, 2018|access-date=August 8, 2018|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418191042/https://www.buzz.ie/movies-tv/details-emerge-about-the-sequel-to-split-glass-283022|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/38577-glass-m-night-shyamalan-split-sequel-unbreakable-sameul-l-jackson|last=Busch|first=Caitlin|title=Samuel L. Jackson Has Finished the 'Split' Sequel, But It's Not Over Yet|website=Inverse.com|date=November 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/toni-collette-wont-popping-m-night-shyalamans-glass-movie-exclusive-105343772.html|title=Toni Collette wont be popping up in M Night Shyalamans Glass Movie Exclusive|website=[[Yahoo]] Movies UK|first=Hanna|last=Flint|date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>
== Plot ==
In
David challenges Elijah's theory with an incident from his childhood when he almost drowned and contracted [[pneumonia]]. Elijah suggests that highlights the common convention whereby superheroes have a weakness, contending that David's is water. David recalls the car accident in which he had been unharmed and ripped off the car door with his bare hands to rescue his girlfriend, Audrey. He feigned injury from the crash to quit football because Audrey disliked the violence of the sport.
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== Production ==
When [[M. Night Shyamalan]] conceived the idea for ''Unbreakable'', the outline had a comic book's traditional three-part structure (the [[superhero]]'s "birth", his struggles against general evil-doers, and the hero's ultimate battle against the "[[archenemy]]"). Finding the birth section most interesting, he decided to write ''Unbreakable'' as an [[origin story]]. During the filming of ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'', Shyamalan had already approached [[Bruce Willis]] for the lead role of David Dunn.<ref name="making">[[M. Night Shyamalan]], [[Bruce Willis]], [[Samuel L. Jackson]], [[Barry Mendel]], [[Sam Mercer]], [[Eduardo Serra]], [[James Newton Howard]], ''The Making of Unbreakable'', 2001, [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]]</ref> With Willis and [[Samuel L. Jackson]] specifically in mind for the two leading characters, Shyamalan began to write ''Unbreakable'' as a [[spec script]]<ref>{{cite magazine | author = Christopher John Farley | url = https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998594,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101122101929/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998594,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 22, 2010 | title = A New Day Dawns For Night | date = November 27, 2000 | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | access-date = December 19, 2008}}</ref> during [[post-production]] on ''The Sixth Sense''.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://
With the financial and critical success of ''The Sixth Sense'' in August 1999, Shyamalan gave [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] a [[first-look deal]] for ''Unbreakable''. In return, Disney purchased Shyamalan's screenplay at a "spec script record" for $5 million. He was also given another $5 million to direct. Disney decided to release ''Unbreakable'' under their [[Touchstone Pictures]] banner. It also helped Shyamalan establish his own [[production company]], [[Blinding Edge Pictures]].<ref>{{cite news | first1 = Angelina |last1= Chen | first2= Michael |last2= Fleming | url = https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117760020 | title = Deal makes 'Sense' | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = December 15, 1999 | access-date = December 19, 2008 }}</ref> [[Julianne Moore]] was cast as Audrey, David's wife, in January 2000,<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/jan/14/3 | title = Moore signs up with Sixth Sense director | work = [[The Guardian]] | date = January 14, 2000 | access-date = September 24, 2021}}</ref> but dropped out in March 2000, to take on the role of [[Clarice Starling]] in ''[[Hannibal (2001 film)|Hannibal]]''. [[Robin Wright|Robin Wright
Shyamalan and cinematographer [[Eduardo Serra]] chose several camera angles to simulate the look of a [[Panel (comics)|comic book panel]]. Various visual [[motif (narrative)|narrative motif]]s were also applied. Several scenes relating to the Mr. Glass character involve glass. As a newborn, he is primarily seen reflected in mirrors, and as a young child, he is seen reflected in a blank TV screen. When he leaves his calling card on the windshield of David Dunn's car, he is reflected in a glass frame in his art gallery. Jackson requested his walking stick be made of glass to make his character more menacing. Using purple as Mr. Glass's color to David Dunn's green was also Jackson's idea.<ref>Unrelated to this film, Jackson asked [[George Lucas]] for a purple [[lightsaber]] in ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]''. "Samuel L. Jackson". ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]''. [[Bravo (US TV network)|Bravo]]. June 2, 2002.</ref> Mr. Glass's wig was modeled after [[African Americans|Afro-American]] statesman [[Frederick Douglass]].<ref name="making"/> As he does in his other films, Shyamalan makes a [[cameo appearance]]; he plays a man David suspects of dealing drugs inside the stadium.
