Signs (2002)

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Wikidata Q22432, film, IMDb tt0286106, TMDB 2675: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits M. Night Shyamalan as director (Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson); 1 more episode agrees.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

In the store as #683, Signs (2002).

Who talked about it

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Came from

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No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Lady in the Water: 3 lines theme ×2 craft ×1

  1. theme (recurring theme): Lady in the Water → Signs. Shyamalan films all center on men who neglect family for work and on crises of faith; here the man loses his family entirely.
    “all in my trauma films are crisis of faith movies, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:36:26 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

Mark Ruffalo: 2 lines career ×1 what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Mark Ruffalo → Signs. Ruffalo was cast in the Joaquin Phoenix role in Signs but dropped out after a tumor in his ear.
    “And he had been cast in the Joaquin Phoenix role in signs.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:20:14 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Mark Ruffalo → Signs. During his illness Ruffalo dropped out of films, including the Joaquin Phoenix part in Signs.
    “Like, he's supposed to be Joaquin Phoenix and signs.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:36:46 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (creature design): Lady in the Water → Signs. The scrunt is held up as a better-shot, better-designed, better-reflection creature that makes good on the sins of the Signs alien.
    “I think the scrunt, he shoots better, designs better, does the reflection thing better.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:33:16 · Richard Lawson (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (ending comparison): Lady in the Water → Signs. Both end abruptly on one image after someone heals a body through prayer or love, with only a token time jump.
    “Because signs does the same thing where it just ends.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:33:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (recurring theme): Lady in the Water → Signs. Shyamalan films all center on men who neglect family for work and on crises of faith; here the man loses his family entirely.
    “all in my trauma films are crisis of faith movies, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:36:26 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Mark Ruffalo → Signs. Ruffalo was cast in the Joaquin Phoenix role in Signs but dropped out after a tumor in his ear.
    “And he had been cast in the Joaquin Phoenix role in signs.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:20:14 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

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