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== Soundtrack ==
[[James Newton Howard]] was approached by Shyamalan to work on ''Unbreakable'' immediately after scoring ''The Sixth Sense''. "He sat there and [[storyboard]]ed the whole movie for me", Howard said. "I've never had a director do that for me."<ref name= music/> Shyamalan wanted a "singularity" tone for the music. "He wanted something that was very different, very distinctive, that immediately evoked the movie when people heard it,"<ref name= music/> Howard explained. Howard and Shyamalan chose to simplify the score, and minimized the number of instruments (strings, trumpets and piano), with limited orchestrations. It was recorded at [[
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| studio = [[Air Lyndhurst|AIR]] (London, UK)
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== Reception ==
=== Box office ===
''Unbreakable'' was released in the United States on November
=== Critical response {{anchor|Critics}} ===
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[[Kenneth Turan]], writing for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', gave a negative review, arguing that ''Unbreakable'' had no originality. "Whether it means to or not, the shadow of ''The Sixth Sense'' hangs over ''Unbreakable''," Turan reasoned. "If ''The Sixth Sense'' hadn't been as big a success as it was, this story might have been assigned to oblivion, or at least to rewrite."<ref>{{cite news|author=Kenneth Turan |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie001121-3,0,4110177.story |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=An 'Unbreakable' Sense of Déjà Vu |date=November 21, 2000 |access-date=December 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622010752/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie001121-3%2C0%2C4110177.story |archive-date=June 22, 2008 |author-link=Kenneth Turan |url-status=dead }}</ref> Todd McCarthy of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' mostly criticized Shyamalan's writing and the performances given by the actors. He did praise [[Dylan Tichenor]]'s editing and [[James Newton Howard]]'s music composition.<ref>{{cite news | author = Todd McCarthy | url = https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/unbreakable-1200465268/ | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | title = Unbreakable | date = November 20, 2000 | access-date = March 2, 2022 | archive-date = March 21, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220321020426/https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/unbreakable-1200465268/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
In 2002 Audrey Colombe described the movie's plot as an example of what "[[Toni Morrison]] calls a
Shyamalan admitted he was disappointed by the reaction ''Unbreakable'' received from the public and critics.<ref name=sequel2002>{{cite magazine | author = Daniel Fierman | title = Night of the Living Dread | url = https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,333419,00.html | magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] | date = August 2, 2002 | access-date = December 19, 2008 | archive-date = May 16, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070516184431/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,333419,00.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Shyamalan also disliked [[Touchstone Pictures]]' marketing campaign. He wanted to promote ''Unbreakable'' as a comic book movie, but Touchstone insisted on portraying it as a [[psychological thriller]], similar to ''The Sixth Sense''.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/business/media/02night.html |title= Shyamalan's Hollywood Horror Story |work= The New York Times |access-date= January 23, 2009 |last= Weiner |first= Allison Hope |date= June 2, 2008}}</ref>
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|colspan="2"|[[Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film|Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film]]
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|<ref>{{cite web| title =Sci-fi Noms | work = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] | date = February 1, 2002| url = https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=107244&page=1 | access-date = November 6, 2017 }}</ref>
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|<ref>{{cite web| title=IHG Award Recipients | publisher = [[International Horror Guild]] | date = n.d.| url =https://horroraward.org/prevrec.html | access-date = November 6, 2017 }}</ref>
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|colspan="2"|Bogey Award in Silver
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Shyamalan's horror thriller film ''[[Split (2016 American film)|Split]]'' has been described as a thematic sequel to ''Unbreakable'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://screencrush.com/split-review-m-night-shyamalans-best-film-in-years-is-a-surprisingly-poignant-thriller/ |title='Split' Review: M. Night Shyamalan's Best Film in Years Is a Surprisingly Poignant Thriller |author=Britt Hayes |date=September 26, 2016 |access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref> and was released on January 20, 2017. Although it was filmed substantially as a standalone film, an uncredited cameo by Bruce Willis as David Dunn indeed establishes ''Split'' as a story within the same world.
Additionally, Shyamalan has stated the orange-suited villain portrayed by [[Chance Kelly]] in ''Unbreakable'' was initially going to be the character "The Horde".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/m-night-shyamalan-split/ |title=M. Night Shyamalan Talks Split, Casting James McAvoy... And That Twist |website=Empire |date=January 24, 2017 }}</ref> However, features of The Horde were dropped to make the character simpler in order to keep the focus on David. The original character, Kevin Wendell Crumb, would later be fully realized in ''Split''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/05/04/how-m-night-shyamalans-glass-takes-the-right-lessons-from-the-avengers/ |title=How M. Night Shyamalan's 'Glass' Takes The Right Lessons From 'The Avengers' |first=Scott |last=Mendelson |author-link=Scott Mendelson |website=Forbes }}</ref><ref name="hwr">{{Cite web | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/split-movie-ending-explained-unbreakable-2-bruce-willis-planned-966669 | title = 'Split': M. Night Shyamalan Explains an Ending Years in the Making | first = Aaron | last = Couch | date = January 22, 2017 | access-date = January 22, 2017 | work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] }}</ref>
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